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 |
|---|---|---|
| Americans for Peace Now, Inc. | 5 | $5,250 |
| Bolinas Community Land Trust | 5 | $112,150 |
| Peninsula Volunteers Inc. | 5 | $31,000 |
| San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation | 5 | $1,050 |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | 5 | $1,310 |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | 5 | $7,135 |
| Independent Jewish World Cinema | 5 | $21,750 |
| International Medical Corps | 5 | $22,300 |
| Mid Peninsula Boys & Girls Club | 5 | $7,500 |
| New York University | 5 | $72,600 |
| Brain and Behavior Research Foundation | 5 | $6,130 |
| United Religions Initiative | 5 | $15,300 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | 5 | $4,100 |
| Whistlestop | 5 | $3,500 |
| Action Against Hunger USA | 5 | $6,020 |
| Children's Defense Fund | 5 | $2,450 |
| Fractured Atlas, Inc. | 5 | $37,250 |
| Glaucoma Research Foundation | 5 | $5,000 |
| Vote.org | 5 | $289,000 |
| Washington University | 5 | $83,000 |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | 5 | $37,050 |
| Friends of the Arava Institute | 5 | $31,640 |
| Juma Ventures | 5 | $21,095 |
| Ocean Conservancy | 5 | $900 |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals | 5 | $1,310 |
| San Francisco Unified School District - KALW | 5 | $3,450 |
| Schechter Institutes, Inc. | 5 | $225,658 |
| Children's Health Council Inc. | 5 | $18,550 |
| Community Initiatives | 5 | $4,800 |
| 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 |
| Christian Action Life Line | 4 | $1,300 |
| College of Adaptive Arts | 4 | $40,500 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cancer Commons | 4 | $35,430 |
| Delancey Street Foundation | 4 | $16,100 |
| ForWords Inc. | 4 | $2,350 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Menlo Atherton High School Foundation for the Future | 4 | $11,800 |
| Oakland Museum of California AKA OMCA | 4 | $3,550 |
| Ohr HaTorah | 4 | $17,300 |
| Puente de la Costa Sur | 4 | $22,600 |
| Rape Trauma Services | 4 | $3,250 |
| Carolina for Kibera, Inc | 4 | $400 |
| Cornelia De Lange Syndrome Foundation | 4 | $115,610 |
| Direct Relief | 4 | $16,500 |
| Environmental Volunteers | 4 | $7,200 |
| JDRF | 4 | $6,658 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | 4 | $600 |
| Studio 70 | 4 | $38,600 |
| Barack Obama Foundation | 4 | $1,300 |
| Consumers' Checkbook | 4 | $850 |
| Girls Middle School | 4 | $5,750 |
| La Casa De Las Madres | 4 | $5,850 |
| Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel | 4 | $1,110 |
| North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry Inc. | 4 | $4,695 |
| Oakland Promise | 4 | $21,500 |
| Physicians for Human Rights | 4 | $2,400 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | 4 | $1,100 |
| San Francisco Architectural Heritage | 4 | $8,600 |
| Shanti Project | 4 | $1,692 |
| Tom Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice | 4 | $1,640 |
| Trevor Project, Inc. | 4 | $780 |
| Utility Reform Network | 4 | $2,185 |
| Berkeley Food & Housing Project | 4 | $6,250 |
| Breast Cancer Action | 4 | $8,575 |
| Camp Ramah in California, Inc. | 4 | $32,180 |
| Jewish Studio Project | 4 | $19,115 |
| KIPP | 4 | $406,360 |
| Milo Foundation | 4 | $1,700 |
| OneTable | 4 | $26,750 |
| San Francisco Art Institute | 4 | $22,000 |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer Inc. | 4 | $10,340 |
| CALMatters | 4 | $46,000 |
| La Luz Center | 4 | $5,000 |
