Personal Philanthropy
View the 2019 Grantmaking Report
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, in 2019 the Federation facilitated 10,050 grants from donor-advised funds and supporting foundations, totaling $175,078,668. Putting these assets into community reflects the Jewish values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (taking care of the needy), kehillah (community), and tzedek (pursuing justice). These four values underpin and guide our philanthropic work, which supports a wide range of Jewish and broader causes, across local, national and international organizations.
For a summary of our collective impact, view the infographic.
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Grantee name |
Total Grants | Total Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | 1 | $25,000 |
| Breastcancer.org | 1 | $100 |
| Breathe California of the Bay Area | 1 | $100 |
| BrightFocus Foundation | 1 | $100 |
| Brigid Alliance | 1 | $1,500 |
| Bring Change to Mind | 1 | $1,500 |
| Bring Me a Book Foundation | 1 | $1,000 |
| British Schools and Universities Foundation | 1 | $6,450 |
| Broadway Barks | 1 | $5,000 |
| Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS | 1 | $2,000 |
| Broadway Childrens School of Oakland | 1 | $500 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | 1 | $150 |
| Brothers for Life | 3 | $7,000 |
| Brown RISD Hillel | 2 | $1,000 |
| Brown University | 10 | $34,000 |
| Bryn Mawr College | 2 | $3,500 |
| Buckelew Programs | 2 | $2,000 |
| Budding Artist Foundation | 1 | $2,000 |
| Buffalo Bill Center of the West | 1 | $250 |
| buildOn | 3 | $2,150 |
| Bunny World Foundation | 1 | $300 |
| Burlingame Library Foundation | 3 | $2,400 |
| Burning Man Project | 5 | $9,223 |
| Cake4Kids | 2 | $750 |
| Cal Performances | 6 | $10,550 |
| California Academy of Sciences | 12 | $118,500 |
| California ChangeLawyers | 1 | $100 |
| California Clean Money Campaign | 1 | $300 |
| California College of the Arts | 13 | $317,500 |
| California Film Institute | 5 | $5,411 |
| California Fire Foundation | 1 | $25,000 |
| California Genealogical Society | 1 | $1,000 |
| California Historical Society | 2 | $20,250 |
| California Homebuilding Foundation | 1 | $10,000 |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | 1 | $300 |
| California Institute of Integral Studies | 1 | $1,000 |
| California Invasive Plant Council | 1 | $180 |
| California Jazz Conservatory | 2 | $20,500 |
| California Lawyers for the Arts | 1 | $100 |
| California Literary and Prologue Society | 1 | $375 |
| California Masonic Foundation | 2 | $2,320 |
| California Music Center | 1 | $100 |
| California Odd Fellows Foundation | 1 | $5,000 |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | 21 | $622,910 |
| California Poets in the Schools | 1 | $3,000 |
| California Police Activities League | 3 | $700 |
| California Prison Focus | 2 | $4,000 |
| California Public Interest Research Education Fund | 4 | $1,000 |
| California Scottish Rite Foundation | 1 | $500 |
| California State Parks Foundation | 11 | $7,500 |
| California State Wildlife Foundation | 3 | $3,650 |
| California Trout | 2 | $5,000 |
| California-Hawaii Elks Major Project | 1 | $100 |
| Californians Against Waste Foundation | 2 | $450 |
| Call to Action of Northern California | 1 | $180 |
| CALmatters | 2 | $11,500 |
| Cambodia Human Rights Task Forces | 1 | $35,000 |
| Cambridge in America | 2 | $30,000 |
| CAMERA | 9 | $5,620 |
| Camfed USA Foundation | 1 | $2,000 |
| Caminar | 2 | $3,500 |
| Caminos de Agua | 1 | $250 |
| Camp Havaya | 1 | $1,000 |
| Camp Hazen YMCA | 1 | $3,000 |
| Camp Kesem | 5 | $5,750 |
| Camp Possibilities Foundation | 1 | $2,000 |
| Camp Ramah in Northern California | 8 | $70,360 |
| Camp Ramah in the Berkshires | 1 | $100 |
| Camp Ramah in Wisconsin | 2 | $1,000 |
| Campaign Legal Center | 2 | $1,500,000 |
| Campanile Foundation | 1 | $5,000 |
| Camperships for Nebagamon | 1 | $250 |
| Canal Alliance | 1 | $20,000 |
| Cancer Commons | 3 | $3,500 |
| Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation | 1 | $400 |
| Cancer Research Institute | 2 | $500 |
| Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona | 1 | $1,500 |
| Canine Companions for Independence | 2 | $1,100 |
| Canopy | 2 | $5,300 |
| Canopy Canopy Canopy | 1 | $40,000 |
| Cantare Con Vivo | 1 | $2,000 |
| Cantors Assembly | 1 | $250 |
| Canvas Church of San Francisco | 2 | $90,000 |
| Capitol Public Radio | 1 | $500 |
| Carbon180 | 1 | $50,000 |
| Cardiac Therapy Foundation of the Mid-Peninsula | 1 | $100 |
| CARE | 3 | $1,300 |
| Caring for Children | 2 | $2,500 |
| CaringBridge | 1 | $100 |
| Carleton College | 1 | $100 |
| Carlmont Academic Foundation | 2 | $2,400 |
| Carlmont Music Boosters | 1 | $250 |
| Carmel Art Association | 1 | $150 |
| Carolina for Kibera, | 2 | $200 |
| Carter Center | 1 | $100 |
| CASA of San Mateo County | 2 | $1,500 |
| CASA of Ventura County | 1 | $300 |
| Case Western Reserve University | 1 | $400 |
| Castilleja School Foundation | 3 | $15,250 |
| Castro Organ Devotees Association | 1 | $5,000 |
