2018 Grantmaking

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, in 2018 the Federation disbursed 9,329 grants from donor-advised funds and supporting foundations, totaling $142,151,270 to 2,724 nonprofit organizations. 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.

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All 2018 grants are listed in the searchable database:

Arts/Culture/Humanities

1,161 grants totaling $7,123,497

Education

1,622 grants totaling $40,374,351

Environment/Animals

712 grants totaling $13,817,741

Health

848 grants totaling $4,454,946

Human Services

1,335 grants totaling $15,423,474

Public/Society Benefit

2,457 grants totaling $50,121,056

Religion

1,194 grants totaling $10,836,181
Grantee name Total Grantssort ascending Total Amount
Habitat For Humanity 14 $4,850
Safe & Sound (formerly San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center) 14 $25,290
American Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Inc. (AABGU) 14 $1,086,500
Columbia University 13 $60,600
MEOR Inc. 13 $64,200
Peninsula Sinai Congregation 13 $17,891
Richmond Torah Center - Chabad 13 $8,900
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health 13 $166,450
American Israel Education Foundation, Inc. 13 $600,800
American Jewish Committee 13 $11,300
Merkaz Hatorah Community Kollel, Inc. 13 $75,500
Moishe House 13 $143,900
American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter 13 $20,300
Friends Of The Fromm Institute For Life-Long Learning 13 $67,200
San Francisco Free Clinic 13 $34,250
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation 13 $128,780
American Friends of Yad Eliezer Inc. 13 $23,680
Brown University 13 $273,750
Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School 12 $44,160
Berkeley Repertory Theatre 12 $260,500
Brandeis Hillel Day School - Marin 12 $64,180
Stern Grove Festival Association 12 $53,100
Jewish Study Network Inc. 12 $15,548
Project Open Hand 12 $54,550
Facing History and Ourselves Inc. 12 $26,217
World Wildlife Fund, Inc. 12 $4,675
Human Rights Watch Inc. 12 $3,770,430
Sierra Club Foundation 12 $1,007,130
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum 12 $44,420
California Academy of Sciences 12 $111,149
Congregation Beth Abraham of Oakland 12 $62,690
Kehillat Etz Chayim 12 $16,305
Kitchen Slow Down Jew Up 11 $59,590
URJ - Camp Newman 11 $25,950
San Francisco Aids Foundation 11 $20,730
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc. DBA CAMERA 11 $3,185
American Red Cross 11 $18,950
LifeMoves FKA InnVision Shelter Network 11 $6,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center 11 $5,043
V Foundation AKA V Foundation For Cancer Research 11 $16,150
American Friends of the Tel Aviv University Inc. 11 $523,893
Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library 11 $9,925
Stanford Health Care - Jewish Chaplaincy 11 $12,630
Friends Of The Jewish Community Library 11 $30,150
Leukemia And Lymphoma Society 11 $8,100
Center For Reproductive Rights 10 $38,530
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (UC Berkeley) 10 $39,530
Partners in Health 10 $18,950
Brandeis School of San Francisco 10 $51,800
Greenpeace Fund, Inc. 10 $17,830
St. Anthony Foundation 10 $49,700
HairToStay 10 $34,950
Upstart Bay Area 10 $73,900
YMCA of San Francisco 10 $33,450
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) 10 $21,700
Amnesty International USA, Inc. 10 $5,950
San Francisco Parks Alliance 10 $15,500
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 10 $11,550
Wildcare 10 $22,500
Marin Agricultural Land Trust 10 $27,380
Congregation Sha'Ar Zahav 10 $17,710
Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay 10 $70,810
Lowell Alumni Association, San Francisco 10 $28,600
Samaritan House 9 $19,350
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (Northern California) 9 $19,750
American Friends Of The Hebrew University Inc. 9 $85,230
Compassion and Choices 9 $45,200
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 9 $22,600
United Religions DBA United Religions Initiative 9 $117,500
Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival 9 $28,610
URJ - Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism 9 $15,750
Jewish Federation of the East Bay 9 $16,010
Crystal Springs Uplands School 9 $15,280
San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 9 $20,200
Americans United for Separation of Church and State 9 $70,700
Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc. 9 $2,480
World Union For Progressive Judaism 9 $27,040
Branson School 9 $23,350
Stanford Health Care 9 $209,850
thesecondopinion 9 $16,200
Shalom Hartman Institute of North America 9 $205,540
Alameda County Community Food Bank 9 $27,400
Congregation Netivot Shalom 9 $15,440
Fractured Atlas, Inc. 9 $62,380
That Man May See Inc. 9 $132,200
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, LA 9 $178,567
Jewish Coalition for Literacy (A JCRC Strategic Initiative) 9 $26,250
Aspen Institute Inc. 9 $102,520
Wilderness Society 8 $14,130
826 Valencia 8 $12,100
Bay Area Cancer Connections 8 $33,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation 8 $6,100
Help Hope Live 8 $3,400
Wilderness Torah 8 $25,850
Bim Bam FKA G-dcast 8 $23,750
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. 8 $12,200
Delivering Good, Inc. 8 $17,190
Intersection for the Arts 8 $25,600
Make a Wish Foundation Inc. (multiple chapters) 8 $4,475
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence 8 $2,780

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