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 |
|---|---|---|
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science | 16 | $255,400 |
| Friends of the Fromm Institute for Life-Long Learning | 16 | $78,700 |
| Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice | 16 | $124,596 |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | 16 | $91,900 |
| San Francisco Ballet Association | 17 | $165,400 |
| LifeMoves | 17 | $36,598 |
| Upstart Bay Area | 17 | $115,400 |
| TheatreWorks Silicon Valley | 17 | $116,329 |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | 17 | $48,210 |
| Israel21c | 17 | $111,980 |
| J Street Education Fund | 18 | $171,384 |
| Beth Jacob Congregation of Oakland | 18 | $127,901 |
| SFJAZZ | 18 | $103,890 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | 18 | $2,009,100 |
| Peninsula Temple Sholom | 18 | $96,178 |
| Larkin Street Youth Services | 18 | $81,450 |
| San Francisco Opera Association | 19 | $222,950 |
| Congregation Netivot Shalom | 19 | $30,470 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center | 19 | $8,004 |
| Earthjustice | 19 | $4,087,820 |
| Tipping Point Community | 19 | $7,211,920 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | 20 | $46,430 |
| San Francisco Hillel | 20 | $20,178 |
| Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay | 20 | $52,240 |
| Peninsula Jewish Community Center | 20 | $28,318 |
| Moishe House | 20 | $255,442 |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | 20 | $238,000 |
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | 20 | $204,710 |
| Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | 20 | $274,794 |
| Institute on Aging | 21 | $135,850 |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | 21 | $622,910 |
| Yale University | 21 | $111,994 |
| Facing History and Ourselves | 21 | $39,108 |
| Harvard University | 21 | $196,900 |
| Congregation Beth Abraham of Oakland | 22 | $74,762 |
| Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | 22 | $233,108 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California | 22 | $74,090 |
| Congregation Sherith Israel | 22 | $36,060 |
| Planned Parenthood Northern California | 23 | $96,928 |
| Brandeis Hillel Day School - Marin | 23 | $115,962 |
| Berkeley Hillel | 24 | $555,446 |
| Bay Area Friendship Circle | 24 | $40,308 |
| IsraAID | 24 | $56,168 |
| Corporation of Fine Arts Museums | 24 | $87,879 |
| Jewish LearningWorks | 25 | $200,600 |
| University of Southern California | 25 | $300,465 |
| Mazon A Jewish Response to Hunger | 25 | $56,680 |
| GLIDE Foundation | 25 | $777,700 |
| A Wider Bridge | 27 | $58,320 |
| Congregation Beth Jacob | 28 | $147,483 |
| Hillel at Stanford | 28 | $180,174 |
| Congregation Beth Sholom - San Francisco | 29 | $88,358 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | 30 | $155,052 |
| American Jewish Committee | 30 | $74,313 |
| HIAS | 31 | $123,950 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | 31 | $64,138 |
| Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin | 31 | $243,614 |
| Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation | 32 | $178,738 |
| Jewish Community High School of the Bay | 33 | $170,960 |
| Jewish National Fund | 33 | $245,350 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | 33 | $2,087,430 |
| NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation | 33 | $181,610 |
| Congregation Kol Shofar | 34 | $319,756 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties | 34 | $109,695 |
| Urban Adamah | 35 | $758,473 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | 36 | $39,844 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | 39 | $39,990 |
| Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | 39 | $390,950 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | 40 | $974,792 |
| P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds | 40 | $537,420 |
| American Jewish World Service | 40 | $227,056 |
| San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | 41 | $72,808 |
| Tides Center - Shalom Bayit | 42 | $83,003 |
| Peninsula Temple Beth-El | 42 | $157,608 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | 42 | $80,490 |
| Jewish Film Institute | 43 | $303,090 |
| JDC | 44 | $521,450 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | 44 | $287,900 |
| Anti-Defamation League | 44 | $367,028 |
| San Francisco Symphony | 45 | $361,425 |
| Bay Area Jewish Healing Center | 46 | $432,040 |
| Jewish Vocational Service | 46 | $232,558 |
| University of California at Berkeley | 58 | $1,534,800 |
| Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation | 58 | $662,782 |
| San Francisco Jewish Comm Publications | 58 | $117,888 |
| Contemporary Jewish Museum | 67 | $566,404 |
| Stanford University | 68 | $8,222,220 |
| Hebrew Free Loan | 69 | $121,308 |
| Congregation Beth Am | 69 | $520,203 |
| Oshman Family Jewish Community Center | 70 | $814,960 |
| Congregation Kol Emeth | 76 | $334,020 |
| New Israel Fund | 82 | $844,485 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | 84 | $153,528 |
| Congregation Emanu-El | 88 | $728,400 |
| Jewish Family and Children's Services | 104 | $461,640 |
| KQED | 106 | $167,240 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council | 110 | $789,986 |
| University of California San Francisco | 126 | $11,041,200 |
| Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund of San Francisco | 368 | $8,438,740 |
