Koret Foundation Grant Awards, 2004–2005

Grant highlights are listed in descending order by program area.

K–12 Education Total

$1,843,443

As the centerpiece of the Koret Education Initiative, the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education gathers and evaluates data to formulate and disseminate school reform policies in an effort to enhance the quality of the public education system. The Task Force is funded with a $1.5 million grant to the Hoover Institution through 2008.

2004

Charter schools

Funding charter schools is one way that Koret puts the policy recommendations of its Task Force into practice.

 

 395,136
Teach for America Bay Area
for General operating support		 150,000
The BASIC Fund
for scholarship support for low-income youth to attend private schools		 100,000
Pacific Research Institute
for Charter school study		 75,000
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
for Scholarships for Bay Area students		 55,000

2005

Charter schools

Funding charter schools is one way that Koret puts the policy recommendations of its Task Force into practice.

 452,000
Pacific Research Institute
for Research study: Reforming California's School Accountability System		 80,000
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
for Scholarships for Bay Area students		 55,000
American Enterprise Institute
for No Child Left Behind Act research		 50,000
Plus grants to 41 organizations including DonorsChoose. 431,307

2004

Youth Development

$1,055,750

Routes to Learning Initiative

Working with community-based organizations, Koret's Routes to Learning Initiative is designed to help students achieve in school through programs that are distinct from the classroom environment.

291,000

Docent Programs at science and wildlife museums

Designed to help generate an interest in the natural sciences, Koret funding enables science and wildlife museums to include low-income youth in their docent programs.

 244,000
Summer Search Foundation
Scholarship/evaluation/training curriculum

75,000

Mentoring Programs

70,500

2005

Summer Academic Enrichment Programs

Koret's academic enrichment cluster helps make private school resources available to promising public school children from low-income backgrounds.

125,000

Plus grants to 34 other organizations.

250,250

Higher Education Total

$3,476,356

2004
Brandeis University, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
for Crown Center for Middle Eastern Studies		 300,000
Institute for Jewish and Community Research
for Undergraduate and faculty fellowship program		 82,500

2005
University of California, Davis
for the Shelter Medicine Program at the School of Veterinary Medicine		 1,000,000
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
to support the conference series, the Summit, and Koret Fellows 		375,000

Jewish Studies

349,000
University of California, Berkeley
to support the Korean Studies Program		 140,000
Foundation of City College of San Francisco
for the Basic skills enhancement initiative		 100,000
University of California, San Francisco Foundation
for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine's collaborative care model 		100,000
The Institute for Jewish and Community Research
for the Undergraduate and faculty fellowship program		 82,500
Stanford University Libraries
for the Tel Aviv Collection		 70,000
Plus grants to 40 other organizations including the ARCS Foundation. 877,356

Koret and Israel Total

$1,711,500

Koret has been an active supporter of Israel, Israel education, and advocacy for Israel. At the center of Koret's grantmaking program in Israel is Koret Israel Economic Development Funds (KIEDF), which provides loan guarantees to small-business owners and manages the economic policy research work of the Koret Fellows,a select group of post-graduates who research and develop free-market initiatives under the auspices of legislative and regulatory offices.

2004
Israeli universities 440,000
American Friends of Koret Israel
for Economic Development Funds For the Koret Fellows Program		 255,500
The Institute for Jewish and Community Research
for anti-semitism/anti-Israelism initiative		 250,000
Friends of the Israel Center
for Social and Economic Progress and General operating support		 75,000
American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
for General operating support		 60,000

2005
American Friends of Koret Israel Economic Development Funds
for Koret Fellows program		 250,000
Jewish National Fund
for Distribution of The Israelis by Donna Rosenthal and support for Caravan for Democracy, High School Edition		 100,000
Commonwealth Club of California
to support the Middle East/Israel Lecture Series		 75,000
Plus grants to 15 other organizations. 206,000

Strengthening Bay Area Communities

 

2004
Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning
for General operating support		 325,000
Glide Foundation
to help create a plan for succession planning and sustainability		 100,000

2005
Glide Foundation
for General operating support		 200,000

Capital Grants

$6,412,000

Capital grants demonstrate Koret's commitment to the ultimate vision and purpose of the grantee organization.

