Grantees
The Federation awards grants and supports initiatives to further our strategic goals in the Bay Area, Israel, and globally from funds raised annually and through endowed funds. The Federation also stewards and administers donor-advised grants through personal philanthropic vehicles under our management, including over 1,050 Donor Advised Funds and 32 Supporting Foundations, which support Jewish and broader causes to local, national, and international organizations.

Jewish Engagement
For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the Federation provided direct grants to the following Jewish organizations and supported initiatives to increase Jewish engagement.
Sources of funding include:
Annual Fundraising
Endowed Funds
Unrestricted Endowment

Fostering Resilient Communities
For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the Federation has provided direct grants and supported initiatives to foster resilient and secure Jewish communities.
Sources of funding include:
Annual Fundraising
Endowed Funds
Unrestricted Endowment

Israel
For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the Federation has provided direct grants and supported programs to create a shared society in Israel.
Sources of funding include:
Annual Fundraising
Endowed Funds

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.
Contact us for questions about the grants.
Grantee name | Total Grants |
Total Amount![]() |
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Berkeley Food Network | 1 | $100 |
Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) | 1 | $100 |
Rise Together Education | 1 | $100 |
SuperYou FUNdation | 1 | $100 |
Friends of School of the Arts Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | 1 | $100 |
National Federation of the Blind | 1 | $100 |
Paws for Purple Hearts | 1 | $100 |
Consumers Union of United States | 1 | $100 |
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center | 1 | $100 |
The American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia | 1 | $100 |
Chabad Jewish Center of Petaluma | 1 | $100 |
JCC Association of North America | 1 | $100 |
Home and Hope | 1 | $100 |
The Marsh, A Breeding Ground for New Performance | 1 | $100 |
National Park Trust | 1 | $100 |
Epilepsy Foundation of America | 1 | $100 |
Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti | 1 | $100 |
Progeria Research Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Visiting Nurse Service of New York | 1 | $100 |
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Palo Alto Community Eruv | 1 | $100 |
ChildFund International | 1 | $100 |
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International | 1 | $100 |
Mendocino Land Trust | 1 | $100 |
Vida Verde Nature Education | 1 | $100 |
Jester & Pharley Phund | 1 | $100 |
Project HEAL - Help to Eat, Accept & Live | 1 | $100 |
America-Israel Friendship League | 1 | $100 |
Family Foundation Charitable Trust | 1 | $100 |
Freedom from Hunger | 1 | $100 |
Health Alliance International | 1 | $100 |
World Vision | 1 | $100 |
Temple Beth Emet | 1 | $100 |
California-Hawaii Elks Major Project | 1 | $100 |
AFS-USA | 1 | $100 |
League of Women Voters of North & Central San Mateo County | 1 | $100 |
Doggie Protective Services for Homeless Tails | 1 | $100 |
Farm Sanctuary | 1 | $100 |
Mid Klamath Watershed Council | 1 | $100 |
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center | 1 | $100 |
Project Hope | 1 | $100 |
American Camping Association | 1 | $100 |
Annunciation House | 1 | $100 |
San Jose Public Library Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Congregation B'nai Tzedek | 1 | $100 |
National Boy Scouts of America Council | 1 | $100 |
California Music Center | 1 | $100 |
Interlochen Center for the Arts | 1 | $100 |
Open Dance Project | 1 | $100 |
Oregon State University Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Fawn Rescue | 1 | $100 |
American Diabetes Association | 1 | $100 |
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews | 1 | $100 |
Listening for a Change | 1 | $100 |
Meadowlark Hills Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa | 1 | $100 |
Trans Lifeline | 1 | $100 |
42nd Street Moon | 1 | $100 |
Chicago Public Media | 1 | $100 |
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary | 1 | $100 |
Friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter | 1 | $100 |
Multiple Sclerosis Society Northern California Chapter | 1 | $100 |
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition | 1 | $100 |
Operation Walk Los Angeles | 1 | $100 |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland | 1 | $100 |
Community Change | 1 | $100 |
Central American Resource Center | 1 | $100 |
Free at Last Community Recovery and Rehabilitation Services | 1 | $100 |
Girls To Women | 1 | $100 |
Hospital De La Familia Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Friends of Thirteen | 1 | $100 |
Vilna Project | 1 | $100 |
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition | 1 | $100 |
Gesher Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Bay.org | 1 | $100 |
City of Hope National Medical Center | 1 | $100 |
Massachusetts General Hospital | 1 | $100 |
Al Otro Lado | 1 | $100 |
Lawyers for Good Government Foundation | 1 | $100 |
Living New Deal | 1 | $100 |
Chabad on Fulton | 1 | $100 |
Covenant House California | 1 | $100 |
Djerassi Resident Artists Program | 1 | $100 |
Harvard Magazine | 1 | $100 |
Institute for Shipboard Education | 1 | $100 |
ProLiteracy Worldwide | 1 | $100 |
Conservation Society of California | 1 | $100 |
Clinic by the Bay | 1 | $100 |
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - San Diego/Hawaii Chapter | 1 | $100 |
Muscular Dystrophy Association | 1 | $100 |
Boys & Girls Club of Monterey County | 1 | $100 |
North Park Hockey Association | 1 | $100 |
Florida Holocaust Museum | 1 | $100 |
Library Foundation of Los Angeles | 1 | $100 |
Cardiac Therapy Foundation of the Mid-Peninsula | 1 | $100 |
MayView Community Health Center | 1 | $100 |
Southeastern Council of Foundations | 1 | $100 |
Hebrew Free Burial Association | 1 | $100 |
New Shul | 1 | $100 |