Open Foundations · California

Koret Foundation

San Francisco, California · EIN 941624987. It paid $33.4M across 232 grants in 2025, a median of $25K each. Its Form 990-PF says it accepts unsolicited grant requests.

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$33.4M
paid in 2025
232
grants paid
$25K
median grant
3%
to first-time recipients
$287.4M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

These application terms come from Part XV of the foundation's Form 990-PF.

Send requests to
ALISON STEIN
Address
611 FRONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94111
Phone
4158827740
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
INFORMATION ABOUT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR THE GRANT PROGRAMS OF THE KORET FOUNDATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.KORET.ORG
Submission deadline
WWW.KORET.ORG
Restrictions on awards
WWW.KORET.ORG

From the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202622329349100812. Entries appear as filed.

What it funds, in its own words

These are the most frequent words in the purposes the foundation wrote on its 2025 grants.

honoreducationjewishcentergala

Biggest grants in 2025

These are the 15 largest of the 232 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1American Friends of the Israel MuseumNY$2,960,000CONSERVATION EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT
2Congregation Emanu-elCA$2,250,000EMANU-EL NEXT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - 1:1 MATCH
3American Friends of the Tel Aviv University IncNY$2,000,000THE KORET INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL COLLABORATIVE, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY AND ANUMUSEUM OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
4The Shalom Hartman Institute of North AmericaNY$1,875,000NATIONAL AND BAY AREA CORE PROGRAMS AND GROWTH STRATEGIES
5American Israel Education Foundation IncDC$1,500,000OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS FOR AIEF FISCAL YEARS 2023, 2024, AND 2025
6Jewish Family & Children's ServicesCA$1,250,000JEWISH YOUTH INITIATIVE FOR FY24-FY26
7Congregation Beth Sholom San FranciscoCA$1,150,000CENTER FOR LIFELONG JEWISH EDUCATION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - 1:1 MATCH
8University of California San Francisco FoundationCA$1,000,000VISION CLINIC AT THE CENTER FOR VISION NEUROSCIENCE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
9American Friends of the Israel MuseumNY$640,000CONSERVATION EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT
10Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin and the PeninsulaCA$550,000CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE ($750,000), CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT ($350,000), AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUNDS ($100,000)
11American Friends of the Tel Aviv University IncNY$500,000PRESIDENT'S DISCRETIONARY FUND AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
12Israel on Campus CoalitionDC$500,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
13Jewish Family & Children's ServicesCA$500,000NATIONAL FILM EDUCATION PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JFCS HOLOCAUST CENTER
14Nli Usa IncNY$500,000NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL COLLABORATION WITH BABYN YAR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER UKRAINIAN ARCHIVES DIGITIZATION PROJECT
15The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityCA$500,000KORET PROGRAM FOR SCHOLARS FROM ISRAEL

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020342$47.0M
2021289$40.3M
2022294$39.4M
2023299$36.2M
2024276$31.0M
2025 (partial year)232$33.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
California74%
New York13%
District of Columbia5%
Pennsylvania2%
Massachusetts1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees are listed as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Abraham D SofaerDIRECTOR · 2025
Anita FriedmanDIRECTOR · 2025
Jeffrey FarberCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER · 2025
Marlena WongCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER · 2025
Michael J BoskinDIRECTOR · 2025
Richard L Greene See Statement 24DIRECTOR · 2025

Each figure comes from the foundation's latest filed year, 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Grants and application terms come from each foundation's latest IRS 990-PF e-file return. The newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants count once and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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