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 Grants Total Amountsort descending
Pingry School 1 $150
Water Buffalo Club Inc. 1 $150
DrawBridge 1 $150
Greater Olean Community Foundation DBA Cattaraugus Region Community Foundat 1 $150
Sunrise Movement Education Fund 1 $150
Terwilliger Nature Education Legacy 1 $150
Carlmont Music Boosters Inc 1 $150
Rufus Porter Museum Inc. 1 $150
Bread for the World Institute Inc. 1 $150
Carmel Art Association 1 $150
Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc. 1 $150
Heart to Heart International Children's Medical Alliance 1 $150
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust 1 $150
Pets for Vets Inc. 1 $180
Trips for Kids Marin 1 $180
YRC Alumni Association 1 $180
American Fox Terrier Rescue Inc. 1 $180
National Physicians Alliance Foundation, Inc. 1 $180
Yellow Ribbon Fund, Inc. 1 $180
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 1 $180
Quixote Center 1 $180
Richmond Elementary School Inc AKA Richmond Collge Prep Schools 1 $180
UCSJ Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union Inc. 1 $180
Washington Area Bicyclist Association 1 $180
Alaska Jewish Campus 1 $180
Community United Against Violence Inc. 1 $180
Project EZRA 1 $180
St John Paul II 1 $180
SVARA 1 $180
Women's Cancer Resource Center 1 $180
American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation 1 $180
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati 1 $180
San Francisco Center for the Book 1 $180
Wells Bring Hope 1 $180
Action on Smoking and Health 1 $180
Friends of Chabad, Boca Raton Inc 1 $180
San Francisco Chapter of the Older Women's League 1 $180
Transgender Law Center 1 $180
American Institute for Cancer Research 1 $180
Public Concern Foundation Inc. 1 $180
Halachic Organ Donor Society 1 $180
California Invasive Plant Council 1 $180
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh 1 $180
Ali Forney Center 1 $180
Compassionate Listening Project 1 $180
Cornelia Connelly Center for Education 1 $180
MoEd 1 $180
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine 1 $180
Senior Advocacy Services 1 $180
Expedition Inspiration Fund for Breast Cancer Research 1 $180
Interfaith Voices 1 $180
Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Inc. 1 $180
Literacyworks 1 $180
Paws for Purple Hearts 1 $180
Call to Action of Northern California 1 $180
Roots of Peace 1 $180
Chabad Jewish Student Center at UC Santa Cruz 1 $180
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School 1 $180
PBS SoCal 1 $200
Rice University 2 $200
Barrington Stage Company 1 $200
Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic 1 $200
Southern California Public Radio 1 $200
Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent 1 $200
Congregation Bet Haverim Jewish Fellowship of Davis 1 $200
Friends of the Mountain View Library 1 $200
Leadership Institute 1 $200
Shelter Rock Jewish Center 1 $200
Sutter Care at Home 2 $200
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust 2 $200
Aspen Music Festival and School 1 $200
Children's Cancer Research Fund AKA CCRF 1 $200
Eagle Valley Community Foundation 1 $200
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews 2 $200
National Geographic Society 2 $200
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center 2 $200
San Francisco Beautiful 1 $200
Tannery Pond Concerts Corporation 1 $200
University of Pittsburgh 1 $200
Art Works Downtown, Inc. 1 $200
Chabad on Fulton 1 $200
Homework Central 1 $200
Occidental Center for the Arts 2 $200
Storyville Center for the Spoken Word Inc. 1 $200
California Polytechnic State University Foundation 1 $200
Community�Foundation�Santa�Cruz�County 1 $200
Friends of Stevens Creek Trail 1 $200
Jewish Community Free Clinic 1 $200
Mozilla Foundation 1 $200
North East Exchange Team - San Francisco 1 $200
Tuskegee Airmend National Historical Museum 2 $200
Women's Daytime Drop-In Center 1 $200
Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture 2 $200
Friends of Straus Park Inc. 1 $200
Galapagos Conservancy Inc. 2 $200
Midcoast Conservancy 1 $200
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc. 1 $200
Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Temecula Valley 1 $200
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1 $200
Swim Across America, Inc. 1 $200

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