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 |
|---|---|---|
| GiveDirectly, Inc. | 8 | $41,360 |
| Ecumenical Hunger Program | 25 | $41,600 |
| Hadassah the Women's Zionist Organization of America Inc. (New York) | 18 | $42,080 |
| Friends Of The Fromm Institute For Life-Long Learning | 17 | $42,550 |
| Audubon Canyon Ranch, Inc. | 4 | $43,200 |
| Chinati Foundation | 3 | $43,500 |
| Chabad of San Francisco Inc. | 13 | $44,029 |
| No Kid Hungry by Share Our Strength | 8 | $44,600 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel, Inc. | 5 | $44,850 |
| URJ - Camp Newman | 11 | $44,923 |
| Congregation Sherith Israel | 22 | $44,930 |
| St. Theresa Catholic Church & School | 3 | $45,000 |
| Menlo School | 11 | $45,800 |
| CALMatters | 4 | $46,000 |
| South Peninsula Hebrew Day School | 5 | $46,100 |
| 10,000 Degrees | 4 | $47,000 |
| Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | 16 | $47,236 |
| Planet Word Museum | 2 | $47,500 |
| UC Hastings Foundation | 7 | $49,250 |
| Girls Leadership Institute Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Texas 2036 | 1 | $50,000 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | 1 | $50,000 |
| Alta Vista School Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| A Home Within | 1 | $50,000 |
| Fair Count Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Friends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control | 1 | $50,000 |
| Carbon180 | 1 | $50,000 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | 1 | $50,000 |
| Secure Community Network | 1 | $50,000 |
| Rocketship Education | 1 | $50,000 |
| Sonoma Valley Education Foundation | 2 | $50,000 |
| Opportunity Trust | 1 | $50,000 |
| Commonwealth Club of California | 5 | $50,000 |
| Option Institute And Fellowship | 1 | $50,000 |
| Niskanen Center Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Policy Impact | 1 | $50,000 |
| Abundant Grace Coastside Worker | 2 | $50,000 |
| Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc. | 1 | $50,000 |
| Peninsula Family Connections | 1 | $50,000 |
| Student Press Law Center, Inc. | 2 | $50,100 |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | 2 | $50,150 |
| Central Synagogue Congregation Ahavath Chesed Shaar Hashomayin | 4 | $50,250 |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | 2 | $50,300 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | 3 | $50,400 |
| Polyphony Foundation | 6 | $50,430 |
| Coro Northern California | 3 | $50,500 |
| Chabad Jewish Student Center at Berkeley Inc. | 2 | $50,800 |
| Mills College | 3 | $51,000 |
| Year Up Bay Area | 2 | $51,000 |
| Chabad of Charlottesville | 2 | $51,000 |
| Voter Registration Project | 2 | $51,000 |
| Teach for America, Bay Area | 2 | $51,000 |
| Gateway Public Schools | 3 | $51,000 |
| Homeward Bound of Marin | 3 | $51,100 |
| American Friends of Alyn Hospital, Inc. | 3 | $51,200 |
| Kitchen Slow Down Jew Up AKA The Kitchen SF | 11 | $51,613 |
| Meals on Wheels | 32 | $52,745 |
| Psychotherapy Institute | 2 | $53,000 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. | 22 | $53,050 |
| Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music DBA Freight and | 6 | $53,250 |
| Boys & Girls Club | 15 | $54,150 |
| St. Anthony's | 12 | $54,750 |
| VoteAmerica Inc. | 3 | $55,180 |
| University Of Southern California | 22 | $56,100 |
| Wilderness Torah | 12 | $56,850 |
| JIMENA Inc. | 9 | $57,200 |
| San Francisco Zoological Society | 10 | $57,900 |
| Breast Cancer Prevention Partners | 3 | $57,950 |
| The Abraham Initiatives | 5 | $58,000 |
| International Rescue Committee, Inc. | 27 | $58,447 |
| HealthRight 360 | 6 | $58,500 |
| University Of San Francisco | 11 | $58,750 |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association | 8 | $58,950 |
| Center for Peace Communications Inc | 3 | $60,000 |
| Endaoment | 2 | $60,000 |
| California Homebuilding Foundation | 2 | $60,000 |
| University of California San Diego Foundation | 3 | $60,000 |
| Human Rights Voices Inc. | 1 | $60,000 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | 32 | $60,015 |
| Feeding America | 22 | $60,610 |
| American Himalayan Foundation | 7 | $61,100 |
| Peninsula Temple Sholom | 27 | $61,140 |
| Jewish Federation Of Silicon Valley | 5 | $61,550 |
| Cleveland Kids Book Bank | 2 | $62,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | 21 | $62,168 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization AKA SFJAZZ | 10 | $62,380 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | 4 | $63,156 |
| Arthritis Foundation - Northern California Office | 6 | $63,600 |
| World Union For Progressive Judaism | 10 | $63,680 |
| First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland Calif | 15 | $64,622 |
| World Central Kitchen, Inc. | 30 | $64,852 |
| Unitarian Church of All Souls | 2 | $65,000 |
| GANN Academy - The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston, Inc. | 1 | $65,000 |
| Cornell University | 7 | $65,050 |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | 2 | $65,118 |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet | 2 | $66,000 |
| Kulanu, Inc. | 4 | $66,573 |
| Safe & Sound | 11 | $68,750 |
| Seacology | 6 | $69,500 |
| Jewish Jumpstart | 4 | $70,000 |