2004
Maybeck Foundation
for the restoration of the Palace of Fine Arts		 2,000,000
California Academy of Sciences
for the Campaign for the new Academy		 1,000,000
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
to support the capital campaign		 300,000
YMCA San Francisco — Chinatown Branch
to support the capital campaign		 250,000
San Jose State University, Intercollegiate Athletics
In addition to a $1 million capital grant awarded in 2000, to complete the Koret Athletic Training Center		 125,000
American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center
for the Study of Israel to support the capital campaign		 100,000
ODC/San Francisco
for the Dance Center expansion		 50,000

2005
Congregation Beth Sholom
for the capital campaign		 1,500,000
San Francisco Zoological Society
for the Carousel Plaza renovation in memory of Eugene Friend		 500,000
Congregation Emanu-El
to remodel the bima in the main sanctuary		 400,000
Jewish Community Free Clinic of Sonoma County 50,000
Plus grants to 10 other organizations. 137,000

Arts and Culture Total

$2,688,207

Koret supports organizations that express and expand the region's diverse arts and culture offerings, enhancing the quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area.

2004
KQED
In addition to $1 million awarded in 1999 to KQED's Campaign for the Future Program Venture Fund		 250,000
San Francisco Symphony
for General operating support		 200,000
San Francisco Ballet Association
for General operating support		 150,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
for General operating support		 150,000

Koret Museum Days in celebration of Koret's 25th anniversary, these museums offered free admission on Mother's Day, 2004

 126,647
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
for General operating support		 100,000
American Conservatory Theatre
for General operating support		 75,000
University of California, Berkeley
for General operating support		 60,000
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
for General operating support		 50,000

2005
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
to support the Korean Art Department		 300,000
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
for Korean art acquisition		 150,000
KQED
to support The Newshour with Jim Lehrer		 132,000
Stern Grove Festival Association
to General operating support		 75,000
Plus grants to 68 other organizations including Music@Menlo and City Arts & Lectures. 869,560

Support for the Jewish Community

$8,038,860

Support for the Jewish Community has been an essential element of Koret philanthropy since its founding.

2004

Jewish Federations

 

 935,000
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco,  Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
for annual campaign support and community impact grants		 550,000
Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley
for annual campaign support and community impact grants		 220,000
Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay
for annual campaign support and community impact grants		 165,000

Jewish Community Centers

 

 631,500
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
for programmatic and ramp-up support		 381,500
Peninsula Jewish Community Center
for programmatic and ramp-up support		 200,000
Osher Marin Jewish Community Center
for Center Stage programs		 50,000
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life 360,000
Koret Student Internship Program at the following campuses:
  • California State University, Chico
  • California State University, Sonoma
  • San Francisco, city-wide
  • Silicon Valley
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of California, Davis
  • University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Stanford University
Koret Institute for Koret Jewish Book Awards, Koret Young Writer on Jewish Themes Award, and Jewish Studies Publication Program 315,610
Jewish Family & Children's Services of San Francisco
for the Holocaust Survivor Emergency Assistance Fund		 100,000
Jewish Home, San Francisco
for General operating support		 100,000
Hebrew Free Loan Association
for General operating support		 50,000
Commentary Fund at the American Jewish Committee
for General operating support		 50,000

Maccabi Youth Games

 36,000

2005
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
providing Over five years for general operating support		 3,000,000

Jewish Federations

 975,000
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
for annual campaign support and community impact grants		 550,000
Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley
for annual campaign support and community impact grants		 240,000
Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay
for annual campaign support and community impact grants		 185,000
Jewish Community Federation Endowment Fund
for the Jewish Heritage Initiative in Poland		 300,000
Jewish Family & Life!
for the Koret International Jewish Book Prizes		 155,000
Commentary Fund at the American Jewish Committee
for General operating support		 150,000
Stanford University Medical Center
for Jewish Chaplaincy		 90,000

Maccabi Youth Games

 39,700
Plus grants to 64 organizations including Lehrhaus Judaica and Chabad House at Stanford. 751,060

Miscellaneous grants in unspecified program areas.

2,329,551
Total grants awarded, 2004 $13,510,158
Total grants awarded, 2005 $14,670,509
Total grants awarded, 2004 and 2005 $28,180,667

Multi-year grants awarded in previous years with payments in 2004 and 2005:
University of California, San Francisco
for the Mission Bay medical research campus		 10,000,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
for the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum		 3,500,000
American Friends of Koret Israel Economic Development Funds
for general operating support		 2,500,000
American Friends of Hebrew University
for capital support for the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine		 2,500,000
Peninsula Jewish Community Center
for capital support for the Jewish Community Campus, Foster City, CA		 2,000,000
San Francisco Opera
for the transitional fund campaign		 2,000,000
San Jose State University
for capital support for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library		 2,000,000
Alameda County Health Care Foundation
for capital support for the trauma center		 1,750,000
Hoover Institution
for the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education		 1,500,000
Jewish Home, San Francisco
for the capital and endowment campaigns		 1,500,000