Koret Fund Grant Awards, 2006
The Koret Fund was launched in August, 2004, as a private philanthropic organization run by an independent board of directors, increasing Koret's grantmaking capacity. Goals and purposes of the Fund parallel those of the Koret Foundation.
Grant highlights are listed in descending order by program area.
Education |
$90,000 |
|---|---|
| The Independent Institute to support private vouchers for disadvantaged children | 30,000 |
| ARCS Foundation, Northern California Chapter to provide scholarship support for three Ph.D. students in science and engineering at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSF | 60,000 |
Support for Israel |
$50,000 |
| Middle East Forum | 50,000 |
Strengthening Bay Area Communities |
|
| Jewish Community | $4,142,000 |
| Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life in addition to a $7.5 million grant for capital project development | 2,500,000 |
Jewish Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties for the Koret Philanthropic Fund |
1,000,000 |
| Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center over two years to provide initial operating support for the Department of Jewish Life and Learning | 1,000,000 |
Chabad House at Stanford University to support Shabbat dinners |
150,000 |
Jewish Family & Life! Newton, MA for general operating support |
100,000 |
American Jewish Committee to support programming |
62,000 |
| Osher Marin Jewish Community Center to support expanded Jewish cultural programming in renovated spaces | 50,000 |
Jewish Partison Educational Foundation to support teacher training and educational outreach in the Bay Area |
50,000 |
| Chabad of Greater South Bay to support the Friendship Circle | 30,000 |
| Arts & Culture | $1,450,000 |
| San Francisco Symphony over three years to support the Symphony's radio programming | 1,000,000 |
| American Conservatory Theater over three years to establish and support the Koret Visiting Artists series | 450,000 |
| Koret Food Program | $328,000 |
As a legacy to the founders, the Koret Food Program supports the following organizations that work to ease food insecurity:
|
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| Youth Development | $245,000 |
| BUILD (Business United in Investment, Lending and Development) over two years for general operating support | 120,000 |
Campaign for College Opportunity for general operating support |
75,000 |
| The Finance Project to create and adapt tools and materials to help after school program operators raise matching funds as required by Prop. 49 | 50,000 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Family House for facility upgrades to the two Koret Family Houses | 150,000 |
Philanthropy Roundtable over two years for general operating support |
99,000 |
Korean Community Center of the East Bay for general operating support |
50,000 |
Total Koret Fund grants awarded, 2006 |
$6,604,000 |
Multi-year grants awarded in previous years with payments in 2006 |
|
| Jewish Family & Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties for the Koret Family Resource Center | 2,000,000 |
| Osher Marin Jewish Community Center for support of the capital campaign | 1,000,000 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art challenge grant to support exhibitions and the oral history project | 1,000,000 |
| University of California, Berkeley for restoration of the Bancroft Library | 1,000,000 |