Personal Philanthropy

View the 2019 Grantmaking Report

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, in 2019 the Federation facilitated 10,050 grants from donor-advised funds and supporting foundations, totaling $175,078,668. 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.

Contact us for questions about the grants.

View 2018 grants

Arts/Culture/Humanities

1,294 grants totaling $9,388,906

Education

1,641 grants totaling $27,569,564

Environment/Animals

744 grants totaling $17,698,729

Health

1,054 grants totaling $15,279,197

Human Services

1,511 grants totaling $11,768,076

Public/Society Benefit

2,598 grants totaling $79,923,414

Religion

1,208 grants totaling $13,450,797
Grantee name Total Grantssort descending Total Amount
Marin Primary and Middle School 1 $5,000
Parents Association of the Bronx High School of Science 1 $1,000
Rashi School 1 $40,000
Rock Point School 1 $10,000
San Ramon Valley Unified School District 1 $250
Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation 1 $1,000
The Philadelphia School 1 $10,000
UCLA Anderson School of Management 1 $2,500
Vassar College 1 $1,500
Winters Joint Unified School District 1 $1,000
Yiddish Farm Education Center 1 $18,000
Animal Aid Unlimited 1 $2,500
Broadway Barks 1 $5,000
Climate Jobs New York Education Fund 1 $200,000
Foundation for Animal Care and Education 1 $15,000
Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary and Education Center 1 $1,000
Jasper Ridge Farm 1 $500
North Mecklenburg Animal Rescue 1 $100
Pacific Environment and Resources Center 1 $2,500
Pollinator Partnership 1 $1,000
Student Conservation Association 1 $1,500
ULI Foundation 1 $5,000
World Animal Protection 1 $100
American Lung Association 1 $100
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation 1 $100,000
BrightFocus Foundation 1 $100
Child and Family Guidance Center 1 $1,000
EB Research Partnership 1 $50,000
Heart to Heart International Children's Medical Alliance 1 $100
Israel Children's Cancer Foundation 1 $300
Lymphoma Research Foundation 1 $1,000
Okizu Foundation 1 $500
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains 1 $1,200
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, National Office 1 $500
Usher 1F Collaborative 1 $100
Americans for Peace and Tolerance 1 $200
Bim Bam FKA G-dcast 1 $100
Chinatown Community Development Center 1 $100
Coming Together Stark County 1 $1,800
Consumers' Checkbook 1 $100
East Bay Community Foundation 1 $10,000
Fair Elections Center 1 $25,000
Giving Back Fund 1 $50,000
Human Rights Voices 1 $60,000
Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies 1 $500
Jewish Federation Jewish Social Service 1 $1,500
Legal Aid of Sonoma County 1 $500
Marin Mishpucha 1 $1,800
Moraga Education Foundation 1 $100
National Domestic Workers Alliance 1 $100
North Bay Organizing Project 1 $100
Peace Appeal Foundation 1 $250
San Francisco Chapter of the Older Women's League 1 $180
SETI Institute 1 $1,500
Stand Up Ideas 1 $15,000
The 1947 Partition Archive 1 $350
Truman Center For National Policy 1 $300,000
United Way of the Wine Country 1 $1,000
Voto Latino 1 $20,000
Wood River Women's Foundation 1 $1,100
Adat Shalom Synagogue 1 $1,000
Beth Jacob Congregation - Beverly Hills 1 $540
Chabad House of Harvard Square 1 $1,500
Chabad of Novato 1 $500
Congregation Bais Yisroel 1 $118
Everyday Zen 1 $360
Isralight South Florida 1 $1,800
Kaal Kadosh Mickve Israel 1 $100
San Leandro Hebrew Congregation- Temple Beth Sholom 1 $350
Temple Beth El - Bakersfield 1 $1,000
Temple Shaaray Tefila of Westchester 1 $2,228
ASAP After School Activities Partnerships 1 $1,000
California ChangeLawyers 1 $100
Chicken & Egg Pictures 1 $7,500
Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology 1 $1,800
Interfaith Youth Core 1 $1,000
Jewish Communal Fund of New York 1 $3,600
KAHAL: Your Jewish Home Abroad 1 $500
L-Fund 1 $225
Marshall Project 1 $1,000
New Seed Foundation 1 $40,000
One Dollar for Life 1 $500
Pearlstone Conference And Retreat Center 1 $1,000
Project WeHope 1 $150
RIP Medical Debt 1 $1,000
San Francisco Rescue Mission 1 $100
South Coast Children's Services 1 $1,000
Sunday Friends 1 $250
Thorn 1 $1,000
United Way of Central Maryland 1 $10,000
Weekend Backpacks for Homeless Kids 1 $1,000
Youth Community Service 1 $200
Ars Nova 1 $2,500
Avaloch Farm Music Retreat 1 $300,000
Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music 1 $2,000
California Genealogical Society 1 $1,000
CENTROPA - Central Europe Center for Research and Documentation 1 $2,500
Cleveland Institute of Art 1 $500
Golden Gate Blues Society 1 $1,600
Marfa Public Radio Corporation 1 $3,000

Pages