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 |
Hebrew Free Loan | 69 | $121,308 |
Congregation Beth Am | 69 | $520,203 |
Stanford University | 68 | $8,222,220 |
Contemporary Jewish Museum | 67 | $566,404 |
San Francisco Jewish Comm Publications | 58 | $117,888 |
Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation | 58 | $662,782 |
University of California at Berkeley | 58 | $1,534,800 |
Jewish Vocational Service | 46 | $232,558 |
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center | 46 | $432,040 |
San Francisco Symphony | 45 | $361,425 |
Birthright Israel Foundation | 44 | $287,900 |
JDC | 44 | $521,450 |
Anti-Defamation League | 44 | $367,028 |
Jewish Film Institute | 43 | $303,090 |
Southern Poverty Law Center | 42 | $80,490 |
Tides Center - Shalom Bayit | 42 | $83,003 |
Peninsula Temple Beth-El | 42 | $157,608 |
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | 41 | $72,808 |
American Jewish World Service | 40 | $227,056 |
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | 40 | $974,792 |
P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds | 40 | $537,420 |
Doctors Without Borders USA | 39 | $39,990 |
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | 39 | $390,950 |
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | 36 | $39,844 |
Urban Adamah | 35 | $758,473 |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties | 34 | $109,695 |
Congregation Kol Shofar | 34 | $319,756 |
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 |
Congregation Beth Jacob | 28 | $147,483 |
Hillel at Stanford | 28 | $180,174 |
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 |
Corporation of Fine Arts Museums | 24 | $87,879 |
Berkeley Hillel | 24 | $555,446 |
Bay Area Friendship Circle | 24 | $40,308 |
IsraAID | 24 | $56,168 |
Brandeis Hillel Day School - Marin | 23 | $115,962 |
Planned Parenthood Northern California | 23 | $96,928 |
Congregation Sherith Israel | 22 | $36,060 |
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 |
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 |
Moishe House | 20 | $255,442 |
Peninsula Jewish Community Center | 20 | $28,318 |
Peninsula Open Space Trust | 20 | $238,000 |
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | 20 | $274,794 |
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | 20 | $204,710 |
Tipping Point Community | 19 | $7,211,920 |
San Francisco Opera Association | 19 | $222,950 |
Congregation Netivot Shalom | 19 | $30,470 |
Simon Wiesenthal Center | 19 | $8,004 |
Earthjustice | 19 | $4,087,820 |
Larkin Street Youth Services | 18 | $81,450 |
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 |
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley | 17 | $116,329 |
Alameda County Community Food Bank | 17 | $48,210 |
Israel21c | 17 | $111,980 |
San Francisco Ballet Association | 17 | $165,400 |
LifeMoves | 17 | $36,598 |
Upstart Bay Area | 17 | $115,400 |
San Francisco Parks Alliance | 16 | $91,900 |
Hillel International | 16 | $118,438 |
American Friends of Magen David Adom | 16 | $8,875 |
Friends of the Fromm Institute for Life-Long Learning | 16 | $78,700 |
Nature Conservancy of California | 16 | $68,500 |