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 |
|---|---|---|
| AARP Foundation | 3 | $1,600 |
| Day Worker Center of Mountain View | 3 | $15,200 |
| EcoPeace Middle East Environmental NGO Forum | 3 | $13,500 |
| FINCA International Inc. | 3 | $1,385 |
| Harold Grinspoon Foundation | 3 | $11,180 |
| Kiddo! The Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation | 3 | $12,500 |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | 3 | $5,600 |
| Occidental College | 3 | $5,400 |
| Reading Partners | 3 | $7,000 |
| San Francisco International Boogie Woogie Festival | 3 | $3,100 |
| Zioness Movement | 3 | $24,500 |
| Bay Area Children's Theatre | 3 | $20,200 |
| Environmental Action Committee of West Marin | 3 | $300 |
| Faith in Action Network | 3 | $1,605,000 |
| Israel Center for Excellence through Education | 3 | $16,000 |
| Learning Policy Institute | 3 | $3,800,000 |
| MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving | 3 | $1,250 |
| Merola Opera Program | 3 | $11,000 |
| Palo Alto Medical Foundation for Health Care Research and Education | 3 | $8,000 |
| Temple Beth Torah | 3 | $10,619 |
| Trust for Hidden Villa | 3 | $450 |
| Tzedakah Fund | 3 | $12,340 |
| Zionist Organization of America | 3 | $1,200 |
| California Historical Society | 3 | $20,350 |
| Congregation Chevra Thilim | 3 | $3,300 |
| Diabetic Youth Families | 3 | $25,200 |
| Helen Keller International, Inc. | 3 | $735 |
| HIP Housing | 3 | $2,000 |
| Hudson River Healthcare Foundation | 3 | $23,500 |
| Public Citizen Foundation, Inc. | 3 | $985 |
| Temple Bethzion-Beth Israel | 3 | $766 |
| VoteAmerica Inc. | 3 | $55,180 |
| Youth Alive | 3 | $1,000 |
| Christian Action Life Line | 4 | $1,300 |
| College of Adaptive Arts | 4 | $40,500 |
| Middle East Peace Dialogue Network Inc. | 4 | $85,000 |
| Rotary Foundation of Rotary International | 4 | $3,200 |
| Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization | 4 | $1,780 |
| 18Doors | 4 | $20,400 |
| American Committee For Shaare Zedek Medical Center In Jerusalem | 4 | $2,600 |
| Belvedere Tiburon Library Foundation | 4 | $19,500 |
| College Preparatory School | 4 | $20,500 |
| Congregation Beth Emek | 4 | $8,580 |
| Conservation International Foundation | 4 | $4,700 |
| Food for Thought | 4 | $1,860 |
| Kehilla Community Synagogue and School | 4 | $26,750 |
| Marin General Hospital Foundation | 4 | $16,250 |
| Synergy School | 4 | $10,500 |
| Cancer Commons | 4 | $35,430 |
| Delancey Street Foundation | 4 | $16,100 |
| ForWords Inc. | 4 | $2,350 |
| Israel Policy Forum Inc. | 4 | $32,500 |
| Kulanu, Inc. | 4 | $66,573 |
| Mother Jones | 4 | $2,530 |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | 4 | $16,000 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | 4 | $63,156 |
| Wood River Jewish Community Inc. | 4 | $9,200 |
| American Friends of the Rambam Health Care Campus | 4 | $112,900 |
| Bay Area Legal Aid | 4 | $10,750 |
| Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc. | 4 | $17,750 |
| Environmental Traveling Companions | 4 | $2,600 |
| Hopewell Fund | 4 | $1,626,000 |
| Jobtrain, Inc. | 4 | $1,850 |
| National Park Foundation | 4 | $21,400 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network | 4 | $1,500 |
| Pathways Home Health and Hospice | 4 | $23,000 |
| San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program | 4 | $10,000 |
| Carolina for Kibera, Inc | 4 | $400 |
| Cornelia De Lange Syndrome Foundation | 4 | $115,610 |
| Direct Relief | 4 | $16,500 |
| Environmental Volunteers | 4 | $7,200 |
| Menlo Atherton High School Foundation for the Future | 4 | $11,800 |
| Oakland Museum of California AKA OMCA | 4 | $3,550 |
| Ohr HaTorah | 4 | $17,300 |
| Puente de la Costa Sur | 4 | $22,600 |
| Rape Trauma Services | 4 | $3,250 |
| Barack Obama Foundation | 4 | $1,300 |
| Consumers' Checkbook | 4 | $850 |
| Girls Middle School | 4 | $5,750 |
| JDRF | 4 | $6,658 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | 4 | $600 |
| Studio 70 | 4 | $38,600 |
| Berkeley Food & Housing Project | 4 | $6,250 |
| Breast Cancer Action | 4 | $8,575 |
| Camp Ramah in California, Inc. | 4 | $32,180 |
| La Casa De Las Madres | 4 | $5,850 |
| Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel | 4 | $1,110 |
| North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry Inc. | 4 | $4,695 |
| Oakland Promise | 4 | $21,500 |
| Physicians for Human Rights | 4 | $2,400 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | 4 | $1,100 |
| San Francisco Architectural Heritage | 4 | $8,600 |
| Shanti Project | 4 | $1,692 |
| Tom Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice | 4 | $1,640 |
| Trevor Project, Inc. | 4 | $780 |
| Utility Reform Network | 4 | $2,185 |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer Inc. | 4 | $10,340 |
| CALMatters | 4 | $46,000 |
| Jewish Studio Project | 4 | $19,115 |
| KIPP | 4 | $406,360 |
