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
Schechter Institutes, Inc. 5 $23,710
10,000 Degrees 5 $77,500
Congregation Beth Sholom of Napa Valley 5 $5,322
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs 5 $205,000
San Francisco Unified School District - KALW 5 $2,600
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation 5 $12,750
San Francisco University High School 5 $7,800
Access Institute for Psychological Services 5 $68,700
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco 5 $5,200
Environmental Volunteers 5 $9,700
Hand in Hand: American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel 5 $18,180
Marin Academy 5 $7,000
Music in Schools Today 5 $8,500
Tzedakah Fund 5 $3,800
Battery Foundation 5 $22,000
Citizens Climate Education Corp. 5 $21,200
La Casa De Las Madres 5 $1,850
Rossmoor Fund 5 $600
San Francisco Playhouse 5 $76,850
Breast Cancer Action 5 $8,575
CASA of San Mateo County 5 $5,700
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation, Inc. 5 $2,950
United Nations Watch - USA 5 $710
70 Faces Media 5 $500
ALDEA: Advancing Local Development through Empowerment and Action 5 $20,980
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6 $4,650
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. 6 $1,680
Congregation Emek Beracha 6 $4,750
PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers and Students Inc. 6 $7,900
Duke University 6 $532,280
Keshet Inc. 6 $22,750
UCLA Foundation 6 $79,100
California State Parks Foundation 6 $3,750
Durham - Chapel Hill Jewish Federation 6 $3,000
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association 6 $84,000
North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry Inc. 6 $4,453
San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program 6 $13,000
Tree of Life Congregation 6 $3,330
Aim High for High School 6 $18,550
B'nai B'rith International 6 $5,750
Commonwealth Club of California 6 $24,100
Marin General Hospital Foundation 6 $20,800
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 6 $22,660
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (multiple chapters) 6 $3,000
Rimon Club, Inc. DBA Club Z 6 $9,360
Lehrhaus Judaica 6 $543,033
Marin Humane Society 6 $3,280
Ploughshares Fund 6 $39,500
Kulanu, Inc. 6 $73,623
San Francisco Film Society 6 $5,750
Wounded Warrior Project Inc. 6 $1,100
Jewish Federation of Cleveland 6 $1,020,000
Cal Performances (UC Berkeley) 6 $16,250
JewishGen, Inc. 6 $780
College Preparatory School 6 $47,680
InterfaithFamily 6 $17,050
League of Women Voters Education Fund 6 $1,650
Beth El Synagogue (Durham) 6 $22,016
League to Save Lake Tahoe 6 $9,750
Lerner Jewish Community Day School 6 $7,405
American Heart Association 6 $1,180
California Community Foundation 6 $14,850
JIMENA Inc. 6 $12,300
Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA 6 $21,000
San Francisco Zoological Society 6 $55,500
Avenidas 6 $41,600
Slingshot Fund Inc. 7 $41,000
Community Initiatives 7 $20,150
Equal Justice Initiative 7 $24,000
Marin Theatre Company 7 $17,100
University Of Chicago 7 $22,150
Friends of the Urban Forest 7 $3,075
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence 7 $8,930
American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc. 7 $71,800
Global Fund for Women Inc. 7 $5,100
Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc. 7 $49,200
Middle East Media Research Institute Inc. 7 $52,170
Muttville 7 $9,100
Summer Search 7 $27,000
Washington Institute for Near East Policy 7 $44,500
Camp Ramah (multiple locations) 7 $38,850
SPUR 7 $72,950
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Foundation 7 $155,000
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation 7 $26,400
Foundation for Students Rising Above 7 $19,700
National Center For Lesbian Rights 7 $426,600
People for Open Space, Inc./Greenbelt Alliance 7 $20,250
PlayGround Inc. 7 $16,696
Jewish Community Free Clinic (Santa Rosa) 7 $4,250
Jewish Funders Network 7 $194,556
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 7 $6,600
San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation 7 $2,350
Best Buddies International, Inc. 7 $4,300
Sinai Memorial Chapel - Chevra Kadisha 7 $32,400
Union For Reform Judaism 7 $19,600
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund 7 $41,650
Sempervirens Fund 7 $2,500
Children's Council of San Francisco 7 $20,350
Ecumenical Hunger Program 7 $6,600
Israel Emergency Alliance DBA Stand With Us 7 $2,145

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