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
Tannery Pond Concerts Corporation 1 $200
University of Pittsburgh 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
Occidental Center for the Arts 2 $200
Storyville Center for the Spoken Word Inc. 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
Tuskegee Airmend National Historical Museum 2 $200
Women's Daytime Drop-In Center 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
KCET 1 $200
Swim Across America, Inc. 1 $200
The Spahr Center 1 $200
Global Down Syndrome Foundation 1 $200
Mesorah Heritage Foundation 2 $200
Shotgun Players, Inc. 1 $200
University of Sydney USA Foundation 1 $200
Edgewood Center For Children And Families 1 $200
Family Caregiver Alliance 1 $200
Showing Up for Racial Justice Inc 1 $200
Feed the Children, Inc. 2 $200
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (WETA) 1 $200
Midwest Access Coalition 1 $200
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women 1 $200
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players 1 $200
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation 1 $200
Theater Barn Inc. 1 $200
DreamCatchers, Inc. 1 $200
Family Foundation Charitable Trust 2 $200
Northern California Community Loan Fund 1 $200
Science Friday Initiative Inc. 1 $200
Temple Israel (Stockton, CA) 1 $200
TexARTS 1 $200
Ebony Anglers 1 $225
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition 2 $225
Save a Child's Heart Foundation U.S., Inc. 2 $244
Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation, Inc. 1 $250
American Friends of the Re'ut Institute 1 $250
Children for Change 1 $250
Freedom of Religion for Israel Inc. AKA Hiddush - Freedom of Religion for I 1 $250
National Women's History Museum 1 $250
Progeria Research Foundation 2 $250
West Point Inn Association 1 $250
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc. 1 $250
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A living Memorial to the Holocaust 1 $250
Norcal Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. 1 $250
Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Inc. 1 $250
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective 1 $250
Friends of John Jay Homestead 1 $250
International Campaign for Tibet 1 $250
New York Botanical Garden 1 $250
Six Seconds 1 $250
Beans Cafe, Inc. 1 $250
Cadena Foundation 1 $250
CASA of Los Angeles 1 $250
Legal Momentum 1 $250
Menorah Heritage Foundation 1 $250
NAMI Marin Inc. 1 $250
ProsthetiKA Foundation 1 $250
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park 1 $250
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco 1 $250
Lange Foundation 1 $250
Northwest Film Forum 1 $250
Search for Common Ground 1 $250
Sustainable Harvest International 1 $250
Vital Arts 1 $250
"I Have a Dream" Foundation-Idaho Inc. 1 $250
GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer 1 $250
La Raza Centro Legal--San Francisco 1 $250
Little Wishes 1 $250
Matat Mordechai 1 $250
Michiana Jewish Historical Society Inc. 1 $250
Redwood Day School 1 $250
Sukkat Shalom, Inc. 1 $250
All Ways Up Foundation 1 $250
American Lung Association 2 $250
CALICO Center 1 $250
Cherry Creek School District Parent Teacher Community Council Inc. 1 $250
Lenox Hill Bikur Cholim, Inc. 1 $250
Michigan Humane Society 1 $250
Peace Appeal Foundation 1 $250
Society of Israel Philatelists 1 $250
Western States Center 1 $250
Alzheimers Coachella Valley 1 $250
Bedford Historical Society 1 $250
Caravan to Class 1 $250
Center for Elders Independence 1 $250
Making Contact 1 $250
On Your Feet Foundation Northern California 1 $250
Temple Shalom Inc. 1 $250
World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Jewish Organizations Inc. 1 $250

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