Koret Foundation

About Koret Foundation

Koret Foundation’s recent giving is defined by large, repeated commitments to Jewish peoplehood, Bay Area Jewish life, and Israel-linked academic partnerships. The foundation has backed the Koret International School Collaborative between Tel Aviv University and the Anu Museum of the Jewish People across multiple years, with payments listed in 2023, 2024, and 2025. It has also supported the Bay Area Jewish Youth Initiative at Jewish Family & Children's Services and a capital campaign match for Congregation Emanu-el in San Francisco, showing a pattern of major gifts that combine program support with institutional strengthening. Its portfolio extends beyond community programming into education, museums, and research partnerships. Recent awards include support for the Shalem College-based Koret Jewish Peoplehood Project and a binational collaborative initiative linking Tel Aviv University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley. The foundation also funds Jewish communal infrastructure and service organizations in San Francisco, while giving substantial grants to national intermediaries that work across Jewish education, youth engagement, and Israel-oriented programming. The result is a grantmaking profile centered on institutions rather than individuals, with a clear preference for sizable commitments that can be renewed over time.

What Koret Foundation Funds

Jewish youth and family services are a major part of Koret Foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $2,000,000 to Jewish Family & Children's Services for the Bay Area Jewish Youth Initiative, and later awarded $1,250,000 for the Jewish Youth Initiative for FY24-FY26. Those grants point to sustained support for youth engagement in the Bay Area. In higher education and Israel-linked collaboration, the foundation funded American Friends of the Tel Aviv University Inc with $2,000,000 for the Koret International School Collaborative, a partnership between Tel Aviv University and Anu Museum of the Jewish People. It also gave $1,080,000 for a binational collaborative initiative involving Tel Aviv University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley. The foundation also supports Jewish peoplehood programming and Holocaust education. It gave $1,000,000 to Shalem Foundation for the Koret Jewish Peoplehood Project at Shalem College, and $1,000,000 to the University of Southern California for development of a new global Holocaust education program for grades K12.

How Koret Foundation Gives