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 |
|---|---|---|
| National Redistricting Foundation | 1 | $25,000 |
| New Dawn Guatemala | 1 | $1,000 |
| North East Exchange Team - San Francisco | 1 | $200 |
| One Arizona | 1 | $10,000 |
| Otter Project | 1 | $250 |
| Pacific Beach Coalition | 1 | $5,000 |
| Palo Alto History Museum | 1 | $150 |
| Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation | 1 | $500 |
| Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation | 1 | $5,000 |
| Philabundance | 1 | $1,000 |
| Pine Street Foundation | 1 | $5,000 |
| Point Lobos Foundation | 1 | $300 |
| Radio Ambulante Studios Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| Reach Out and Read, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Redwood Justice Fund | 1 | $250 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | 1 | $50,000 |
| Richmond-Ermet Foundation | 1 | $5,000 |
| Rocket Dog Rescue | 1 | $100 |
| Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 1 | $200,000 |
| San Francisco Host Committee | 1 | $2,500 |
| San Francisco Shakespeare Festival | 1 | $500 |
| San Mateo County Health Foundation | 1 | $500 |
| Secure Community Network | 1 | $50,000 |
| Sex Workers Outreach Project | 1 | $360 |
| Shira Foundation of NJ A NJ Nonprofit Corporation | 1 | $100 |
| Socrates Sculpture Park | 1 | $1,800 |
| Sonoma Valley Community Health Center | 1 | $133,000 |
| St. Andrew's - Sewanee School | 1 | $10,000 |
| Stand.Earth | 1 | $36,000 |
| Storyville Center for the Spoken Word Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Sun Valley Summer Symphony | 1 | $1,000 |
| Swarthmore College | 1 | $35,000 |
| Target Margin Theater Inc | 1 | $12,000 |
| Temple Sinai, Oakland | 1 | $360 |
| The Ama Foundation | 1 | $100 |
| The Philadelphia School | 1 | $10,000 |
| Turtle Island Restoration Network | 1 | $250,000 |
| United Plant Savers | 1 | $10,000 |
| University of Puget Sound | 1 | $3,000 |
| Upwardly Global | 1 | $275 |
| Velaslavasay Panorama | 1 | $12,000 |
| Weld Food Bank | 1 | $1,000 |
| Wilkes Bashford Helping Hands Emergency Fund | 1 | $1,000 |
| Women's Crisis Support Team | 1 | $1,000 |
| World Food Program, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Yes We Can World Foundation | 1 | $2,500 |
| Zeta Beta Tau Foundation Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| A Network for Grateful Living | 1 | $100 |
| Acterra - Action For A Sustainable Earth | 1 | $1,000 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation DBA Cure Alzheimer's Fund | 1 | $5,000 |
| American Association of University Women Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| American Friends of the Heschel Center | 1 | $5,000 |
| American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation | 1 | $180 |
| Anti-Recidivism Coalition | 1 | $300 |
| Assisted Living Project | 1 | $5,000 |
| Baja Coastal Institute Inc. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Batya-Friends of United Hatzalah Inc. | 1 | $5,000 |
| Bedford Playhouse Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Berkeley Partners for Parks | 1 | $250 |
| Bird Rescue Center | 1 | $5,000 |
| Brain Support Network | 1 | $5,000 |
| Buffalo Bill Center of the West | 1 | $250 |
| Caminos de Agua | 1 | $250 |
| Can Do Canines | 1 | $100 |
| Catholic Community Foundation of the Diocese of Santa Rosa | 1 | $5,000 |
| Chabad at USC | 1 | $250 |
| Chevra Kol Israel | 1 | $15,000 |
| City of St. Helena | 1 | $100 |
| Climate Jobs New York Education Fund, Inc. | 1 | $300,000 |
| Colgate University | 1 | $2,500 |
| Congregation Shearith Israel in the City of New York | 1 | $5,000 |
| Covenant House California | 1 | $100 |
| Curtis School Foundation | 1 | $1,500 |
| Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS | 1 | $1,000 |
| Dorot, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| ELEM / Youth in Distress in Israel | 1 | $18,000 |
| Esalen Institute | 1 | $500 |
| Faith in Action Bay Area | 1 | $2,500 |
| Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. | 1 | $10,000 |
| Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival | 1 | $5,000 |
| Friends of Casita Linda Ac | 1 | $500 |
| Friends of Straus Park Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Friends of the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center | 1 | $20,000 |
| Gesher Foundation Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Golden Gate Symphony and Chorus | 1 | $7,500 |
| HAI Global | 1 | $100 |
| Healthier Kids Foundation Santa Clara County | 1 | $500 |
| Hillsdale High School Foundation Inc. | 1 | $360 |
| Honeymoon Israel Foundation Inc. | 1 | $15,000 |
| International Myeloma Foundation | 1 | $100 |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Jacob Burns Film Center Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Jewish Campus Life Fund Inc. DBA Columbia/Barnard Hillel | 1 | $500 |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | 1 | $5,000 |
| Judicial Watch, Inc. | 1 | $5,000 |
| Kav L'Noar Foundation | 1 | $12,000 |
| Kol HaNeshamah | 1 | $300 |
| Latino Community Foundation | 1 | $500 |
| Leonard and Susan Fuchs Mizrachi School | 1 | $15,000 |
