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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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 namesort descending Total Grants Total Amount
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2 $15,000
Fort Mason Center 1 $3,000
Fortune Society 1 $1,000
Forward Association 3 $11,600
Forward Together 1 $300
ForWords 3 $1,700
Foster Care Counts 1 $5,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness 3 $1,500
Foundation for a College Education 1 $100
Foundation for Animal Care and Education 1 $15,000
Foundation for Jewish Camp 4 $53,180
Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity 1 $15,000
Foundation for Students Rising Above 7 $19,700
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies 4 $175,000
Foundation of City College of San Francisco 4 $5,300
Fractured Atlas 4 $58,200
Francis W. Parker School 2 $300
Francisco Park Conservancy 2 $75,000
Fred Rogers Company 1 $500
Free at Last Community Recovery and Rehabilitation Services 1 $100
Free the Slaves 1 $1,200
Freedom for All Americans Education Fund 1 $2,500
Freedom from Hunger 1 $100
Freedom Service Dogs 1 $500
Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse 5 $39,200
Fresh Air Fund 1 $1,000
Fresh Lifelines for Youth 3 $1,500
Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library 14 $42,955
Friends Central School Corporation 1 $10,000
Friends of Asor Fund USA 2 $1,500
Friends of Bolinas Stinson Beach Libraries 1 $100
Friends of Chabad on Campus 1 $1,000
Friends of China Camp 1 $1,000
Friends of ELNET 2 $65,000
Friends of Ethiopian Jews 1 $100
Friends of European Leadership Network 1 $100,000
Friends of Front Street Shelter 1 $1,000
Friends of Ir David 1 $2,500
Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Beit Halochem 1 $4,000
Friends of Israel Initiative 1 $1,000
Friends of JCC Krakow 2 $1,500
Friends of Lubavitch 3 $1,260
Friends of McGill University 1 $10,000
Friends of Nahal Haredi 1 $2,000
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park 1 $1,000
Friends of Rodeph Sholom School 1 $1,000
Friends of Sausal Creek 1 $2,000
Friends of School of the Arts Foundation 1 $100
Friends of Stevens Creek Trail 1 $200
Friends of Straus Park 1 $200
Friends of the Arava Institute 2 $10,360
Friends of the Berkeley Public Library 1 $500
Friends of the Cameo 3 $5,600
Friends of the Children - SF Bay Area 3 $1,600
Friends of the Darby Community Public Library 1 $250
Friends of the Earth 6 $11,590
Friends of the El Cerrito Library 1 $250
Friends of the Forum 1 $300
Friends of the Fromm Institute for Life-Long Learning 16 $78,700
Friends of the High Line 1 $100
Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority 3 $155,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces 30 $155,052
Friends of the Jewish Community Library 13 $31,800
Friends of the Library of Portola Valley 1 $1,000
Friends of the Martell School House 1 $2,000
Friends of the Mountain View Library 1 $200
Friends of the Oakland Public Library 1 $3,000
Friends of the Oakland Public Library 1 $1,000
Friends of the Orinda Library 2 $350
Friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter 1 $100
Friends of the River Foundation 4 $600
Friends of the Rockridge Library 1 $1,000
Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library 1 $360
Friends of the Urban Forest 4 $1,775
Friends of Thirteen 1 $100
Friends of Vancouver Foundation 1 $20,500
Friends of Woodstock School 1 $150
Friends of Yad Sarah 3 $10,790
Friends of Zen, 1 $10,000
From the Top 3 $2,250
Front Exhibition Company 1 $10,000
FSHD Society 2 $680
Fuente Latina 2 $75,000
Fund for Global Human Rights 1 $1,000
Fund for the Tiger 1 $1,000
Futures Without Violence 4 $53,000
Gan Israel Preschool 1 $560
GANN Academy - The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston 1 $45,000
Garrett Moulton Productions 3 $22,000
Gatestone Institute 3 $100,400
Gay for Good 1 $25,000
Gender Spectrum Charitable Fund 2 $205,000
GenderAvenger 1 $1,500
Generations in Jazz Foundation 1 $2,500
George Bush Presidential Library Foundation 1 $2,500
George Mark Children's Fund 2 $6,000
George Mason University Foundation 1 $500
George Mason University Foundation 1 $125,000
George School 1 $1,000
George W. Bush Foundation 1 $20,000

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