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 descending Total Grants Total Amount
Metropolitan Museum of Art 3 $7,500
Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty 1 $40,000
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. 5 $15,930
Metropolitan Opera Guild 3 $1,650
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund 2 $1,200
Mexican Museum 1 $3,000
Miami University Foundation Inc. 1 $1,000
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research 6 $2,180
Michiana Jewish Historical Society Inc. 1 $250
Michigan Humane Society 1 $250
Mid Klamath Watershed Council 1 $1,000
Mid Peninsula Boys & Girls Club 5 $7,500
Midcoast Conservancy 1 $200
Middle East Forum 1 $5,000
Middle East Media Research Institute Inc. 7 $80,860
Middle East Peace Dialogue Network Inc. 4 $85,000
Midrasha East Bay Jewish Community High School 1 $1,000
Midwest Access Coalition 1 $200
Mile High United Way, Inc. 1 $3,600
Military Religious Freedom Foundation Inc. 1 $2,250
Mills College 3 $51,000
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation 11 $29,350
Milo Foundation 4 $1,700
Minds Matter 1 $5,000
Mishkan Chicago 2 $1,580
Mission Create 1 $500
Mission Graduates 3 $31,000
Mission High Foundation 2 $3,000
Mission Hospice & Home Care 8 $3,400
Missionary Athletes International 1 $720
Mittleman Jewish Community Center 1 $5,000
MK Level Playing Field Institute 1 $1,000
Mobility International USA 1 $5,000
Modest Needs Foundation 1 $1,000
MoEd 1 $180
Moishe House 19 $217,668
Moldaw Residences 6 $11,130
Momentum Unlimited 1 $15,000
Montage Health Foundation 1 $5,000
Montana Land Reliance 1 $10,000
Montana Wilderness School 6 $99,000
Montera Junior High Parent Faculty Student Club 1 $500
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation 2 $11,000
Monterey Jazz Festival 1 $1,000
Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy (MCAEL) 1 $100
MOONLIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 1 $5,000
More in Common 1 $25,000
Morgan Autism Center 3 $4,000
Morrissey-Compton Educational Center 1 $1,000
Mother Jones 4 $2,530
Mothers Against Drunk Driving 1 $250
Motion Picture and Television Fund 1 $100
Mount Desert Fire and Rescue Association 1 $5,000
Mount Desert Nursing Association 1 $10,000
Mountain Lion Foundation 1 $2,500
Mountain Play Association 1 $1,085
Mountain View Los Altos High School Foundation 1 $1,000
Moving Picture Institute 1 $5,000
Moving Traditions 2 $10,000
Mozilla Foundation 1 $200
Mpc Legacy Foundation AKA Memorial Presbyterian Church 1 $2,000
Mt Tamalpais Primary School Elementary 2 $3,500
Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies 2 $2,000
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc. 3 $12,500
Multiple Sclerosis Society Northern California Chapter 1 $100
Muscular Dystrophy Association 1 $100
Museum of Craft and Design 2 $16,000
Museum of Fine Arts 1 $3,000
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A living Memorial to the Holocaust 1 $250
Museum of Modern Art 2 $680
Museum of Performance and Design 2 $10,000
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience 1 $500
Music & Memory Inc. 3 $2,500
Music in Schools Today 4 $6,500
Music in the Vineyards Inc. 6 $18,500
Music of Remembrance 2 $3,350
Musicalfare Theatre Company Inc. 1 $1,000
Musicares Foundation Inc. 1 $10,000
Muso AKA Under the Baobab Tree 1 $1,000
Muttville 6 $7,380
Mutual Aid Foundation for Students and Trainees 1 $10,000
My New Red Shoes 3 $2,300
My Sister's House 1 $1,000
My Stuff Bags Foundation 1 $500
Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation 1 $100
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund 32 $89,601
NAMI Marin Inc. 1 $250
NAMI San Francisco 1 $100
Nantucket Musical Arts Society Inc. 1 $750
Napa County Firefighters Association 1 $1,000
Napa County Land Trust 3 $550
Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation 24 $220,010
Naropa University 1 $250
Narrative Magazine Inc. 1 $1,000
Nashuva 2 $750
Nathan Balk King 1 $2,500
National Abortion Federation 1 $1,250
National Academy of Social Insurance 1 $250
National Advocates for Pregnant Women 1 $250
National Alliance on Mental Illness - San Fernando Valley 2 $1,100

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