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
Detroit Jewish News Foundation 1 $180
Find Your Light Foundation 1 $1,500
Friends of the Library of Portola Valley 1 $1,000
Gritty City Repertory Youth Theatre 1 $3,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts 1 $100
KCET 1 $200
Living Jazz 1 $4,000
MarinLink 1 $1,000
Narrative Magazine 1 $1,000
New York Youth Symphony 1 $25,000
Open Dance Project 1 $100
Petaluma Community Access 1 $2,000
Redwood Symphony 1 $1,000
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players 1 $200
San Francisco Women Artists 1 $400
Sierra Repertory Theatre 1 $1,000
The Z Space Studio 1 $200
Vermont Jazz Center 1 $150
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 1 $500
Aytzim: Ecological Judaism 1 $180
Cheshire Academy 1 $500
Design Tech High School 1 $1,500
Friends of the El Cerrito Library 1 $250
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School 1 $3,000
Insead Management Education Foundation 1 $1,800
Maine Media Workshops + College 1 $118
Mount Holyoke College 1 $15,000
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary 1 $100
San Francisco Art Institute 1 $100,000
Seton Hall University 1 $1,000
Taube Center for Jewish Studies-Stanford University 1 $8,000
Trustees of Tufts College 1 $500
University of California Irvine Foundation 1 $500
University of Virginia Law School Foundation 1 $5,000
Wellesley College 1 $1,100
Algalita Marine Research Foundation 1 $500
Felidae Conservation Fund 1 $20,000
Friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter 1 $100
Heirs to Our Oceans 1 $5,000
Laughing Pony Rescue 1 $5,000
MINA: Mariana Islands Nature Alliance 1 $500
Silver Creek Alliance 1 $250
Ability Now Bay Area 1 $200
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 1 $150
Art of Yoga Project 1 $1,000
Bonita House 1 $1,000
Chordoma Foundation 1 $1,800
Familial Dysautonomia Now Foundation 1 $180
Guiding Eyes for the Blind 1 $250
La Clinica de la Raza 1 $500
Multiple Sclerosis Society Northern California Chapter 1 $100
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition 1 $100
Operation Walk Los Angeles 1 $100
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation 1 $5,000
Women's Cancer Resource Center 1 $180
Airline Ambassadors International 1 $1,000
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center 1 $300
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland 1 $100
City of Hope National Medical Center 1 $300
Community Change 1 $100
Friends of European Leadership Network 1 $100,000
George Mason University Foundation 1 $125,000
Highlander Research and Education Ctr. 1 $500
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 1 $750
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco Bay Area 1 $500
Livable City 1 $250
Mechanics Institute 1 $1,000
On the Move 1 $1,000
Palm Center 1 $25,000
Protect Democracy Project 1 $50,000
RepresentUS Education Fund 1 $118
Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Education Foundation 1 $300
Skysthelimit.org 1 $1,000
Thrive Networks Global 1 $250
YMCA of the East Bay 1 $1,000
B'nai Israel of Rossmoor 1 $1,000
Chabad Lubavitch of Wyoming 1 $20,000
Chabad of the Inland Empire 1 $180
Congregation Beth Elohim 1 $3,125
Congregation Brith Shalom 1 $1,300
Grace Cathedral 1 $1,000
Jewish Congregation of Maui 1 $600
National Council of Young Israel - Century City 1 $5,000
The Chatham Synagogue 1 $500
Yeshiva-Torah Vodaath-Mesivta 1 $1,800
Acalanes Booster Club 1 $200
American Friends of Likud 1 $250
Attitudinal Healing International 1 $180
Black Girls Run Foundation 1 $225
Camp Hazen YMCA 1 $3,000
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin 1 $1,000
Exhale to Inhale, 1 $1,800
Foster Care Counts 1 $5,000
Girls Inc of the Central Coast 1 $1,000
Hope Ministries 1 $1,000
Los Angeles LGBT Center 1 $500
Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa 1 $100
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women 1 $500
North Carolina Agricultural Foundation 1 $10,000
Outdoors for All Foundation 1 $10,000

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