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 |
|---|---|---|
| College of Adaptive Arts | 4 | $40,500 |
| Middle East Peace Dialogue Network Inc. | 4 | $85,000 |
| Rotary Foundation of Rotary International | 4 | $3,200 |
| Synergy School | 4 | $10,500 |
| 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 |
| Wood River Jewish Community Inc. | 4 | $9,200 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Studio 70 | 4 | $38,600 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer Inc. | 4 | $10,340 |
| CALMatters | 4 | $46,000 |
| Jewish Studio Project | 4 | $19,115 |
| KIPP | 4 | $406,360 |
| Milo Foundation | 4 | $1,700 |
| OneTable | 4 | $26,750 |
| San Francisco Art Institute | 4 | $22,000 |
| 826 | 5 | $15,360 |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail Council | 5 | $2,550 |
| CASA of San Mateo County | 5 | $3,500 |
| Keshet Inc. | 5 | $34,050 |
| Marin Theatre Company | 5 | $18,000 |
| San Francisco Playhouse | 5 | $133,500 |
| Sutter Bay Hospitals | 5 | $24,600 |
| That Man May See Inc. | 5 | $17,600 |
| Achieve Tahoe | 5 | $80,300 |
| American Heart Association | 5 | $10,880 |
| Georgetown University | 5 | $126,860 |
| Happy Shalom School Inc. | 5 | $6,800 |
| Marin Academy | 5 | $22,500 |
| National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Inc. | 5 | $13,040 |
| North Beach Citizens | 5 | $8,150 |
| ORT America Inc. (New York) | 5 | $4,170 |
| Pets in Need | 5 | $2,618 |
| Ploughshares Fund | 5 | $33,600 |
| The Abraham Initiatives | 5 | $58,000 |
| United Nations Watch - USA | 5 | $85,450 |
| African Middle Eastern Leadership Project | 5 | $105,000 |
| Americans for Peace Now, Inc. | 5 | $5,250 |
| Bolinas Community Land Trust | 5 | $112,150 |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | 5 | $1,310 |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | 5 | $7,135 |
| Independent Jewish World Cinema | 5 | $21,750 |
| Peninsula Volunteers Inc. | 5 | $31,000 |
| San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation | 5 | $1,050 |
| Brain and Behavior Research Foundation | 5 | $6,130 |
| International Medical Corps | 5 | $22,300 |
| Mid Peninsula Boys & Girls Club | 5 | $7,500 |
| New York University | 5 | $72,600 |
