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
Dog Is My CoPilot 1 $2,500
Doctors Without Borders USA Inc 55 $77,880
Doctors Outreach Clinics Inc. 2 $13,000
Doc Society, Inc. 1 $5,000
Djerassi Resident Artists Program 1 $100
Direct Relief 4 $16,500
Digital Nest Inc. 1 $100
Digital Divide Data AKA DDD 1 $2,500
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International 3 $1,200
DIABLO REGIONAL ARTS ASSOCIATION 1 $5,000
Diabetic Youth Families 3 $25,200
di Rosa Preserve 2 $750
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS 1 $1,000
Design History Foundation Inc AKA Places Journal 1 $5,000
Desert Jewish Center 1 $40,000
Denver Rescue Mission 1 $1,500
Democratic Majority for Israel 2 $75,000
Democracy Works, Inc. aka TurboVote 4 $11,900
Democracy Now Productions Inc 2 $50,300
Democracy Forward Foundation 2 $2,500,000
Dementia Society of America 1 $100
Delta College Foundation 1 $2,000
Delivering Good, Inc. 8 $12,500
Delancey Street Foundation 4 $16,100
Defending Democray Together Institute 1 $100,000
Defenders Of Wildlife 2 $6,500
De Marillac Academy 2 $25,250
DC Central Kitchen, Inc. 2 $1,100
Day Worker Center of Mountain View 3 $15,200
Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust 2 $2,000
David Brower Center 1 $1,000
Dartmouth College 1 $3,500
Darby Schools Excellence Fund 1 $500
Darby Bread Box 1 $500
Daraja Education Fund 2 $10,000
Daniel Pearl Foundation 1 $500
Dance Training Center-San Francisco 1 $1,000
Dance Palace 1 $500
Dance Brigade - A New Group From Wallflower Order 2 $6,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. 2 $5,100
Dan Foundation Inc. DBA Divers Alert Network 2 $300
Daily Acts Organization 2 $1,900
Cystinosis Research Foundation 1 $25,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 1 $100
Curtis School Foundation 1 $1,500
Curry Senior Center 2 $650
Curiodyssey 1 $3,000
Cure JM Foundation 1 $5,000
Culture for One 1 $2,000
Culinary Institute of America 2 $5,000
Cuck Fancer Incorporated 1 $200
Crystal Springs Uplands School 7 $16,500
Crowden Music Center 3 $27,000
Crossroads Campus 1 $2,500
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. 9 $6,280
Critter Lovers at Work DBA CLAW 1 $400
Crisis Text Line 2 $10,500
Creativity Explored 1 $500
Creative Growth Art Center 1 $3,000
Craig Hospital Foundation 2 $50,150
Covenant House California 1 $100
Court Appointed Special Advocates Program of Contra Costa County 1 $4,000
Council On Foreign Relations Inc. 2 $10,000
CorpsAfrica 1 $300
Corporation of Haverford College 3 $155,000
Corporation of Fine Arts Museums 29 $93,099
Coro Northern California 3 $50,500
Corning Museum of Glass 1 $15,000
Cornell University 7 $65,050
Cornelia De Lange Syndrome Foundation 4 $115,610
Cornelia Connelly Center for Education 1 $180
Coral Reef Alliance 1 $5,000
CORA - Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse 5 $1,850
COPE Family Center 2 $3,500
Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc. 1 $5,000
Cool Effect Inc. 1 $1,000
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution 2 $5,500
Contra Costa Midrasha 3 $5,500
Contra Costa Jewish Day School 24 $167,336
Contra Costa Jewish Community Center 2 $5,360
Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing, Inc. DBA Hope Solutions 1 $10,000
Contra Costa Animal Services 1 $3,500
Contemporary Jewish Museum 79 $740,708
Consumers' Checkbook 4 $850
Consumers Union of United States Inc. 1 $100
Conservation Through Poverty Alleviation International, Inc. 1 $1,000
Conservation Society of California 6 $3,850
Conservation Law Foundation Inc. 1 $13,000
Conservation International Foundation 4 $4,700
Congressional Progressive Caucus Center 1 $140,000
Congregation Shir Hadash 4 $27,150
Congregation Sherith Israel 22 $44,930
Congregation Shearith Israel in the City of New York 1 $5,000
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah 2 $40,400
Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin 31 $246,219
Congregation Netivot Shalom 17 $30,105
Congregation Ner Tamid 3 $2,100
Congregation Kol Shofar 26 $158,945
Congregation Kol Emeth 56 $1,025,490
Congregation Kehillath Israel 3 $25,150

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