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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Israel Venture Network | 2 | $17,000 |
Athletic Scholars Advancement Program | 5 | $17,020 |
Hide and Seek Foundation | 3 | $17,500 |
Redwood High School Foundation | 4 | $17,500 |
UC Davis Foundation | 8 | $17,500 |
JCC Maccabi Sports Camp | 6 | $17,518 |
The Abraham Initiatives | 9 | $17,750 |
Belvedere Tiburon Library Foundation | 5 | $17,900 |
The Reutlinger Community | 4 | $17,960 |
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities | 2 | $18,000 |
Yeshiva Day School of Silicon Valley | 1 | $18,000 |
Jewish Academy of Orlando | 1 | $18,000 |
Salem Presbytery dba Epiphany Presbyterian Church | 1 | $18,000 |
Yiddish Farm Education Center | 1 | $18,000 |
Community Initiatives | 5 | $18,180 |
NCGA Foundation BDA Youth on Course | 3 | $18,300 |
Jewish Community Free Clinic | 5 | $18,400 |
Hasbara Fellowships | 4 | $18,700 |
Chabad of Mill Valley | 6 | $18,760 |
Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School | 8 | $18,860 |
College Track | 10 | $19,000 |
Hand in Hand: American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel | 5 | $19,040 |
Rodeph Shalom Congregation | 1 | $19,075 |
Meals on Wheels of San Francisco | 14 | $19,148 |
University of Chicago | 7 | $19,680 |
Foundation for Students Rising Above | 7 | $19,700 |
Wildcare | 6 | $19,750 |
Urban School of San Francisco | 8 | $19,750 |
Chabad of Greater South Bay | 6 | $19,980 |
Skidmore College | 2 | $20,000 |
Fair Trade USA | 1 | $20,000 |
George W. Bush Foundation | 1 | $20,000 |
African Parks Foundation of America | 1 | $20,000 |
Pivotal | 1 | $20,000 |
Chabad Lubavitch of Wyoming | 1 | $20,000 |
Felidae Conservation Fund | 1 | $20,000 |
Ujamaa Community Resource Team | 1 | $20,000 |
MasterVoices | 2 | $20,000 |
Young Women's Choral Projects | 2 | $20,000 |
Housing Industry Foundation | 1 | $20,000 |
National Novel Writing Month | 1 | $20,000 |
Humanity of Justice Foundation | 1 | $20,000 |
REDF | 1 | $20,000 |
Sundance Institute | 1 | $20,000 |
Investigative Project on Terrorism Foundation | 2 | $20,000 |
Environment People Law | 1 | $20,000 |
Magain David Sephardim Congregation | 1 | $20,000 |
Canal Alliance | 1 | $20,000 |
National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership | 1 | $20,000 |
Maliasili Initiatives | 1 | $20,000 |
Mission Graduates | 2 | $20,000 |
Wildlife Guardians | 1 | $20,000 |
Reutlinger Community | 2 | $20,000 |
Clarion Project | 2 | $20,000 |
Leo Baeck Institute | 2 | $20,000 |
The New School of San Francisco | 1 | $20,000 |
Battery Foundation | 4 | $20,000 |
Nonprofit Vote | 1 | $20,000 |
San Francisco Opera Guild | 1 | $20,000 |
Voto Latino | 1 | $20,000 |
College of Adaptive Arts | 1 | $20,000 |
Pathways Home Health and Hospice | 1 | $20,000 |
San Francisco Hillel | 20 | $20,178 |
Keter Torah Synagogue | 4 | $20,180 |
California Historical Society | 2 | $20,250 |
Ten Strands | 3 | $20,250 |
OneTable | 3 | $20,250 |
Jobtrain | 3 | $20,300 |
National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy | 2 | $20,400 |
California Jazz Conservatory | 2 | $20,500 |
Smuin Ballet | 3 | $20,500 |
Friends of Vancouver Foundation | 1 | $20,500 |
Legal Aid of Marin | 3 | $20,500 |
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation | 10 | $20,550 |
Branson School | 8 | $20,650 |
Huckleberry Youth Programs | 9 | $20,700 |
MEOR | 5 | $20,720 |
Berwin Lee London New York Playwrights | 1 | $20,799 |
SPUR | 3 | $21,000 |
National Park Foundation | 3 | $21,100 |
Studio 70 | 2 | $21,360 |
ORT America | 12 | $21,550 |
Stand With Us | 8 | $21,835 |
Sha'ar Zahav | 10 | $21,960 |
Santa Clara University | 6 | $21,960 |
Garrett Moulton Productions | 3 | $22,000 |
Community Music Center San Francisco | 2 | $22,000 |
Museum of Craft and Design | 4 | $22,198 |
Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center | 15 | $22,350 |
Imagination Productions | 3 | $22,500 |
InterfaithFamily | 4 | $22,750 |
Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival | 8 | $22,980 |
Ross School Foundation | 5 | $23,400 |
Equal Justice Initiative | 10 | $23,500 |
Archbishop Riordan High School | 7 | $23,500 |
Marin Agricultural Land Trust | 5 | $23,580 |
Itrek FKA Israel & Co. | 3 | $23,600 |
JIMENA | 7 | $24,400 |
UC Hastings Foundation | 6 | $24,500 |
Sculpture Center | 4 | $24,800 |