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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Arts/Culture/Humanities

1,332 grants totaling $8,610,412

Education

1,788 grants totaling $26,068,449

Environment/Animals

804 grants totaling $17,233,970

Health

1,080 grants totaling $13,924,589

Human Services

2,384 grants totaling $24,828,067

Public/Society Benefit

3,171 grants totaling $83,300,584

Religion

1,334 grants totaling $11,521,195
Grantee name Total Grantssort descending Total Amount
One Treasure Island 1 $500
Orange County School of the Arts 1 $5,000
Pan Massachusetts Challenge Trust 1 $500
Pathways For Kids 1 $2,000
Peninsula Family Connections 1 $50,000
Performing Artists Coalition for Theater DBA Main Stage West 1 $100
Philos Project Inc. 1 $100,000
Pixie Parents 1 $4,500
Pollinator Partnership 1 $250
PRASAD Project, Inc. 1 $1,000
Ramah Darom, Inc. 1 $30,000
Reconstructing Judaism 1 $5,000
Rethink Food NYC Inc. 1 $500
Rising International 1 $1,000
ROFEH Inc. 1 $100
Ruby Habitat Foundation 1 $500
San Antonio Food Bank 1 $2,000
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players 1 $200
San Francisco Women Artists 1 $400
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation 1 $200
Schools Mentoring and Resource Team 1 $2,500
Shalem Foundation 1 $5,000
Sicha 1 $100
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture 1 $3,000
Sonoma County Bach Society 1 $25,000
Spikenard Farm, Inc. 1 $15,000
St. Helena Farmers Market 1 $100
StrongMinds, Inc. 1 $100,000
Sunrise Movement Education Fund 1 $150
Terwilliger Nature Education Legacy 1 $150
The Freedom Story 1 $439
Theater Barn Inc. 1 $200
Tikvah Fund 1 $500
Traveling Press Fund Inc. 1 $1,800
University of Chicago Hospitals 1 $100
University of the People 1 $25,000
US Supporters of the Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin 1 $100
Villa Sinfonia Foundation 1 $1,000
Water for People 1 $1,000
West Los Angeles Little League 1 $500
Wild Earth Allies, Inc. 1 $15,000
Winters Friends of the Library 1 $100
Youth in Arts 1 $500
282 Parent Teacher Organization, Inc. 1 $30,000
Algemeinger Inc 1 $360
Ashoka 1 $1,000
ASTEME Learning Center Inc. 1 $7,500
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc. 1 $50,000
Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology AKA BAYCAT 1 $100,000
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc. 1 $10,000
Beyond Faces Foundation 1 $1,500
Bloom Marin 1 $1,000
Boston After School & Beyond Inc. 1 $10,000
Burlingame Historical Society 1 $500
California State Wildlife Foundation 1 $1,000
Camp Make-A-Dream 1 $1,000
Carlmont Music Boosters Inc 1 $150
Chabad Jewish Center of Eugene 1 $360
Chamber Music San Francisco 1 $300
Child and Family Guidance Center 1 $1,000
Childrens Hospital Branches Inc. 1 $250
Cityteam Ministries 1 $100
Community Action of Napa Valley 1 $1,000
Compassionate Friends - Marin 1 $250
Congregation Beth Israel, Austin 1 $3,336
Conservation Law Foundation Inc. 1 $13,000
Coral Reef Alliance 1 $5,000
Critter Lovers at Work DBA CLAW 1 $400
Digital Divide Data AKA DDD 1 $2,500
East Bay SPCA FKA Oakland SPCA 1 $3,500
Edible Schoolyard Project 1 $1,000
Empower Yolo, Inc. 1 $1,000
Evidence Action 1 $2,500
Food on Foot 1 $118
Free at Last Community Recovery and Rehabilitation Services 1 $100
Friends of Hudson Youth Inc 1 $10,000
Friends of Yemin Orde, Inc. 1 $300
Girl Scouts of Northern California 1 $1,000
Global Jewish Assistance and Relief Network 1 $300
Grace Cathedral 1 $1,000
Green Acres School Inc. 1 $100
Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Youth Inc. 1 $500
Henry M. Gunn High School Sports Boosters Club 1 $350
Hole Food Rescue Corp. 1 $5,000
Humane Farming Association 1 $250
Immaterial 1 $75,000
Israel Special Kids Fund 1 $300
Jewish Community Center of Long Beach AKA Alpert JCC 1 $5,000
K to College DBA SupplyBank.Org 1 $250
KehillahSF 1 $750
Kimera Orphanage 1 $5,000
Kurts Fund aka Kurt + Peter Foundation 1 $15,000
Legal Aid of Sonoma County 1 $250
Listening for a Change 1 $500
Los Altos Chabad 1 $25,000
LuMind Research Down Syndrome Foundation 1 $10,000
Maimonides Medical Center 1 $5,000
March of Dimes Foundation 1 $100
Mary Sarvis Memorial Fund 1 $250
Mendocino Land Trust 1 $100

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