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
Jamestown Community Center 2 $1,750
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area 2 $2,700
Mid Peninsula Boys & Girls Club 2 $1,119
African American Arts and Culture Complex 2 $8,000
Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra 2 $1,400
Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation 2 $3,500
Pocket Opera 2 $2,500
Rural California Broadcasting Corp. KRCB-TV Channel 22 2 $1,000
San Francisco Mime Troupe 2 $5,250
Foothill-DeAnza Community Colleges Foundation 2 $6,000
Friends of the Orinda Library 2 $350
Head-Royce School 2 $270,000
Japan Society of Northern California 2 $4,000
Queens College Foundation 2 $400
Williams College 2 $6,000
Niskanen Center 2 $60,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 2 $650
Palo Alto Medical Foundation for Health Care Research and Education 2 $25,200
ReSurge International 2 $1,500
Alliance for Israel's Future 2 $100,000
Democracy Forward Foundation 2 $2,500,000
Greater Miami Jewish Federation 2 $500
Inquiring Systems 2 $3,000
Iraq Veterans Against the War 2 $784
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego 2 $200
League of Women Voters of California Education Fund 2 $500
National Coalition Against Censorship 2 $500
Population Connection 2 $600
Ross Police Officers Association 2 $1,100
TOLI 2 $10,250
United Policyholders 2 $750
Central Conference of American Rabbis 2 $2,250
Northern California Board of Rabbis 2 $600
Starcross Monastic Community 2 $784
Family Promise of San Joaquin County 2 $650
Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties 2 $600
Maloto 2 $680
City Arts and Lectures 2 $25,100
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust 2 $600
Zohar Dance Company 2 $1,100
Americans for Oxford 2 $15,325
Carlmont Academic Foundation 2 $2,400
Mills College 2 $50,500
Rabbinical Assembly of America 2 $2,000
San Francisco School 2 $2,000
University of Florida Foundation 2 $10,000
American Rivers 2 $10,180
Cool Effect 2 $260
In Defense of Animals 2 $534
Napa County Land Trust 2 $500
Trust for Hidden Villa 2 $200
Center for Early Intervention on Deafness 2 $2,000
NAMI San Francisco 2 $350
Abraham Initiatives 2 $52,500
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice 2 $3,800
California Masonic Foundation 2 $2,320
Community Venture Partners 2 $3,000
Democracy Now Productions 2 $75,300
Horizons Foundation 2 $11,000
Insight Prison Project 2 $5,350
Jewish Community Legacy Project 2 $500
Mill Valley Library Foundation 2 $2,000
Vote Smart 2 $450
Maine Jewish Film Festival 2 $30,000
Studio 70 2 $21,360
Community Action of Napa Valley 2 $750
Friends of JCC Krakow 2 $1,500
Guardsmen 2 $3,000
Marin Center for Independent Living 2 $10,600
Soul Shoppe Programs 2 $1,600
Asylum Arts 2 $100,600
Crowden Music Center 2 $25,200
Lark Theater 2 $1,250
Metropolitan Opera Association 2 $16,000
Treasure Island Museum Association 2 $1,250
Berkeley High School Development Group 2 $5,500
Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls 2 $980
Mission Graduates 2 $20,000
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America 2 $720
Point Blue Conservation Science 2 $3,500
Stand.earth 2 $36,250
Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center 2 $1,800
Reutlinger Community 2 $20,000
Beth Longwell Foundation 2 $700
Center for Constitutional Rights 2 $1,000
Givat Haviva Educational Foundation 2 $4,050
Institute for American Values 2 $500
Israel Venture Network 2 $17,000
National Constitution Center 2 $175,000
Beth El Congregation, Baltimore 2 $3,000
Congregation Kehillath Israel 2 $4,396
Buckelew Programs 2 $2,000
Caring for Children 2 $2,500
Edgewood Center for Children and Families 2 $1,200
Lenox Hill Bikur Cholim 2 $360
Student Press Law Center 2 $600
Anderson Ranch Arts Center 2 $7,000
Auburn Theological Seminary 2 $60,000
Clarion Project 2 $20,000
Leo Baeck Institute 2 $20,000

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