California · Community foundation
The Jewish Community Foundation
Built around the values of tzedakah (righteousness, charity) and tikkun olam (repairing the world), the foundation works with east bay jewish donors to realize their philanthropic goals and create a rich, supportive, inclusive and strong community.
- $7.9M
- Granted FY2019
- 176
- Itemized grants FY2019
- 149
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Jewish Community Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Federation Of San Francisco The Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Jewish Community Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 149 organizations, $6M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2019
- $6.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2019
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $630,478
- Organizations funded a year
- 125 to 149
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 18
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 39% of the organizations The Jewish Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $874k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 149 | $5.5M | 39% |
| FY2018 | 139 | $5.8M | 47% |
| FY2017 | 125 | $6.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay | $2,662,305 | 3 | 22% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $777,905 | 3 | 0% |
| Oakland Hebrew Day School | $693,415 | 3 | 6% |
| Kipp Bay Area Schools | $658,500 | 2 | 0% |
| First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland Calif | $580,453 | 3 | n/a |
| Urban Adamah | $545,100 | 3 | 9% |
| The Reutlinger Community | $471,066 | 3 | n/a |
| Temple Isaiah of Contra Costa County | $405,490 | 3 | n/a |
| Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay | $398,399 | 3 | 3% |
| The Head Royce School | $389,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 242 grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($539k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Jewish Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 173 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay · Rodan Family Foundation · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Koret Foundation · The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · Libitzky Family Foundation · Ralph & Marsha Guggenheim Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Jewish Community Foundation
- How much does The Jewish Community Foundation give?
- The Jewish Community Foundation reported 176 itemized grants totaling $6,149,962, out of $7,887,009 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 125 and 149 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Jewish Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (22%), Religion (21%), Education (19%).
- Who are The Jewish Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay ($2.7M), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($778k), Oakland Hebrew Day School ($693k).
- Does The Jewish Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Jewish Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay, Rodan Family Foundation.
- Where is The Jewish Community Foundation based?
- The Jewish Community Foundation is based in CA.
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