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 Grants Total Amountsort descending
Richstone Center 2 $11,500
CALmatters 2 $11,500
Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara 3 $11,500
Peninsula Sinai Congregation 10 $11,505
Americans for Peace Now 9 $11,550
Friends of the Earth 6 $11,590
Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation 3 $11,600
Sonoma Land Trust 4 $11,600
Forward Association 3 $11,600
American Friends of Yad Eliezer 5 $11,620
Lick Wilmerding High School 5 $11,700
City Surf Project 2 $11,800
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research 4 $11,800
Charities Aid Foundation of America 3 $11,830
Kimera Orphanage 2 $12,000
Leonard and Susan Fuchs Mizrachi School 1 $12,000
Yesod Foundation 1 $12,000
Pacific Autism Center For Education 1 $12,000
Spikenard Farm 1 $12,000
American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel 6 $12,100
Girl Scouts of Northern California 3 $12,150
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco 6 $12,200
Palo Alto Partners In Education 3 $12,200
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 14 $12,295
Judicial Watch 4 $12,300
AMCHA Initiative 7 $12,480
Amazon Conservation Team 2 $12,500
Global Citizen Year 3 $12,500
Naval War College Foundation 2 $12,500
Woodstock Museum 1 $12,500
American Heart Association of the Greater Bay Area 8 $12,580
Chabad of Noe Valley 5 $12,980
Oxbow School 2 $13,000
Youth Speaks 2 $13,000
Anshe Emunah Moses Montefiore Hebrew Congregation 3 $13,115
Peninsula Bridge Program 4 $13,250
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 7 $13,260
Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture 3 $13,500
Merola Opera Program 5 $13,500
Greenlight Clinic 8 $13,600
Samaritan House 15 $13,600
Beyond Differences 10 $13,675
San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 11 $13,750
World Jewish Congress American Section 13 $13,790
Piedmont Educational Foundation 3 $13,800
American Cancer Society 12 $14,050
Kehillat Etz Chayim 12 $14,292
Community School of Music and Arts 2 $14,500
ALDEA: Advancing Local Development Through Empowerment and Action 3 $14,500
Center for Investigative Reporting 4 $14,500
San Francisco Playhouse 4 $14,900
North Valley Community Foundation 4 $14,900
Alzheimer's Association 9 $14,950
Storahtelling Lab Shul 2 $15,000
Mount Holyoke College 1 $15,000
Council on Foreign Relations 2 $15,000
EcoPeace Middle East Environmental NGO Forum 3 $15,000
Socially Responsible Agricultural Project 1 $15,000
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2 $15,000
St. Andrew's - Sewanee School 1 $15,000
Global Alliance forinerator Alternatives 1 $15,000
American Friends of the Association for the advancement of Community Center 1 $15,000
Maine Jewish Museum 1 $15,000
826 Valencia 5 $15,000
Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity 1 $15,000
Teneo 1 $15,000
United States Olypmic and Paralympic Foundation 1 $15,000
Oakland School for the Arts Charter High School 2 $15,000
Planet Word Museum 2 $15,000
Foundation for Animal Care and Education 1 $15,000
Stand Up Ideas 1 $15,000
Urgewald 1 $15,000
Steinberg Institute 2 $15,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropye 1 $15,000
Pandemonium Aviaries 1 $15,000
Family and Children's Law Center 1 $15,000
The Pew Charitable Trusts 1 $15,000
Marin Academy 6 $15,100
The V Foundation 10 $15,110
Alzheimer's Association (Northern California) 13 $15,150
Castilleja School Foundation 3 $15,250
National Jewish Health 3 $15,300
Americans for Oxford 2 $15,325
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence 8 $15,340
Ikar 3 $15,360
Bay Area Children's Theatre 4 $15,450
Humane Society of Silicon Valley 3 $15,700
Metropolitan Opera Association 2 $16,000
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 3 $16,000
Exploratorium 3 $16,000
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation 10 $16,100
Delivering Good 6 $16,150
Tiba Foundation 5 $16,200
International Rescue Committee 14 $16,234
Contra Costa Jewish Day School 5 $16,580
Thesecondopinion 10 $16,650
The Kitchen SF 5 $16,700
Center for Science in the Public Interest 6 $16,894
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Organization of America 13 $16,910
Israel Venture Network 2 $17,000

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