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.
The goals and purposes of the Fund parallel those of the Koret Foundation.
Grant highlights are listed in descending order by program area.
Education |
$4,160,000 |
|---|---|
| The Guardsmen as a 1:2 match to fund private scholarships for low-income, at-risk Bay Area youth |
100,000 |
| Hoover Institution at Stanford University to support the Taube-Koret Task Force on National Security and Law |
1,750,000 |
| University of California, Berkeley for a high-tech classroom at the Boalt School of Law |
1,500,000 |
| University of California, Davis Medical Center for capital support of the Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion |
500,000 |
| Golden Gate University in addition to a $250,000 grant for capital support |
250,000 |
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology and fellowship administration |
60,000 |
Jewish Community |
$660,000 |
| Jewish Community Federation of
San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties to support the 2007 annual campaign |
660,000 |
Total grants awarded, 2007 |
$4,820,000 |
Multi-year grants awarded in previous years |
|
| Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life in collaboration with Taube Philanthropies for the capital campaign to build a Jewish community campus in Palo Alto |
10,000,000 |
| 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 |
| San Francisco Symphony for broadcast initiatives |
1,000,000 |
| University of California, Berkeley for restoration of the Bancroft Library |
1,000,000 |