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 1,119 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
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, in 2020 the Federation disbursed 11,838 grants from donor-advised funds and supporting foundations, totaling $185,251,210 to 3,097 nonprofit organizations. The number of grants made increased by 18% over 2019, and we attribute this to the significantly greater health and human services needs that quickly arose out of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.
All 2020 grants are listed in the searchable database:
| Grantee name | Total Grants |
Total Amount |
|---|---|---|
| GiveDirectly, Inc. | 8 | $41,360 |
| Ecumenical Hunger Program | 25 | $41,600 |
| Hadassah the Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc. (New York) | 18 | $42,080 |
| Friends Of The Fromm Institute For Life-Long Learning | 17 | $42,550 |
| Audubon Canyon Ranch, Inc. | 4 | $43,200 |
| Chinati Foundation | 3 | $43,500 |
| Chabad of San Francisco Inc. | 13 | $44,029 |
| No Kid Hungry by Share Our Strength | 8 | $44,600 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel, Inc. | 5 | $44,850 |
| URJ - Camp Newman | 11 | $44,923 |
| Congregation Sherith Israel | 22 | $44,930 |
| St. Theresa Catholic Church & School | 3 | $45,000 |
| Menlo School | 11 | $45,800 |
| CALMatters | 4 | $46,000 |
| South Peninsula Hebrew Day School | 5 | $46,100 |
| 10,000 Degrees | 4 | $47,000 |
| Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | 16 | $47,236 |
| Planet Word Museum | 2 | $47,500 |
| UC Hastings Foundation | 7 | $49,250 |
| Option Institute And Fellowship | 1 | $50,000 |
| Commonwealth Club of California | 5 | $50,000 |
| Niskanen Center Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Policy Impact | 1 | $50,000 |
| Peninsula Family Connections | 1 | $50,000 |
| Abundant Grace Coastside Worker | 2 | $50,000 |
| Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Girls Leadership Institute Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Texas 2036 | 1 | $50,000 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | 1 | $50,000 |
| Alta Vista School Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Fair Count Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| A Home Within | 1 | $50,000 |
| Friends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control | 1 | $50,000 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | 1 | $50,000 |
| Secure Community Network | 1 | $50,000 |
| Carbon180 | 1 | $50,000 |
| Rocketship Education | 1 | $50,000 |
| Sonoma Valley Education Foundation | 2 | $50,000 |
| Opportunity Trust | 1 | $50,000 |
| Student Press Law Center, Inc. | 2 | $50,100 |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | 2 | $50,150 |
| Central Synagogue Congregation Ahavath Chesed Shaar Hashomayin | 4 | $50,250 |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | 2 | $50,300 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | 3 | $50,400 |
| Polyphony Foundation | 6 | $50,430 |
| Coro Northern California | 3 | $50,500 |
| Chabad Jewish Student Center at Berkeley Inc. | 2 | $50,800 |
| Voter Registration Project | 2 | $51,000 |
| Teach for America, Bay Area | 2 | $51,000 |
| Gateway Public Schools | 3 | $51,000 |
| Mills College | 3 | $51,000 |
| Year Up Bay Area | 2 | $51,000 |
| Chabad of Charlottesville | 2 | $51,000 |
| Homeward Bound of Marin | 3 | $51,100 |
| American Friends of Alyn Hospital, Inc. | 3 | $51,200 |
| Kitchen Slow Down Jew Up AKA The Kitchen SF | 11 | $51,613 |
| Meals on Wheels | 32 | $52,745 |
| Psychotherapy Institute | 2 | $53,000 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. | 22 | $53,050 |
| Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music DBA Freight and | 6 | $53,250 |
| Boys & Girls Club | 15 | $54,150 |
| St. Anthony's | 12 | $54,750 |
| VoteAmerica Inc. | 3 | $55,180 |
| University Of Southern California | 22 | $56,100 |
| Wilderness Torah | 12 | $56,850 |
| JIMENA Inc. | 9 | $57,200 |
| San Francisco Zoological Society | 10 | $57,900 |
| Breast Cancer Prevention Partners | 3 | $57,950 |
| The Abraham Initiatives | 5 | $58,000 |
| International Rescue Committee, Inc. | 27 | $58,447 |
| HealthRight 360 | 6 | $58,500 |
| University Of San Francisco | 11 | $58,750 |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association | 8 | $58,950 |
| University of California San Diego Foundation | 3 | $60,000 |
| California Homebuilding Foundation | 2 | $60,000 |
| Human Rights Voices Inc. | 1 | $60,000 |
| Center for Peace Communications Inc | 3 | $60,000 |
| Endaoment | 2 | $60,000 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | 32 | $60,015 |
| Feeding America | 22 | $60,610 |
| American Himalayan Foundation | 7 | $61,100 |
| Peninsula Temple Sholom | 27 | $61,140 |
| Jewish Federation Of Silicon Valley | 5 | $61,550 |
| Cleveland Kids Book Bank | 2 | $62,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | 21 | $62,168 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization AKA SFJAZZ | 10 | $62,380 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | 4 | $63,156 |
| Arthritis Foundation - Northern California Office | 6 | $63,600 |
| World Union For Progressive Judaism | 10 | $63,680 |
| First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland Calif | 15 | $64,622 |
| World Central Kitchen, Inc. | 30 | $64,852 |
| GANN Academy - The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston, Inc. | 1 | $65,000 |
| Unitarian Church of All Souls | 2 | $65,000 |
| Cornell University | 7 | $65,050 |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | 2 | $65,118 |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet | 2 | $66,000 |
| Kulanu, Inc. | 4 | $66,573 |
| Safe & Sound | 11 | $68,750 |
| Seacology | 6 | $69,500 |
| Jewish Jumpstart | 4 | $70,000 |
