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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kulanu, Inc. | 4 | $66,573 |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet | 2 | $66,000 |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | 2 | $65,118 |
| Cornell University | 7 | $65,050 |
| GANN Academy - The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston, Inc. | 1 | $65,000 |
| Unitarian Church of All Souls | 2 | $65,000 |
| World Central Kitchen, Inc. | 30 | $64,852 |
| First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland Calif | 15 | $64,622 |
| World Union For Progressive Judaism | 10 | $63,680 |
| Arthritis Foundation - Northern California Office | 6 | $63,600 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | 4 | $63,156 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization AKA SFJAZZ | 10 | $62,380 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | 21 | $62,168 |
| Cleveland Kids Book Bank | 2 | $62,000 |
| Jewish Federation Of Silicon Valley | 5 | $61,550 |
| Peninsula Temple Sholom | 27 | $61,140 |
| American Himalayan Foundation | 7 | $61,100 |
| Feeding America | 22 | $60,610 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | 32 | $60,015 |
| California Homebuilding Foundation | 2 | $60,000 |
| University of California San Diego Foundation | 3 | $60,000 |
| Human Rights Voices Inc. | 1 | $60,000 |
| Center for Peace Communications Inc | 3 | $60,000 |
| Endaoment | 2 | $60,000 |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association | 8 | $58,950 |
| University Of San Francisco | 11 | $58,750 |
| HealthRight 360 | 6 | $58,500 |
| International Rescue Committee, Inc. | 27 | $58,447 |
| The Abraham Initiatives | 5 | $58,000 |
| Breast Cancer Prevention Partners | 3 | $57,950 |
| San Francisco Zoological Society | 10 | $57,900 |
| JIMENA Inc. | 9 | $57,200 |
| Wilderness Torah | 12 | $56,850 |
| University Of Southern California | 22 | $56,100 |
| VoteAmerica Inc. | 3 | $55,180 |
| St. Anthony's | 12 | $54,750 |
| Boys & Girls Club | 15 | $54,150 |
| Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music DBA Freight and | 6 | $53,250 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. | 22 | $53,050 |
| Psychotherapy Institute | 2 | $53,000 |
| Meals on Wheels | 32 | $52,745 |
| Kitchen Slow Down Jew Up AKA The Kitchen SF | 11 | $51,613 |
| American Friends of Alyn Hospital, Inc. | 3 | $51,200 |
| Homeward Bound of Marin | 3 | $51,100 |
| 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 |
| Chabad Jewish Student Center at Berkeley Inc. | 2 | $50,800 |
| Coro Northern California | 3 | $50,500 |
| Polyphony Foundation | 6 | $50,430 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | 3 | $50,400 |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | 2 | $50,300 |
| Central Synagogue Congregation Ahavath Chesed Shaar Hashomayin | 4 | $50,250 |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | 2 | $50,150 |
| Student Press Law Center, Inc. | 2 | $50,100 |
| Commonwealth Club of California | 5 | $50,000 |
| Option Institute And Fellowship | 1 | $50,000 |
| Niskanen Center Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Policy Impact | 1 | $50,000 |
| Abundant Grace Coastside Worker | 2 | $50,000 |
| Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Peninsula Family Connections | 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 |
| A Home Within | 1 | $50,000 |
| Fair Count Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Friends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control | 1 | $50,000 |
| Carbon180 | 1 | $50,000 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | 1 | $50,000 |
| Secure Community Network | 1 | $50,000 |
| Rocketship Education | 1 | $50,000 |
| Sonoma Valley Education Foundation | 2 | $50,000 |
| Opportunity Trust | 1 | $50,000 |
| UC Hastings Foundation | 7 | $49,250 |
| Planet Word Museum | 2 | $47,500 |
| Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | 16 | $47,236 |
| 10,000 Degrees | 4 | $47,000 |
| South Peninsula Hebrew Day School | 5 | $46,100 |
| CALMatters | 4 | $46,000 |
| Menlo School | 11 | $45,800 |
| St. Theresa Catholic Church & School | 3 | $45,000 |
| Congregation Sherith Israel | 22 | $44,930 |
| URJ - Camp Newman | 11 | $44,923 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel, Inc. | 5 | $44,850 |
| No Kid Hungry by Share Our Strength | 8 | $44,600 |
| Chabad of San Francisco Inc. | 13 | $44,029 |
| Chinati Foundation | 3 | $43,500 |
| Audubon Canyon Ranch, Inc. | 4 | $43,200 |
| Friends Of The Fromm Institute For Life-Long Learning | 17 | $42,550 |
| Hadassah the Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc. (New York) | 18 | $42,080 |
| Ecumenical Hunger Program | 25 | $41,600 |
| GiveDirectly, Inc. | 8 | $41,360 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | 6 | $41,300 |
| Americans United for Separation of Church and State | 7 | $41,050 |
| Food Bank for New York City | 2 | $41,000 |
