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 Grantssort descending Total Amount
Olympic Club Foundation 1 $1,000
Orgonym DBA Artech 1 $1,000
Pact An Adoption Alliance 1 $6,000
Parent-Child Home Program, Inc. 1 $1,000
PAWS of Jackson Hole 1 $2,500
Peter's Place Nursery School 1 $500
Plastic Surgery Foundation 1 $10,000
Pride Law Fund 1 $1,250
ProsthetiKA Foundation 1 $250
Putah Creek Council, Inc. 1 $1,000
Rashi School, Inc. 1 $40,000
Remake 1 $1,000
Rhode Island Hospital Foundation 1 $500
Robison Jewish Home AKA Cedar Sinai Park 1 $5,000
Roots of Peace 1 $180
Sacramento Loaves and Fishes 1 $100
San Francisco First Tee 1 $500
Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc. 1 $1,500
Sierra Watch 1 $500
Sixth & I 1 $1,800
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine-SIIM 1 $300
Southern California Council for Soviet Jews 1 $100
Sterne School 1 $6,250
Temple Or Rishon Sunrise Jewish Congregation 1 $7,612
Texas Public Policy Foundation 1 $20,000
Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic 1 $34,800
TrevorTCR Inc. 1 $200
United for Respect Education Fund 1 $500,000
University of Louisville Athletic Association Inc. 1 $10,000
University of Wyoming Foundation 1 $5,000
VA Palo Alto Health Care System 1 $100
Virginia Organizing, Inc. 1 $100
Walnut Hills High School ALumni Foundation 1 $100
Wayfinder Family Services FKA Junior Blind of America 1 $200
WestCoast Children's Center 1 $1,000
Women Giving As One Inc. AKA Impact100 Sonoma 1 $1,000
Yoga Foster 1 $5,000
Alternate Roots Inc. 1 $10,000
American Fox Terrier Rescue Inc. 1 $180
American Friends of Yahad-In Unum Inc 1 $360
American Kidney Fund 1 $100
Anne Frank House, Inc. 1 $360
Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass 1 $1,200
Avotaynu Foundation 1 $500
Barrington Stage Company 1 $200
Beate Klarsfeld Foundation 1 $550
Beth Chaim Congregation of Contra Costa County 1 $3,000
Big Sunday 1 $10,000
Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia 1 $100
Boy Scouts of America 1 $100
California Native Plant Society 1 $1,000
Cambridge Community Foundation 1 $1,200
Camp Ramah in the Berkshires Inc. 1 $1,000
Capistrano Valley High School Foundation 1 $500
Center for Public Integrity 1 $1,000
Chabad Lubavitch of Upper Montgomery County Inc. 1 $100
Chabad of Southern Nevada Inc. 1 $1,000
Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic 1 $200
Children's Aid Society 1 $10,000
Chilis On Wheels 1 $7,500
Clausen House 1 $500
Coastside Land Trust 1 $350
Columbia Riverkeeper 1 $500
Community Entry Services, Inc. 1 $5,000
Congregation Ahavas Israel 1 $1,000
Contra Costa Animal Services 1 $3,500
Darby Bread Box 1 $500
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation 1 $1,000
EIS Council 1 $100,000
Endocrine Society 1 $500
Facing Hunger Food Bank 1 $13,000
Family Promise of Sacramento 1 $2,500
Florence Fuller Child Development Centers Inc 1 $1,000
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology 1 $500
Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity 1 $30,000
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park 1 $250
Friends of the Jewish Culture Festival Society, Inc. 1 $15,000
Grateful Garment Project 1 $720
Green Schools Alliance 1 $525
Hanna Boys Center 1 $1,000
Homeless Garden Project 1 $275
Hospice Maui Inc. 1 $1,000
I Grow Chicago 1 $150
International Community Foundation 1 $1,000,000
Jewish Family Service of the Desert 1 $1,000
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco 1 $250
Lange Foundation 1 $250
Little Village Foundation 1 $10,000
Make the Road New York 1 $100
Mechanics Institute 1 $1,000
MEOR Inc. 1 $5,000
Minds Matter 1 $5,000
Montana Land Reliance 1 $10,000
Mountain Play Association 1 $1,085
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience 1 $500
NAMI San Francisco 1 $100
National Federation of the Blind, Inc. 1 $100
National Physicians Alliance Foundation, Inc. 1 $180
New Ashkenaz Minyan 1 $3,000
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Inc. 1 $2,500

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