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
Sempervirens Fund 9 $2,350
That Man May See 9 $110,100
Menlo School 9 $38,650
Northwestern University 9 $89,400
Duke University 9 $463,680
Huckleberry Youth Programs 9 $20,700
Temple Isaiah of Contra Costa County 9 $157,992
ALS Association Golden West Chapter 9 $2,500
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners 9 $8,680
Union of Concerned Scientists 9 $8,000
Jewish Study Network 9 $25,100
American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter 9 $29,150
Moldaw Residences 9 $40,030
Project Open Hand 9 $54,700
Alzheimer's Association 9 $14,950
Marine Mammal Center 9 $24,800
Beyond Differences 10 $13,675
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation 10 $20,550
Sha'ar Zahav 10 $21,960
College Track 10 $19,000
HAMAQOM 10 $584,883
Independent Jewish World Cinema 10 $34,850
Brown University 10 $34,000
San Francisco AIDS Foundation 10 $11,260
San Francisco Conservatory of Music 10 $127,250
American Friends of the Tel Aviv University 10 $567,700
Center for Reproductive Rights 10 $115,720
Peninsula Sinai Congregation 10 $11,505
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation 10 $88,500
The V Foundation 10 $15,110
Thesecondopinion 10 $16,650
Aspen Institute 10 $119,500
Jewish Federations of North America 10 $321,000
Equal Justice Initiative 10 $23,500
Schwab Charitable Fund 10 $579,001
Union for Reform Judaism 10 $136,250
Ecumenical Hunger Program 10 $2,700
Compassion and Choices 10 $48,800
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation 10 $16,100
University of California-Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life 11 $46,780
Summer Search 11 $82,500
California State Parks Foundation 11 $7,500
Columbia University 11 $52,100
Greenpeace Fund 11 $8,430
World Union for Progressive Judaism 11 $44,680
Nature Conservancy 11 $7,450
Wikimedia Foundation 11 $6,498
St. Anthony's 11 $52,350
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte 11 $31,050
San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 11 $13,750
Jewish Funders Network 11 $378,287
Temple Sinai, Oakland 12 $39,287
American Friends of the Hebrew University 12 $162,450
Seacology 12 $101,800
Bay Area Cancer Connections 12 $58,100
American Cancer Society 12 $14,050
Kehillat Etz Chayim 12 $14,292
URJ - Camp Newman 12 $240,360
ORT America 12 $21,550
California Academy of Sciences 12 $118,500
HonestReporting USA 12 $28,700
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health 12 $201,500
Richmond Torah Center - Chabad 12 $8,400
American Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 12 $318,500
Brandeis School of San Francisco 12 $53,730
Stanford Health Care 12 $230,600
Trust for Public Land 12 $79,257
UCLA Foundation 12 $123,350
Save the Redwoods League 12 $51,950
World Wildlife Fund 12 $37,400
Human Rights Watch 13 $2,021,130
World Jewish Congress American Section 13 $13,790
Amnesty International USA 13 $6,834
Washington Institute for Near East Policy 13 $433,300
Stern Grove Festival Association 13 $64,100
American Israel Education Foundation 13 $784,000
HairToStay 13 $46,800
Family House 13 $87,850
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 13 $6,900
Friends of the Jewish Community Library 13 $31,800
California College of the Arts 13 $317,500
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Organization of America 13 $16,910
Alzheimer's Association (Northern California) 13 $15,150
Chabad Jewish Center of Oakland 14 $141,215
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy 14 $28,975
Chabad of San Francisco 14 $28,470
International Rescue Committee 14 $16,234
Meals on Wheels of San Francisco 14 $19,148
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 14 $12,295
Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area 14 $143,800
Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library 14 $42,955
Kehillah Jewish High School 15 $772,690
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum 15 $103,900
Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center 15 $22,350
Samaritan House 15 $13,600
American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 15 $90,450
San Francisco Free Clinic 16 $152,794
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science 16 $255,400
Friends of the Fromm Institute for Life-Long Learning 16 $78,700
Nature Conservancy of California 16 $68,500

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