2019 Grantmaking

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, in 2019 the Federation disbursed 10,050 grants from donor-advised funds and supporting foundations, totaling $175,078,668 to 2,985 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 2019 grants are listed in the searchable database:

Arts/Culture/Humanities

1,294 grants totaling $9,388,906

Education

1,641 grants totaling $27,569,564

Environment/Animals

744 grants totaling $17,698,729

Health

1,054 grants totaling $15,279,197

Human Services

1,511 grants totaling $11,768,076

Public/Society Benefit

2,598 grants totaling $79,923,414

Religion

1,208 grants totaling $13,450,797
Grantee name Total Grantssort descending Total Amount
Socially Responsible Agricultural Project 1 $15,000
Trees Foundation 1 $4,000
Alisa Ann Ruch California Burn Foundation 1 $500
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation 1 $500
Cardiac Therapy Foundation of the Mid-Peninsula 1 $100
Colorectal Cancer Alliance 1 $250
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS 1 $1,000
Final Exit Network 1 $1,000
Halachic Organ Donor Society 1 $180
In Spirit 1 $2,000
MayView Community Health Center 1 $100
Rady Children's Hospital Foundation 1 $2,500
San Francisco Public Health Foundation 1 $38,500
Yellow Ribbon Fund 1 $180
Aleph Institute 1 $900
American Foreign Policy Council 1 $5,000
CatchLight FKA PhotoPhilanthropy 1 $2,500
City Parks Alliance 1 $350
Daniel Pearl Foundation 1 $500
Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco 1 $300
First Tee of San Diego 1 $5,000
Friends of Straus Park 1 $200
Grassroots Collaborative 1 $250,000
Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley 1 $2,500
Innocence Project New Orleans 1 $300
Internews Networks 1 $5,000
Jewish Federation of the Berkshires 1 $1,000
Karmaspirit 1 $4,000
Leading Edge Alliance 1 $25,000
New Leaders Council 1 $500
Open Markets Institute 1 $350,000
Philos Project 1 $100,000
Riverside Park Conservancy 1 $200
TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund 1 $250,000
Tides Foundation 1 $1,000,000
VGC Foundation 1 $500
Win Without War Education Fund 1 $284
YWCA Silicon Valley 1 $5,000
Chabad of College Hill 1 $180
Chapel Hill Kehillah 1 $180
Hebrew Congregation of North Tarrytown & Tarrytown Temple Beth Abraham 1 $5,000
LAvate 1 $10,000
New Life Church of Novato 1 $10,000
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College & Jewish Reconstructionist Communities 1 $5,000
Sonoma Mountain Zen Center 1 $1,000
Temple Emanuel of Winston-Salem 1 $540
Adventure Cycling Association 1 $40,000
Barack Obama Foundation 1 $300
Boys & Girls Club of Monterey County 1 $100
Ceres Community Project 1 $4,500
Creating Friendships for Peace 1 $1,000
Good Food Institute 1 $2,000
Hands Across the Sea 1 $500
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund 1 $180
North Park Hockey Association 1 $100
Pono Grown Farm Center 1 $80,000
Rebuilding Together Oakland 1 $5,000
Saint Francis Foundation 1 $2,500
Solo Aquatics 1 $150
St. Luke's Wood River Foundation 1 $500
Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association 1 $2,000
Trevor Project 1 $180
Women's Daytime Drop-In Center 1 $500
Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives 1 $500
American Friends of the Babylonian Jewry Center, 1 $25,000
Budding Artist Foundation 1 $2,000
Capitol Public Radio 1 $500
Chora Nova 1 $25,000
DrawBridge 1 $3,000
KWMR 1 $500
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts 1 $2,000
Menorah Heritage Foundation 1 $250
Oakland Heritage Alliance 1 $500
Palo Alto Players - Peninsula Center Stage 1 $500
San Francisco Maritime National Park Association 1 $1,000
Sundance Institute 1 $20,000
Voices of Music 1 $2,500
Zaccho SF 1 $3,000
Alta Vista School 1 $250
Beaver Country Day School 1 $1,000
Boy Scouts of America, Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council 1 $500
Camperships for Nebagamon 1 $250
City and Country School 1 $10,000
Foothill Parent-Faculty Association 1 $375
Friends of the Oakland Public Library 1 $3,000
HBCU Foundation 1 $150
Khan Lab School 1 $1,000
Metropolitan Club Preservation Foundation 1 $1,000
Napa Valley College Foundation 1 $250
Pie Ranch 1 $5,000
PUSD-Harvest Park Preschool Center 1 $1,000
Rethink the Conversation Ltd. 1 $500
Tyler Clementi Foundation 1 $250
University of Cincinnati Foundation 1 $100
University of Wyoming Foundation 1 $5,000
Western Justice Center Foundation 1 $500
American Museum of Fly Fishing 1 $1,500
Big Sur Land Trust 1 $1,250
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity 1 $50,000
Environment California Research and Policy Center 1 $300

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