2011 - 2012 Grants

The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund acts as a philanthropic catalyst - transforming Jewish values of tzedakah, kehilla and tikkun olam into action, and empowering the community to work together to ensure our collective well-being.

 

Agency

Allocation Amount

Grant Purpose

A Different Lesson $30,000 Expanding Horizons: Introducing Marginalized Youth to the Professional World
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee $450,000 ECHAD: Early Childhood Achievement and Development in the Arab-Israeli Community
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee $645,000 General Support for JDC's Global Activities
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee $10,000 Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli-Arab Issues Dues
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee $150,000 TEVET: Shachar Chadash
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee $92,000 Building Community and Leadership in Hungary
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee $557,000 Humanitarian Assistance for Impoverished Elderly Jews in the FSU
B'eatzmi $50,000 The Andrea Bronfman School of Jewelry and Art - Vocational Training for Ethiopian-Israelis
Berkeley Hillel $73,113 General operating support - an unrestricted grant for an agency to use in achieving its mission (funding can be utilized however the agency sees fit).
Bernard Osher Marin Jewish Community Center $311,507 General Operating Support
Bet Tfila Israeli in Tel Aviv $85,000 Outreach Program - Public Events, Education and Social Action programs
BINA $20,000 'Justice, Judaism and the Environment: Transforming Israeli activists into Change Agents for a Greener and More Equitable Tomorrow'
 
BINA $100,000 BINA Bashchuna ('BINA in the 'hood') - A Jewish Pluralistic Model of Social Change
BlueStar PR $6,647 Write On For Israel
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization $10,122 General operating support
Brandeis Hillel Day School $241,836 General Operating Support
Bureau of Jewish Education $1,363,001 Operating and Program Support 2011-12
Bureau of Jewish Education $47,476 North Peninsula Special Needs Initiative
Chabad of Greater South Bay $22,378 Social Services and Community Assistance Program
Chabad of North Peninsula $3,798 Jewish Teen Club
College for All $70,000 The 'College for All' Center in Neve Ofer
Congregation Beth Am $16,142 My Jewish Discovery (MJD) Emigre Family Education Program
Congregation B'nai Israel $950 Tot Shabbat Program
Friends By Nature $20,000 Haverim Bateva: Youth Development and Leadership Program
Friendship Circle - Peninsula $30,839 General Operating Support - Children's programming
Friendship Circle - Peninsula $7,121 Parents Program Support
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School $183,027 General operating support
Hagar $50,000 Jewish-Arab Bilingual Kindergarten and School in Be'er Sheva
Heznek Le'Atid $100,000 Heznek for Excellence
Hillel at Davis and Sacramento $57,061 General operating support
Hillel Foundation at Stanford University $71,784 General operating support
Hillel of Silicon Valley $28,248 General Operating Support
Hillel of Sonoma County $36,746 General Operating Support and Building Student Leadership Networks at SRJC
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life $13,160 General operating support
Institute on Aging $81,534 Bay Area Jewish Healing Center--General Operating Support
Institute on Aging $2,849 Holidays in an Envelope for Jewish hospital patients.
Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism $35,000 'Ufaratzta'- 'and you shall spread out'
J - The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California $224,000 Subscriptions to the J.
Jerusalem Open House $25,000 LGBTQ Leadership Development Program
Jewish Agency for Israel-North American Council, Inc. $142,428 Masa Israel Journey Program
Jewish Agency for Israel-North American Council, Inc. $50,000 First Time Israel Experience Program for Russian Émigrés in Germany
Jewish Agency for Israel-North American Council, Inc. $50,000 Jewish Summer Camp Program for Children in Khabarovsk (FSU)
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco $33,233 San Francisco Teen Outreach Program
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco $626,442 General Operating Support
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco $18,990 JCCSF Kosher Lunch Program
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco $18,990 JCCSF Teen Program
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco $33,233 San Francisco Teen Outreach Program
Jewish Community Center of Sonoma County $28,486 Friendship Circle Senior 55+ Outreach
Jewish Community Center of Sonoma County $108,178 General Operating Support
Jewish Community Center of Sonoma County $4,439 Russian River Jewish Community
Jewish Community Center of Sonoma County $47,951 Sonoma County Teen Engagement and Expansion
Jewish Community Federation $320,500 The Gvanim Program Network - Leadership Development to Promote Jewish Pluralism
Jewish Community Federation $67,635 Day Camp Scholarships
Jewish Community Federation $178,206 Day School Scholarships
Jewish Community Federation $361,310 Early Childhood Education Initiative, PJ Library, Certificate Program
Jewish Community Federation $136,151 General Operating Support Jewish Community Federations' LGBT Alliance
Jewish Community Federation $517,242 Israel Center - General Operating & Programming Support
Jewish Community Federation $62,882 Northern California Hillel Technical Assistance Program
Jewish Community Federation $121,499 Pre School Scholarships
Jewish Community Federation $94,952 Religious School Scholarships
Jewish Community Federation $100,000 Senior Mobility Program
Jewish Community Federation $23,738 Special Needs Program
Jewish Community Highschool of the Bay $130,819 General Operating Support
Jewish Community Relations Council $285,000 General Operating Support, Jewish Public Affairs Committee
Jewish Community Relations Council $188,125 Jewish Community Federation/JCRC  Community Security Planning Project
Jewish Community Relations Council $823,808 Operating Support. Focus: counter-Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions, intergroup relations, legislative affairs
Jewish Community Relations Council $100,000 To Prevent SF Measure to Criminalize Circumcision
Jewish Community Relations Council $94,952 Jewish Community Federation/JCRC Joint Jewish Coalition for Literacy Project
Jewish Family and Children's Services $189,904 Direct Financial Assistance
Jewish Family and Children's Services $389,342 General Operating Support
Jewish Family and Children's Services $104,447 Jewish Single Parent Support Center
Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation $189,904 General Operating Support
Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation $191,498 one-time grant to support long-term Charity Beds
Jewish Theatre San Francisco $22,845 General Operating Support
Jewish Vocational Service $322,400 General Operating Support
Jewish Vocational Service $143,549 Jewish Employment Network (JEN)
Jewish Vocational Service $36,863 JVS Connect
Jewish Vocational Service $71,214 JVS Crisis Response: Employment Specialist
Jewish Vocational Service $54,123 JVS Intake System
JIMENA $5,000 Education and Outreach Initiative
JVP - Jerusalem Venture Partners  -Bakehila $80,000 After-School Learning and Enrichment Centers: Gilo  Neighborhood
JVP - Jerusalem Venture Partners  -Bakehila $90,000 Youth Program expansion in Bet Zfafa
Kehillah Jewish High School  $114,476 General Operating Support
Kibbutz Eshbal $30,000 Eshbal Youth Society - A Boarding School for Ethiopian-Israeli and other Youth at Risk
Lehrhaus Judaica $47,742 General operating support
Leket (formerly: TABLE TO TABLE) $20,000 Leket Work Program for Arab-Israeli Women
Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy of San Francisco $133,830 General Operating Support
MAASE Center (Isracorps) $120,000 Afak - Volunteering and Year of Service for Arab-Israelis
MAASE Center (Isracorps) $160,000 Funders Forum: Partnering for Equality of Opportunity
Menorah Park $6,647 General Operating Support
New Spirit - Students for Jerusalem $25,000 Student Village
NISPED - NEGEV INSTITUTE FOR  STRATEGIES OF PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT $45,000 The Arab-Jewish Volunteer Program
Northern California Board of Rabbis $65,396 Board of Rabbis of Northern California
Northern California Board of Rabbis $143,000 JCF Synagogue-Federation Partnership
Olim B'Yachad $100,000 Employment and Empowerment for Ethiopian-Israeli University Graduates
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center $417,835 General Operating Support
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center $8,071 Russian Culture Program
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center $4,748 Shlichim Program
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center $6,647 Teen Program
Peninsula Jewish Community Center $8,071 An Ethical Start
Peninsula Jewish Community Center $339,972 General Operating Support
Peninsula Temple Beth El $4,748 Synaplex Shabbat
Peninsula Temple Sholom $4,748 Synaplex  Shabbat Program
Rashi Foundation $50,000 Horizons to High-Tech
Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School $139,518 General Operating Support
Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School $8,546 Literacy Foundations Program
San Francisco Hillel $105,948 General operating support
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival $19,688 General Operating Support
 
