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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| Grantee name |
Total Grants |
Total Amount |
|---|---|---|
| DonorsChoose | 4 | $113,200 |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc. | 4 | $5,400 |
| Hillsborough Schools Foundation | 4 | $8,500 |
| Naturebridge | 4 | $830 |
| Town School For Boys | 4 | $1,300 |
| 10,000 Degrees | 4 | $47,000 |
| CARE | 4 | $16,000 |
| Chai Lifeline Inc. | 4 | $3,340 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | 4 | $1,780 |
| Indiana University Foundation | 4 | $1,000 |
| Lowell Alumni Association | 4 | $1,950 |
| National Jewish Health | 4 | $16,300 |
| People for Open Space/Greenbelt Alliance | 4 | $8,200 |
| Center for Victims of Torture | 4 | $5,885 |
| Chabad Center at University of Colorado, Inc. | 4 | $6,510 |
| Collat Jewish Family Services | 4 | $3,180 |
| Common Sense Media | 4 | $10,500 |
| Salvation Army | 4 | $2,750 |
| The Reutlinger Community | 4 | $20,400 |
| amfAR | 4 | $6,100 |
| Challenge Success | 4 | $3,350 |
| CHP 11-99 Foundation | 4 | $6,050 |
| Congregation Shir Hadash | 4 | $27,150 |
| Downtown Streets Inc. | 4 | $10,150 |
| Friends of the Cameo | 4 | $8,250 |
| Groundspark | 4 | $36,250 |
| Innocence Project, Inc. | 4 | $900 |
| Jewish Jumpstart | 4 | $70,000 |
| KPFA Radio | 4 | $1,150 |
| SFFILM | 4 | $7,500 |
| Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture | 4 | $94,833 |
| United States Association for UNHCR | 4 | $3,500 |
| Amherst College Trustees | 4 | $5,050 |
| Audubon Canyon Ranch, Inc. | 4 | $43,200 |
| Christian Action Life Line | 4 | $1,300 |
| College of Adaptive Arts | 4 | $40,500 |
| Middle East Peace Dialogue Network Inc. | 4 | $85,000 |
| Rotary Foundation of Rotary International | 4 | $3,200 |
| Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization | 4 | $1,780 |
| Belvedere Tiburon Library Foundation | 4 | $19,500 |
| College Preparatory School | 4 | $20,500 |
| Congregation Beth Emek | 4 | $8,580 |
| Conservation International Foundation | 4 | $4,700 |
| Food for Thought | 4 | $1,860 |
| Kehilla Community Synagogue and School | 4 | $26,750 |
| Marin General Hospital Foundation | 4 | $16,250 |
| Synergy School | 4 | $10,500 |
| 18Doors | 4 | $20,400 |
| American Committee For Shaare Zedek Medical Center In Jerusalem | 4 | $2,600 |
| Cancer Commons | 4 | $35,430 |
| Delancey Street Foundation | 4 | $16,100 |
| ForWords Inc. | 4 | $2,350 |
| Israel Policy Forum Inc. | 4 | $32,500 |
| Kulanu, Inc. | 4 | $66,573 |
| Mother Jones | 4 | $2,530 |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | 4 | $16,000 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | 4 | $63,156 |
| Wood River Jewish Community Inc. | 4 | $9,200 |
| Bay Area Legal Aid | 4 | $10,750 |
| Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc. | 4 | $17,750 |
| Environmental Traveling Companions | 4 | $2,600 |
| Hopewell Fund | 4 | $1,626,000 |
| Jobtrain, Inc. | 4 | $1,850 |
| National Park Foundation | 4 | $21,400 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network | 4 | $1,500 |
| Pathways Home Health and Hospice | 4 | $23,000 |
| San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program | 4 | $10,000 |
| American Friends of the Rambam Health Care Campus | 4 | $112,900 |
| San Francisco Day School | 5 | $2,100 |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | 5 | $18,652 |
| Burning Man Project | 5 | $9,060 |
| Humane Society | 5 | $8,540 |
| Register2Vote Fund | 5 | $26,200 |
| Wildcare | 5 | $18,000 |
| Hospice by the Bay | 5 | $30,780 |
| Jewish Federations of North America | 5 | $156,000 |
| Room to Read | 5 | $10,000 |
| South Peninsula Hebrew Day School | 5 | $46,100 |
| Stern Grove Festival Association | 5 | $35,500 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | 5 | $11,618 |
| Sonoma Land Trust | 5 | $10,550 |
| Bay Area Ridge Trail Council | 5 | $2,550 |
| CASA of San Mateo County | 5 | $3,500 |
| Keshet Inc. | 5 | $34,050 |
| Marin Theatre Company | 5 | $18,000 |
| San Francisco Playhouse | 5 | $133,500 |
| 826 | 5 | $15,360 |
| Georgetown University | 5 | $126,860 |
| Happy Shalom School Inc. | 5 | $6,800 |
| Marin Academy | 5 | $22,500 |
| National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Inc. | 5 | $13,040 |
| North Beach Citizens | 5 | $8,150 |
| ORT America Inc. (New York) | 5 | $4,170 |
| Pets in Need | 5 | $2,618 |
| Ploughshares Fund | 5 | $33,600 |
| Sutter Bay Hospitals | 5 | $24,600 |
| That Man May See Inc. | 5 | $17,600 |
| Achieve Tahoe | 5 | $80,300 |
| American Heart Association | 5 | $10,880 |
| Bolinas Community Land Trust | 5 | $112,150 |
