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.
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Grantee name | Total Grants | Total Amount |
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Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund of San Francisco | 368 | $8,438,740 |
University of California San Francisco | 126 | $11,041,200 |
Jewish Community Relations Council | 110 | $789,986 |
KQED | 106 | $167,240 |
Jewish Family and Children's Services | 104 | $461,640 |
Congregation Emanu-El | 88 | $728,400 |
Planned Parenthood Federation of America | 84 | $153,528 |
New Israel Fund | 82 | $844,485 |
Congregation Kol Emeth | 76 | $334,020 |
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center | 70 | $814,960 |
Congregation Beth Am | 69 | $520,203 |
Hebrew Free Loan | 69 | $121,308 |
Stanford University | 68 | $8,222,220 |
Contemporary Jewish Museum | 67 | $566,404 |
University of California at Berkeley | 58 | $1,534,800 |
Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation | 58 | $662,782 |
San Francisco Jewish Comm Publications | 58 | $117,888 |
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center | 46 | $432,040 |
Jewish Vocational Service | 46 | $232,558 |
San Francisco Symphony | 45 | $361,425 |
JDC | 44 | $521,450 |
Birthright Israel Foundation | 44 | $287,900 |
Anti-Defamation League | 44 | $367,028 |
Jewish Film Institute | 43 | $303,090 |
Tides Center - Shalom Bayit | 42 | $83,003 |
Peninsula Temple Beth-El | 42 | $157,608 |
Southern Poverty Law Center | 42 | $80,490 |
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | 41 | $72,808 |
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | 40 | $974,792 |
P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds | 40 | $537,420 |
American Jewish World Service | 40 | $227,056 |
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | 39 | $390,950 |
Doctors Without Borders USA | 39 | $39,990 |
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | 36 | $39,844 |
Urban Adamah | 35 | $758,473 |
Congregation Kol Shofar | 34 | $319,756 |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties | 34 | $109,695 |
Jewish Community High School of the Bay | 33 | $170,960 |
Jewish National Fund | 33 | $245,350 |
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | 33 | $2,087,430 |
NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation | 33 | $181,610 |
Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation | 32 | $178,738 |
HIAS | 31 | $123,950 |
Natural Resources Defense Council | 31 | $64,138 |
Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin | 31 | $243,614 |
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | 30 | $155,052 |
American Jewish Committee | 30 | $74,313 |
Congregation Beth Sholom - San Francisco | 29 | $88,358 |
Hillel at Stanford | 28 | $180,174 |
Congregation Beth Jacob | 28 | $147,483 |
A Wider Bridge | 27 | $58,320 |
Jewish LearningWorks | 25 | $200,600 |
University of Southern California | 25 | $300,465 |
Mazon A Jewish Response to Hunger | 25 | $56,680 |
GLIDE Foundation | 25 | $777,700 |
Bay Area Friendship Circle | 24 | $40,308 |
IsraAID | 24 | $56,168 |
Corporation of Fine Arts Museums | 24 | $87,879 |
Berkeley Hillel | 24 | $555,446 |
Brandeis Hillel Day School - Marin | 23 | $115,962 |
Planned Parenthood Northern California | 23 | $96,928 |
Congregation Beth Abraham of Oakland | 22 | $74,762 |
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | 22 | $233,108 |
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California | 22 | $74,090 |
Congregation Sherith Israel | 22 | $36,060 |
Institute on Aging | 21 | $135,850 |
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | 21 | $622,910 |
Facing History and Ourselves | 21 | $39,108 |
Yale University | 21 | $111,994 |
Harvard University | 21 | $196,900 |
Environmental Defense Fund | 20 | $46,430 |
San Francisco Hillel | 20 | $20,178 |
Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay | 20 | $52,240 |
Peninsula Jewish Community Center | 20 | $28,318 |
Moishe House | 20 | $255,442 |
Peninsula Open Space Trust | 20 | $238,000 |
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | 20 | $204,710 |
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | 20 | $274,794 |
San Francisco Opera Association | 19 | $222,950 |
Congregation Netivot Shalom | 19 | $30,470 |
Simon Wiesenthal Center | 19 | $8,004 |
Earthjustice | 19 | $4,087,820 |
Tipping Point Community | 19 | $7,211,920 |
J Street Education Fund | 18 | $171,384 |
Beth Jacob Congregation of Oakland | 18 | $127,901 |
SFJAZZ | 18 | $103,890 |
Sierra Club Foundation | 18 | $2,009,100 |
Peninsula Temple Sholom | 18 | $96,178 |
Larkin Street Youth Services | 18 | $81,450 |
San Francisco Ballet Association | 17 | $165,400 |
LifeMoves | 17 | $36,598 |
Upstart Bay Area | 17 | $115,400 |
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley | 17 | $116,329 |
Alameda County Community Food Bank | 17 | $48,210 |
Israel21c | 17 | $111,980 |
Hillel International | 16 | $118,438 |
American Friends of Magen David Adom | 16 | $8,875 |
Nature Conservancy of California | 16 | $68,500 |
San Francisco Free Clinic | 16 | $152,794 |
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science | 16 | $255,400 |