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 descending Total Amount
Jewish Educators Assembly Educational Trust 2 $1,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara 2 $6,500
Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc. 2 $1,500
Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy 2 $7,500
Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel 2 $460
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund 2 $11,000
Multiple Sclerosis Society Northern California Chapter 2 $300
Music in the Vineyards Inc. 2 $550
Nimbus Arts 2 $750
Northern California Board of Rabbis 2 $600
Open Medicine Foundation 2 $600,000
Other Road Foundation 2 $3,500
Progressive Foundation 2 $833
Refugee Home Project, Inc. 2 $9,500
San Francisco Girls Chorus, Inc. 2 $1,500
Sonoma Ecology Center 2 $280
Student Conservation Association, Inc. 2 $2,750
Town School For Boys 2 $1,100
Truman Center For National Policy 2 $600,000
Women Make Movies 2 $1,250
American Associates of the Royal National Theatre 2 $3,500
American Farmland Trust 2 $500
Caminar 2 $5,000
Clean Air Task Force Inc. 2 $100,000
Creative Capital 2 $5,500
Dan Foundation Inc. DBA Divers Alert Network 2 $300
Del Sol Performing Arts Organization 2 $3,500
Edgewood Center For Children And Families 2 $380
Golden Gate Opera 2 $25,600
Historic Congregation Kesher Israel 2 $630
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Inc. 2 $1,700
KIPP Bay Area Schools 2 $3,250
Minds Matter 2 $6,100
National Peace Corps Association 2 $2,750
New School of San Francisco 2 $40,250
Oakland Hebrew Day School 2 $11,800
PD Active 2 $750
Piece By Piece 2 $3,000
Pollinator Partnership 2 $1,100
Refugees International 2 $2,083
San Francisco Host Committee 2 $5,000
St. John's Educational Thresholds Center dba Mission Graduates 2 $20,000
Starcross Monastic Community 2 $783
Sutter Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice DBA Sutter Care at Home 2 $200
Trust for Hidden Villa 2 $200
Vote Solar 2 $1,000,000
Year Up Bay Area 2 $91,500
American Association of University Women Inc. 2 $500
American Humane Association (American Humane Society) 2 $200
Animal Haven 2 $3,500
Boys & Girls Club of America (multiple locations) 2 $1,500
California Police Activities League 2 $600
Camp Hazen YMCA 2 $5,000
Community Foundation for Northern Virginia 2 $20,000
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah 2 $34,127
CORA - Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse 2 $600
Friends of the Arava Institute 2 $280
GANN Academy - The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston, Inc. 2 $29,000
Golden Gate Performing Arts AKA San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus 2 $1,250
Headlands Center for the Arts 2 $3,250
International Campaign for Tibet 2 $1,250
Internews Networks 2 $10,000
JBI International, Inc. dba Jewish Braille Institute 2 $300
La Luz Center 2 $6,100
Las Lomitas Education Foundation 2 $6,000
Little Village Foundation 2 $2,000
Marin Audubon Society Incorporated 2 $2,680
Marin Shakespeare Company 2 $350
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research 2 $800
Oakland Museum of California 2 $6,500
Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center 2 $1,800
Polyphony Foundation 2 $27,500
Sculpture Center, Inc. 2 $14,850
Swarthmore College 2 $55,000
Transcendence Theater Company 2 $5,500
United Negro College Fund, Inc. 2 $500
Action Against Hunger USA 2 $200
Alisa Ann Ruch California Burn Foundation 2 $1,000
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University 2 $5,200
Bethany Center Foundation of San Francisco 2 $350
Boston Children's Hospital 2 $150,200
Breast Cancer Research Foundation 2 $25,100
California Prison Focus 2 $1,180
Center for Responsible Lending 2 $3,000,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation 2 $155,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, Inc. 2 $10,000
Community Gatepath 2 $4,500
Dance Palace 2 $1,300
East Bay College Fund 2 $200
Episcopal Impact Fund (Episcopal Charities) 2 $10,000
Friends of the Cameo 2 $1,000
Friends of the River Foundation 2 $200
Garrett Moulton Productions 2 $26,000
Giants Community Fund 2 $6,000
Hospice of the East Bay 2 $350
Hunter College Foundation 2 $2,750
Independent Feature Project, Inc. AKA Independent Filmmaker Project 2 $30,000
Israel Policy Forum Inc. 2 $7,500
Joe Goode Performance Group 2 $2,600
Marin Symphony Association 2 $1,250

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