2007 Koret Foundation Grants

Grant highlights are listed in descending order by program area.

Education

$6,620,700
K-12 Education $887,200
Koret's education funding strategy flows from the policy recommendations of the
 Koret Task Force on K-12 Education, which advocates choice, accountability,
and transparency. The Koret Task Force is funded through a $1.5 million grant
 to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University through 2008.
American Indian Public Charter School
to replicate the model for a new middle school		 100,000
Oakland Charter Academy
as a 2:1 match for capital improvements		 100,000
Pacific Research Institute
as a 1:1 match to support a documentary film promoting school choice among the middle class		 87,500
California Charter Schools Association
for the 2008 California Charter Schools Conference		 75,000
KIPP Foundation
as a 1:1 match for general operating support to launch KIPP King
Collegiate High School		 75,000
Shakespeare Education Cluster 65,000
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
for school performances and workshops		  
California Shakespeare Theater
for performances		  
Hobart Shakespeareans
for general operating support		  
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
for school performances and workshops		  
DonorsChoose Bay Area
as a 1:1 match to support projects proposed by Teach For America
and charter school teachers in the Bay Area		 50,000
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
to support Bay Area middle school students attending summer seminars at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz		 50,000
KIPP Bay Area
for general operating support		 50,000
Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators (RISE)
1:1 match for general operating support and a technology upgrade		 50,000
17 misc. grantsincluding 826 Valencia, YES Reading and Education Pioneers 184,700
Youth Development $1,479,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco
for the Brighter Futures Campaign		 500,000
Summer Search, San Francisco
for conitnuing support of the national evaluation project and to support Bay Area expansion		 300,000
Youth Sports Cluster 262,500
Girls on the Run of the Bay Area, San Francisco
for general operating support		  
Jamestown Community Center, Inc., San Francisco
to enhance coach training		  
San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds
over two years to support Bay Area SCORES' Academic Athletes program		  
Team Up for Youth
over two years for general operating support		  
Youth Tennis Advantage, Palo Alto
for capital support to purchase a van		  
San Francisco International Children's Games
to support the 2008 International Children's Games in San Francisco		 100,000
Citizen Schools
to support Bay Area expansion		 80,000
Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology (BAYCAT)
for an independent program evaluation		 50,000
16 misc. grants 186,500
Higher Education $4,254,500
University of California, Berkeley
for a high-tech classroom at the Haas School of Business		 1,500,000
Stanford University
to establish the Koret Donor Designated Fund		 1,000,000
University of California, Berkeley
to establish the Koret Donor Designated Fund		 1,000,000
University of California, Berkeley, Center for Korean Studies
over three years as a 1:1 match for visiting professors and graduate fellowships		 210,000
U.S. Naval Academy Foundation
for the Atkinson Fund for Academic Excellence		 100,000
Stanford University
for general operating support		 50,000
24 miscellaneous 394,500

Support for Israel

$5,447,500
In addition to advocating for Israel, Koret has a fundamental interest in economic expansion in Israel, achieved through policy reform to move toward a free-market economy and a small-business loan guarantee program, Koret Israel Economic Development Funds. In addition, in response to the emergency in North Israel, the Foundation awarded $3 million to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund to assist in rebuilding efforts. Examples of projects supported through this fund are a bond authority for infrastructure projects, alternative energy research at the Weizmann Institute, small business loan guarantees, and agricultural renewal in Israel's North.
American Friends of Koret Israel Economic Development Funds
over five years to provide general operating support to AFKIEDF and KIEDF		 2,500,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
as a 1:1 match to complete construction of the Koret School
of Veterinary Medicine		 2,250,000
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies
to fund Northern California faculty and undergraduate anti-terrorism fellowships		 150,000
Middle East Media Research Institute
for the TV monitor project		 150,000
Hoover Institution, Stanford
to bring Dr. Michael Oren and Dr. Boaz Ganor to Hoover as Koret Distinguished Visiting Fellows		 up to 150,000
America Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
to support the Leonard Bernstein tribute concert in San Francisco		 100,000
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula,
Marin and Sonoma Counties
over two years to support the Machiah program
for Israeli post-doctoral fellowships		 50,000
10 misc. grants including the Middle East Forum and the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center 97,500

Strengthening Bay Area Communities

$15,216,900
Arts and Culture $7,084,550
California Academy of Sciences
in addition to a previous grant of $1 million to support the Campaign
for the New Academy		 4,000,000
San Francisco Ballet Association
over three years for general operating support 		750,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
over three years to maintain and expand exhibitions and outreach 		600,000
Oakland Museum of California Foundation
for the Oakland Museum of California capital campaign 		500,000
Commonwealth Club of California
to support the "Principles of a Free Society" speaker series 		250,000
KQED
for general operating support of The NewHour and radio programming 		217,050
The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose
over two years in collaboration with Taube Philanthropies
for general operating support 		120,000
Jazz Heritage Center, San Francisco
for capital support 		100,000
KQED, San Francisco
for general operating support 		85,000

Music@Menlo, Atherton, CA
over two years to support the Koret Young Performers Concerts

 55,000
Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco
for general operating support 		50,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
for general operating support in honor of the Modern Ball 		50,000
26 misc. grants including SPUR's Young Urbanists program 307,500
Jewish Community $6,719,900
Jewish Home, San Francisco
for capital improvements to the acute psychiatric care facility
in the Koret building		 1,750,000
North American Council of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw
capital support for the core exhibition		 1,500,000
Contra Costa Jewish Day School, Walnut Creek
as a 1:1 match to complete the capital campaign		 1,000,000
Jewish Federations 665,000
Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay
to support the 2007 annual campaign		 350,000
Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley
to support the 2007 annual campaign		 315,000
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
in collaboration with Taube Philanthropies, to support
the 2009 Maccabi Games		 400,000
Jewish Family & Life!, Newton, MA
as a 1:1 match for general operating support		 200,000
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
for the Koret Hillel Internship Program		 138,400
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
over two years to help transition from a seasonal festival into
a year-round media arts organization		 100,000
Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life
for capital support in addition to $10 million awarded in earlier years		 100,000
Commentary Magazine
for general operating support		 100,000
Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay
to support joint programming for Contra Costa and East Bay JCCs		 98,000
Stanford University Medical Center
to support the Jewish chaplaincy program		 98,000
Bureau of Jewish Education, San Francisco
 over two years for development of the incubator project
into the Center for Innovative Jewish Nonprofits		 80,000
Nonprofit Finance Fund
1:1 match to provide nonprofit business analyses for eligible Jewish day schools and an aggregate summary analysis		 65,000
32 misc. grants including Lehrhaus Judaica, Jewish Milestones and the Jewish Music Festival 425,500
Miscellaneous $1,412,450
Ed Roberts Campus, Oakland, CA
for capital support of multi-purpose facility for the disabled		 500,000
Koret Food Program 328,000
Business Executives for National Security
for general operating support and the Bay Area Business Force		 60,000
71 misc. grants 524,450

Total grants awarded, 2007

$27,285,100

Multi-year grants awarded in previous years with payments in 2007
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
over five years for general operating support		 3,000,000
Stanford University
capital support for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research		 3,000,000
Maybeck Foundation
for restoration of the Palace of Fine Arts		 2,000,000
Congregation Beth Sholom
for capital support		 1,500,000
Hillel at Stanford
for capital support for the Koret Pavilion		 1,500,000
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
over five years for the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education		 1,500,000
Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley
for capital support of the Levy Campus		 1,500,000
San Francisco Opera
for the Koret-Taube Media Suite		 1,500,000