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
Safe & Sound 11 $68,750
Saint Vincent's Day Home 1 $500
Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy DBA SAR Academy 6 $16,110
Salk Institute for Biological Studies 1 $200,000
Salmon River Restoration Council 1 $500
Salvation Army 4 $2,750
Salvation Army - Golden State Division 6 $4,350
Samaritan House 24 $26,992
San Antonio Community Development Corporation Inc. 12 $12,000
San Antonio Food Bank 1 $2,000
San Diego Junior Golf Association 1 $5,000
San Domenico School 1 $5,000
San Francisco Aids Foundation 7 $11,880
San Francisco Architectural Heritage 4 $8,600
San Francisco Art Institute 4 $22,000
San Francisco Arts Education Project 1 $5,000
San Francisco Ballet Association 24 $182,750
San Francisco Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame 1 $1,000
San Francisco Beautiful 1 $200
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Education Fund Inc. 2 $5,200
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum 9 $21,950
San Francisco Center for the Book 1 $180
San Francisco Chapter of the Older Women's League 1 $180
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium 2 $150,000
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Inc. 7 $10,750
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players 1 $200
San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program 4 $10,000
San Francisco Day School 5 $2,100
San Francisco Early Music Society 1 $100
San Francisco Education Fund 6 $881,123
San Francisco First Tee 1 $500
San Francisco Free Clinic 11 $72,930
San Francisco Friends School 6 $165,500
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus 2 $2,680
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation 18 $83,030
San Francisco Host Committee 1 $2,500
San Francisco International Boogie Woogie Festival 3 $3,100
San Francisco Jazz Organization AKA SFJAZZ 10 $62,380
San Francisco Jewish Comm Publications 81 $186,753
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center 1 $1,000
San Francisco Mime Troupe 2 $430
San Francisco Museum and Historical Society 3 $2,700
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 40 $274,467
San Francisco Opera Association 25 $318,700
San Francisco Opera Guild 1 $500
San Francisco Parks Alliance 12 $246,400
San Francisco Performances, Inc. 2 $200
San Francisco Playhouse 5 $133,500
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department 1 $1,000
San Francisco Rescue Mission 1 $100
San Francisco SafeHouse 1 $500
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival 1 $500
San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 18 $16,000
San Francisco Symphony 42 $305,725
San Francisco Unified School District - KALW 5 $3,450
San Francisco University High School 5 $6,600
San Francisco Village 1 $26,500
San Francisco Women Artists 1 $400
San Francisco Zen Center 1 $5,000
San Francisco Zoological Society 10 $57,900
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank 142 $552,250
San Geronimo Valley Community Center 1 $1,250
San Jose Museum Of Art Association 3 $21,000
San Jose Public Library Foundation 1 $100
San Jose Wind Symphony 1 $500
San Leandro Hebrew Congregation- Temple Beth Sholom 3 $5,450
San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation 5 $1,050
San Mateo County Health Foundation 1 $500
San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation 2 $850
San Mateo Foster City School Community Education Foundation 1 $5,000
San Mateo Park Neighborhood Association 1 $100
San Mateo Public Library Foundation 2 $400
Sandisfield Arts & Restoration Committee 1 $100
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation 1 $200
Santa Clara University 6 $22,010
Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society 1 $100
Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation 1 $2,500
Sarah's Circle 3 $700
Save a Child's Heart Foundation U.S., Inc. 2 $244
Save the Bay 8 $2,850
Save the Children Federation 9 $4,200
Save the Redwoods League 13 $90,300
Saved By Nature 2 $500
SaverLife FKA EARN 2 $2,100
Savory Institute 1 $3,000
Scattered Among the Nations Inc. 1 $100
Schechter Institutes, Inc. 5 $225,658
ScholarMatch 3 $155,450
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East 1 $5,000
Schools Mentoring and Resource Team 1 $2,500
Science Friday Initiative Inc. 1 $200
Scleroderma Research Foundation 1 $1,500
Scott Street Senior Housing Complex DBA Rhoda Goldman Plaza 1 $518
Sculpture Center, Inc. 1 $15,000
Seacology 6 $69,500
Search for Common Ground 1 $250
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, Inc. 1 $1,000
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County 3 $3,150
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley 107 $410,825
Secure Community Network 1 $50,000

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