2020 Grantmaking
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, in 2020 the Federation disbursed 11,838 grants from donor-advised funds and supporting foundations, totaling $180,799,753 to 3,097 nonprofit organizations. The number of grants made increased by 18% over 2019, and we attribute this to the significantly greater health and human services needs that quickly arose out of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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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| Grantee name |
Total Grants |
Total Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Tides Center | 6 | $33,930 |
| Aim High for High School | 6 | $26,930 |
| Berkeley Public Schools Fund | 6 | $23,700 |
| HealthRight 360 | 6 | $58,500 |
| Heifer Project International, Inc. | 6 | $2,760 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council - Jewish Coalition for Literacy | 6 | $24,368 |
| Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs | 6 | $117,750 |
| Palo Alto Partners In Education | 6 | $15,060 |
| Salvation Army - Golden State Division | 6 | $4,350 |
| East Bay Community Foundation | 6 | $41,300 |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music Inc. | 7 | $10,750 |
| National Wildlife Federation | 7 | $2,000 |
| UC Hastings Foundation | 7 | $49,250 |
| BBYO | 7 | $84,598 |
| National Council of Jewish Women - San Francisco Section | 7 | $8,985 |
| New Venture Fund | 7 | $3,325,250 |
| California Trout | 7 | $14,550 |
| Hamilton Families | 7 | $18,000 |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | 7 | $20,350 |
| San Francisco Aids Foundation | 7 | $11,880 |
| Cornell University | 7 | $65,050 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | 7 | $521,580 |
| Working America Education Fund | 7 | $13,950 |
| YMCA | 7 | $71,430 |
| Crystal Springs Uplands School | 7 | $16,500 |
| American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel | 7 | $220,880 |
| Avenidas | 7 | $26,350 |
| Institute For Jewish Spirituality Inc. | 7 | $2,870 |
| American Society for Yad Vashem Inc. | 7 | $4,610 |
| Feminist Majority Foundation | 7 | $34,335 |
| Summer Search | 7 | $76,000 |
| American Himalayan Foundation | 7 | $61,100 |
| Chabad of the East Bay | 7 | $12,600 |
| REPORT, Inc. | 7 | $166,500 |
| Greenlight Clinic | 7 | $8,800 |
| Yosemite Conservancy | 7 | $13,680 |
| Americans United for Separation of Church and State | 7 | $41,050 |
| Nueva School | 7 | $171,755 |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | 7 | $91,800 |
| Congregation B'Nai Tikvah | 7 | $30,075 |
| Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc. | 7 | $21,900 |
| Maven Project | 7 | $6,250 |
| Compass Family Services | 7 | $15,500 |
| Friends of the Urban Forest | 7 | $4,110 |
| Middle East Media Research Institute Inc. | 7 | $80,860 |
| Reboot, Inc. | 7 | $117,750 |
| Smile Train, Inc. | 7 | $1,850 |
| Bay School Of San Francisco | 7 | $158,300 |
| HairToStay | 7 | $37,800 |
| Peninsula Bridge Program | 8 | $18,750 |
| Wider Bridge | 8 | $34,380 |
| Brandeis University | 8 | $7,330 |
| Leukemia And Lymphoma Society | 8 | $14,470 |
| AMCHA Initiative | 8 | $16,880 |
| Camp Kesem National | 8 | $7,000 |
| No Kid Hungry by Share Our Strength | 8 | $44,600 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | 8 | $145,800 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc. | 8 | $2,010,080 |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association | 8 | $58,950 |
| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | 8 | $23,050 |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc. | 8 | $5,600 |
| Congregation Beth Israel, Berkeley | 8 | $15,140 |
| Delivering Good, Inc. | 8 | $12,500 |
| American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Inc. | 8 | $9,800 |
| Wilderness Society | 8 | $165,735 |
| Save the Bay | 8 | $2,850 |
| GiveDirectly, Inc. | 8 | $41,360 |
| Northwestern University | 8 | $80,530 |
| Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc. | 8 | $1,230 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | 8 | $9,850 |
| Opera Parallele | 8 | $155,450 |
| Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival | 8 | $29,500 |
| Mission Hospice & Home Care | 8 | $3,400 |
| Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, LA | 8 | $179,400 |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | 8 | $6,365 |
| Chabad of Greater South Bay | 8 | $27,516 |
| ODC | 9 | $34,350 |
| Sinai Memorial Chapel - Chevra Kadisha | 9 | $34,600 |
| JIMENA Inc. | 9 | $57,200 |
| Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. | 9 | $6,280 |
| Peninsula Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 9 | $21,550 |
| Color of Change | 9 | $30,750 |
| Food Runners | 9 | $5,900 |
| ExtraFood Org | 9 | $24,300 |
| Peninsula Sinai Congregation | 9 | $19,657 |
| UCLA Foundation | 9 | $39,750 |
| Congregation Beth Shalom of Napa Valley | 9 | $12,600 |
| Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library | 9 | $36,100 |
| Save the Children Federation | 9 | $4,200 |
| Columbia University | 9 | $25,600 |
| Marine Mammal Center | 9 | $17,600 |
| San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum | 9 | $21,950 |
| Bay Area Cancer Connections | 9 | $29,550 |
| New Georgia Project Incorporated | 9 | $505,000 |
| American Indian College Fund | 9 | $13,410 |
| Congregation Beth El | 9 | $34,930 |
| Trust For Public Land | 9 | $16,300 |
| American Cancer Society, Inc. | 9 | $26,400 |
| California State Parks Foundation | 9 | $9,450 |
| World Union For Progressive Judaism | 10 | $63,680 |
