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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canopy Canopy Canopy | 1 | $40,000 |
| Childrens Theater Assoc of San Francisco | 1 | $500 |
| Djerassi Resident Artists Program | 1 | $100 |
| foolsFURY Theater | 1 | $250 |
| Harvard Magazine | 1 | $100 |
| National Novel Writing Month | 1 | $20,000 |
| Northern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame | 1 | $1,000 |
| Palm Springs Friends of the Philharmonic | 1 | $1,500 |
| Play It Forward Music Foundation | 1 | $2,500 |
| Rhythmix Cultural Works | 1 | $2,000 |
| San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles | 1 | $250 |
| Silicon Valley FACES | 1 | $2,500 |
| Straus Historical Society | 1 | $2,500 |
| Theatre Ventures International | 1 | $800 |
| Vintage Computer Federation | 1 | $640 |
| Youth in Arts | 1 | $350 |
| Allegheny College | 1 | $50,000 |
| American Jewish University | 1 | $1,000 |
| BASIC Fund | 1 | $250 |
| Boston University Hillel, | 1 | $360 |
| Coney Island Prep Builders | 1 | $1,000 |
| Friends of the Martell School House | 1 | $2,000 |
| Institute for Shipboard Education | 1 | $100 |
| Libforall Foundation | 1 | $25,000 |
| Murray Bowen Archives Project | 1 | $2,500 |
| Phillips Brooks School | 1 | $1,500 |
| ProLiteracy Worldwide | 1 | $100 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | 1 | $250 |
| Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States | 1 | $500 |
| Southwest Harbor Public Library | 1 | $500 |
| University of California San Francisco | 1 | $10,000 |
| West Contra Costa Public Education Fund | 1 | $500 |
| Berkeley East Bay Humane Society | 1 | $108 |
| Conservation Society of California | 1 | $100 |
| Humane Society of Pagosa Springs | 1 | $540 |
| Nature Foundation at Wintergreen | 1 | $5,000 |
| Performing Animal Welfare Society | 1 | $500 |
| Trap Free Montana | 1 | $2,000 |
| Action on Smoking and Health | 1 | $180 |
| American Friends of Hospice of the Upper Galilee | 1 | $500 |
| Boston MedFlight | 1 | $2,500 |
| Clinic by the Bay | 1 | $100 |
| Desert AIDS Project | 1 | $500 |
| Fanconi Anemia Research Fund | 1 | $1,000 |
| Huntington's Disease Society of America | 1 | $1,000 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - San Diego/Hawaii Chapter | 1 | $100 |
| MayView Community Health Center | 1 | $100 |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation | 1 | $2,500 |
| San Francisco Public Health Foundation | 1 | $38,500 |
| Yellow Ribbon Fund | 1 | $180 |
| Aleph Institute | 1 | $900 |
| American Foreign Policy Council | 1 | $5,000 |
| CatchLight FKA PhotoPhilanthropy | 1 | $2,500 |
| City Parks Alliance | 1 | $350 |
| Daniel Pearl Foundation | 1 | $500 |
| Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco | 1 | $300 |
| First Tee of San Diego | 1 | $5,000 |
| Friends of Straus Park | 1 | $200 |
| Grassroots Collaborative | 1 | $250,000 |
| Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley | 1 | $2,500 |
| Innocence Project New Orleans | 1 | $300 |
| Internews Networks | 1 | $5,000 |
| Jewish Federation of the Berkshires | 1 | $1,000 |
| Karmaspirit | 1 | $4,000 |
| Leading Edge Alliance | 1 | $25,000 |
| New Leaders Council | 1 | $500 |
| Open Markets Institute | 1 | $350,000 |
| Philos Project | 1 | $100,000 |
| Riverside Park Conservancy | 1 | $200 |
| TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund | 1 | $250,000 |
| Tides Foundation | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| VGC Foundation | 1 | $500 |
| Win Without War Education Fund | 1 | $284 |
| YWCA Silicon Valley | 1 | $5,000 |
| Chabad of College Hill | 1 | $180 |
| Chapel Hill Kehillah | 1 | $180 |
| Hebrew Congregation of North Tarrytown & Tarrytown Temple Beth Abraham | 1 | $5,000 |
| LAvate | 1 | $10,000 |
| New Life Church of Novato | 1 | $10,000 |
| Reconstructionist Rabbinical College & Jewish Reconstructionist Communities | 1 | $5,000 |
| Sonoma Mountain Zen Center | 1 | $1,000 |
| Temple Emanuel of Winston-Salem | 1 | $540 |
| Adventure Cycling Association | 1 | $40,000 |
| Barack Obama Foundation | 1 | $300 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Monterey County | 1 | $100 |
| Ceres Community Project | 1 | $4,500 |
| Creating Friendships for Peace | 1 | $1,000 |
| Good Food Institute | 1 | $2,000 |
| Hands Across the Sea | 1 | $500 |
| Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund | 1 | $180 |
| North Park Hockey Association | 1 | $100 |
| Pono Grown Farm Center | 1 | $80,000 |
| Rebuilding Together Oakland | 1 | $5,000 |
| Saint Francis Foundation | 1 | $2,500 |
| Solo Aquatics | 1 | $150 |
| St. Luke's Wood River Foundation | 1 | $500 |
| Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association | 1 | $2,000 |
| Trevor Project | 1 | $180 |
| Women's Daytime Drop-In Center | 1 | $500 |
| Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives | 1 | $500 |
