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 Study Network Inc. 12 $15,548
Facing History and Ourselves Inc. 12 $26,217
Project Open Hand 12 $54,550
World Wildlife Fund, Inc. 12 $4,675
Human Rights Watch Inc. 12 $3,770,430
Sierra Club Foundation 12 $1,007,130
American Friends of Yad Eliezer Inc. 13 $23,680
Brown University 13 $273,750
Columbia University 13 $60,600
MEOR Inc. 13 $64,200
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health 13 $166,450
Peninsula Sinai Congregation 13 $17,891
Richmond Torah Center - Chabad 13 $8,900
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
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation 13 $128,780
San Francisco Free Clinic 13 $34,250
American Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Inc. (AABGU) 14 $1,086,500
Habitat For Humanity 14 $4,850
Safe & Sound (formerly San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center) 14 $25,290
Earthjustice 15 $2,033,000
North Valley Community Foundation 15 $26,560
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) 15 $26,280
Peninsula Jewish Community Center 15 $25,900
Family House, Inc. 15 $85,350
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc. (New York) 15 $13,050
Israel21C 15 $43,630
United Way (Multiple Chapters) 15 $46,100
Kehillah Jewish High School 16 $531,650
Larkin Street Youth Services 16 $80,750
Trust For Public Land 16 $2,093,600
Peninsula Open Space Trust 16 $65,350
San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ) 16 $25,750
Ronald McDonald House Charities (Multiple Locations) 16 $128,650
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice 16 $44,030
Environmental Defense Fund Inc. 16 $16,400
IsraAID - Global Humanitarian Assistance, Inc. 16 $111,453
International Rescue Committee, Inc. 17 $35,333
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 17 $74,800
Harvard College / University 17 $179,100
World Jewish Congress American Section Inc. 17 $16,638
Save the Redwoods League 17 $86,700
J Street Education Fund, Inc. 17 $247,200
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy 18 $34,595
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 18 $36,908
Boys & Girls Club of America (multiple locations) 18 $38,280
Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center 18 $68,220
Beyond Differences 18 $29,190
Theatreworks 18 $91,035
American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA) (ARMDI) 18 $16,650
Friends Of The Israel Defense Forces 18 $35,400
Tipping Point Community 19 $610,850
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc. 19 $47,450
Wider Bridge 19 $42,820
Urban Adamah 20 $929,986
Meals on Wheels America (multiple locations) 20 $49,050
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School 20 $53,486
Peninsula Temple Sholom 21 $51,220
Corporation of Fine Arts Museums 21 $63,049
San Francisco Ballet Association 21 $175,150
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation (CPMC) 22 $456,350
Jewish Community High School Of The Bay 22 $86,250
Mazon Inc. A Jewish Response to Hunger 22 $7,773
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation 23 $227,408
Congregation Kol Shofar 23 $151,150
P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds, Inc. 23 $215,761
Chronicle Season Of Sharing Fund 23 $229,008
San Francisco Opera Association 23 $235,518
Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin 24 $216,554
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 24 $42,863
Yale University 25 $377,678
GLIDE Foundation 25 $89,248
Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region 25 $125,830
Jewish National Fund 26 $93,770
Nature Conservancy, Inc. 26 $32,650
Bay Area Friendship Circle 26 $69,340
Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation 27 $115,980
Congregation Beth Sholom - San Francisco 27 $105,318
Congregation Sherith Israel 28 $125,175
Jewish LearningWorks 29 $122,720
Naral Pro-Choice Foundations 29 $99,360
Institute on Aging 29 $185,430
Birthright Israel Foundation 30 $121,460
Congregation Beth Jacob 32 $162,909
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) 34 $225,891
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center 35 $145,128
University Of Southern California 36 $332,550
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank 37 $121,116
University of California, Berkeley (Foundation/Regents) 38 $502,553
HIAS Inc. 38 $26,510
Tides Center - Shalom Bayit 38 $86,100
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties 39 $79,243
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc. (JDC) 40 $423,880
Doctors Without Borders - Medecins Sans Frontieres - USA 41 $39,255
Hebrew Free Loan 41 $93,770
San Francisco Symphony 44 $406,425

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