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival $17,091 New Jewish Filmmaking Project
Santa Cruz Hillel Foundation $63,941 General Operating Support
Santa Rosa Jewish Community Center $4,273 Program Support
Sela $10,000 I-Kick Garin Gadera: Youth Development and Leadership Program
Shalom Bayit $16,000 Counseling & Financial Assistance for Battered Jewish Women
Shalom Bayit $40,000 General Operating Support
Shalom Bayit $10,000 South Peninsula Healthy Jewish Families Project
Sonoma County Synagogue Center $4,558 Celebrations! Program for Special Needs Children & Families
Sonoma State University Academic Foundation $3,489 Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide
South Peninsula Hebrew Day School $128,859 General Operating Support
Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation $96,851 Scholarships for deserving families, Teen Service-Learning in Israel, and expansion of facilities to serve more children.
Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation $37,981 Noar L'Noar Program
TECH CAREERS $50,000 Closing the Digital Gap - Technology Training
Tel Hai College $30,000 Yuvalim - Pluralistic Center for Jewish Culture and Identity
The Birthright Israel Foundation $217,968 Birthright Israel Program
The Birthright Israel Foundation $120,000 General Operating Support
The Citizens’ Accord Forum Between Jews & Arabs in Israel  $25,000 Ofek Nashi (A Feminite Horizon) - Mentoring Arab Businesswomen
The Contemporary Jewish Museum  $66,466 Annual Allocation - General Operating Support
The Israel Center for Educational Innovation $40,000 Empowerment of Ethiopian-Israel Poverty in Netanya
The Jewish Community Free Clinic of Sonoma County  $9,495 General Operating Support
The Jewish Federations of North America $50,000 Social Venture Fund
The Jewish Federations of North America $325,000 Operating Support for the American Joint Distribution Committee
The Jewish Federations of North America  $789,000 JFNA Dues
Tzeva: Youth Building a Future $25,000 After School Enrichment Centers in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in Herzliya
United Kibbutz Movement $15,000 TELEM - Job Training for Ethiopian-Israelis on Kibbutzim
UpStart Bay Area $50,000 IGI Technical Assistance Support
UpStart Bay Area $50,000 UpStart Seed Funding
TOTAL $16,051,966  
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
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