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.
All 2019 grants are listed in the searchable database:
| Grantee name |
Total Grants |
Total Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Union of Concerned Scientists | 9 | $8,000 |
| Jewish Study Network | 9 | $25,100 |
| American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter | 9 | $29,150 |
| Alzheimer's Association | 9 | $14,950 |
| Moldaw Residences | 9 | $40,030 |
| Project Open Hand | 9 | $54,700 |
| Marine Mammal Center | 9 | $24,800 |
| Americans for Peace Now | 9 | $11,550 |
| The Abraham Initiatives | 9 | $17,750 |
| CAMERA | 9 | $5,620 |
| Sempervirens Fund | 9 | $2,350 |
| Wilderness Torah | 9 | $45,680 |
| That Man May See | 9 | $110,100 |
| Menlo School | 9 | $38,650 |
| Northwestern University | 9 | $89,400 |
| Duke University | 9 | $463,680 |
| 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 |
| Compassion and Choices | 10 | $48,800 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | 10 | $136,250 |
| Ecumenical Hunger Program | 10 | $2,700 |
| Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation | 10 | $16,100 |
| Beyond Differences | 10 | $13,675 |
| Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation | 10 | $20,550 |
| College Track | 10 | $19,000 |
| HAMAQOM | 10 | $584,883 |
| Sha'ar Zahav | 10 | $21,960 |
| Brown University | 10 | $34,000 |
| Independent Jewish World Cinema | 10 | $34,850 |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | 10 | $127,250 |
| San Francisco AIDS Foundation | 10 | $11,260 |
| 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 |
| San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 11 | $13,750 |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | 11 | $31,050 |
| Jewish Funders Network | 11 | $378,287 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Trust for Public Land | 12 | $79,257 |
| Stanford Health Care | 12 | $230,600 |
| UCLA Foundation | 12 | $123,350 |
| Save the Redwoods League | 12 | $51,950 |
| World Wildlife Fund | 12 | $37,400 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | 12 | $162,450 |
| Seacology | 12 | $101,800 |
| Bay Area Cancer Connections | 12 | $58,100 |
| Temple Sinai, Oakland | 12 | $39,287 |
| American Cancer Society | 12 | $14,050 |
| Kehillat Etz Chayim | 12 | $14,292 |
| ORT America | 12 | $21,550 |
| URJ - Camp Newman | 12 | $240,360 |
| California Academy of Sciences | 12 | $118,500 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | 14 | $28,975 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Oakland | 14 | $141,215 |
| Chabad of San Francisco | 14 | $28,470 |
| International Rescue Committee | 14 | $16,234 |
| Meals on Wheels of San Francisco | 14 | $19,148 |
| Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center | 15 | $22,350 |
| Samaritan House | 15 | $13,600 |
| American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | 15 | $90,450 |
| Kehillah Jewish High School | 15 | $772,690 |
| San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum | 15 | $103,900 |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | 16 | $91,900 |
| Hillel International | 16 | $118,438 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | 16 | $8,875 |
| Friends of the Fromm Institute for Life-Long Learning | 16 | $78,700 |
