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 namesort ascending Total Grants Total Amount
\National Alliance on Mental Illness 2 $350
Zonta International Foundation 1 $720
Zohar Dance Company 2 $1,100
Zionist Organization of America 3 $1,200
Zioness Movement 3 $24,500
Zeta Beta Tau Foundation Inc. 1 $1,000
Zen Hospice Project 4 $7,200
Zamir Choral Foundation, Inc. 1 $1,800
YWCA 2 $8,000
YRC Alumni Association 1 $180
Youth Tennis Advantage 2 $1,100
Youth Spirit Artworks 1 $11,000
Youth Speaks, Inc. 2 $13,000
Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project Inc. 1 $1,000
Youth Law Center 3 $10,300
Youth in Arts 1 $500
Youth Improved Incorporated AKA GENYOUth 3 $3,000
Youth Community Service Inc. 2 $280
Youth Alive 3 $1,000
Young Women's Choral Projects 2 $25,000
You Can Vote 2 $2,000
Yosemite Conservancy 7 $13,680
Yom Rishon School 1 $500
Yolo Land Trust 1 $100
Yolo Food Bank 2 $20,000
Yolo Community Care Continuum 1 $1,000
Yoga Foster 1 $5,000
YMCA 7 $71,430
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Inc. AKA YIVO 1 $1,000
Yiddish Farm Education Center 1 $25,000
Yesod Foundation 1 $12,000
Yeshivat Maharat Inc. 2 $35,250
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School Ltd. 1 $360
Yeshiva University 1 $8,000
Yeshiva of Los Angeles Girls High School 1 $3,600
Yeshiva Day School of Silicon Valley 1 $18,000
YES, Ross Valley Schools Foundation 1 $2,750
Yes We Can World Foundation 1 $2,500
YES Nature to Neighborhoods 1 $100
Yellowhammer Fund 2 $10,100
Yellow Ribbon Fund, Inc. 1 $180
Year Up Bay Area 2 $51,000
Yale University 18 $538,300
Yad Chessed Fund Inc. 2 $2,500
Xerces Society Inc. 1 $1,000
Wu Yee Children's Services 1 $500
Wounded Warrior Project Inc. 8 $5,600
World Wildlife Fund, Inc. 10 $7,400
World Vision 1 $100
World Union For Progressive Judaism 10 $63,680
World Resources Institute 1 $350
World Monuments Fund 1 $250
World Jewish Congress American Section Inc. 11 $14,200
World Food Program, Inc. 1 $118
World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Jewish Organizations Inc. 1 $250
World Central Kitchen, Inc. 30 $64,852
World Affairs Council of Northern CA 1 $5,000
Working Group / Not In Our Town 4 $6,460
Working Assumptions Foundation 3 $2,400,000
Working America Education Fund 7 $13,950
Woodwell Climate Research Center 1 $1,500
Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Foundation 1 $2,000
Wood River Women's Foundation 1 $1,100
Wood River Jewish Community Inc. 4 $9,200
Womenshelter of Long Beach 1 $5,000
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project - WRRAP 2 $5,750
Women's Refugee Commission 1 $500
Women'S Foundation Of California 1 $2,500
Women's Daytime Drop-In Center 1 $200
Women's Crisis Support Team 1 $1,000
Women's Cancer Resource Center 1 $180
Women's Action for New Directions Education Fund Inc. 2 $2,835
Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent 1 $200
Women Make Movies 1 $100
Women Giving As One Inc. AKA Impact100 Sonoma 1 $1,000
Women for Women International 1 $1,000
Women Donors Network 2 $9,000
Witness for Peace 1 $500
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc. 1 $500
Winters Friends of the Library 1 $100
Win Without War Education Fund 1 $285
Wilshire Boulevard Temple 2 $10,900
Willow Creek Foundation 1 $300
Williams College 2 $6,000
William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice Inc. 10 $104,230
Wilkes Bashford Helping Hands Emergency Fund 1 $1,000
Wildlife Conservation Society 2 $1,100
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc. 2 $6,000
Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley 1 $100
Wilderness Torah 12 $56,850
Wilderness Society 8 $165,735
Wildcoast 1 $300,000
Wildcare 5 $18,000
Wildaid Inc. 2 $202,500
Wild Salmon Center 1 $500
Wild Earth Allies, Inc. 1 $15,000
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 11 $7,218
Wider Bridge 8 $34,380
Whitney Museum of American Art 2 $5,100
White Oak Farm and Education Center 2 $20,000

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