A $1.5 million Koret Foundation gift has completed a $25 million capital campaign at Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto for a rebuilding project that officials say will make it the first net-zero energy synagogue in the United States. The two-year Koret grant, announced this week by the 600-family Conservative congregation, came after synagogue members…
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How does S.F. Federation vet grantees?
In fiscal year 2017-18, in addition to its direct grants to local organizations, the Jewish Community Federation disseminated 9,400 grants totaling $175…
Bay Area
Former Diller Teen Fellows: ‘It’s not enough to apologize, you have to take action’
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Philanthropy
Honoring two local luminaries for Marin JCC's 70th
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Bay Area
Canary Mission funding was ‘one-time grant,’ says S.F. Federation
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Philanthropy
Day of Philanthropy award for John Goldman
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Bay Area
Palo Alto JCC opens park with a party
Calling it “a dream fulfilled,” Oshman Family JCC chief executive Zack Bodner led a stage full of community leaders and Bay Area philanthropists yesterday…
Bay Area
3 Bay Area Federations headed for a merger?
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Bay Area
East Bay federation CEO Brandt resigns
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