Federation-Directed Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Grants directed by the Jewish Federation Bay Area to support Bay Area and Israeli organizations.
Geographic Scope: Bay Area and Israel
Key Features:
- Available through Federation Grant Portal
- Supports various community organizations
- Mentioned alongside DAF and Supporting Foundation Grants
What The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 39
- Total given
- $5.12M
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $6,000–$2.5M
- By dollars: California 68%, New York 21%, District of Columbia 5%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Berkeley, CA.
- 32% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 8% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Jewish Community Center of the East Bay · Berkeley, CA
Capital campaign
$2.5M
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY
General purposes
$190K
Planned Parenthood Northern California · Concord, CA
General purposes
$140K
PEF Israel Endowment Funds Inc · New York, NY
Israel religious action center (irac)
$135K
California Homebuilding Foundation · Sacramento, CA
Unrestricted funds towards the bita program
$109K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Jewish
- Nonprofits
- Foundation
Categories
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