News
May 2023
|San Francisco Bay Area
Koret Foundation Grants $6M to Bay Area Arts and Culture Efforts
Grants over three-year period to expand arts education and engagement, restore Bay Area’s cultural backbone
June 2022
|San Francisco Bay Area
Koret announces $3.7 Million in Grants to boost civic education across California
The new initiative builds student knowledge and supports teacher training to promote democracy and address disinformation in the Bay Area and beyond
May 2022
|U.S.
Koret Foundation’s $10 Million Grant to Establish the Koret Center for Jewish Civilization at Tel Aviv University in Partnership with ANU – Museum of the Jewish People
Koret announced a partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History and Education and the Hold On To Your Music Foundation to develop a global Holocaust educational curriculum. The project will combine testimony, technology, and music to enrich the field of Holocaust education for primary and secondary school-aged children around the world.
October 2021
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Koret Foundation Commits $2M to Bay Area Arts Organizations
Koret has announced $2 million in new and planned grants to fund key Bay Area arts and cultural institutions, supporting pillars of the community as they re-open and navigate the return to live audiences.
October 2020
|San Francisco Bay Area
Koret Announces $5M in Support for Bay Area Food Banks
The Koret Foundation increases support for its long-standing Koret Food Program, funding seven Bay Area food banks, meal sites and delivery services through 2024 as they face unprecedented demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These grants double support in the current fiscal year and provide funding through 2024, helping to ensure food-providing organizations are able to weather the long-term impacts of the crisis.
August 2020
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Koret announces $10M in Bay Area scholarship funds
As part of the foundation’s Higher Education Initiative, Koret announced nearly $10 million in scholarship funding to Bay Area colleges and universities through the Koret Scholars program. The scholarship funds will benefit nearly 2,000 students across nine colleges and universities, focused on helping first-gen, low-income, and minority students achieve educational success.
June 2020
|San Francisco
Koret announces $50 million in grants to Bay Area colleges and universities
Koret has announced $50 million in new grants to Bay Area colleges and universities, with the goal of increasing access to education for the growing number of students who face obstacles to success; creating and expanding new models for learning; modernizing campus technology and infrastructure; and strengthening relationships between institutions in the U.S. and Israel.
January 2020
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Koret commits $10 million for global Holocaust education
Koret announced a partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History and Education and the Hold On To Your Music Foundation to develop a global Holocaust educational curriculum. The project will combine testimony, technology, and music to enrich the field of Holocaust education for primary and secondary school-aged children around the world.
March 2019
|San Francisco
Koret Foundation Awards $1.2 Million in New Grants to Bay Area Veterans Organizations
Bay Area philanthropy to support six veteran-serving organizations focusing on workforce development, health care, and the transition to civilian life
January 2019
|San Francisco
Koret Foundation Launches $11 Million K-12 Education Innovation Initiative for 2019
Bay Area-based Koret Foundation to invest in dozens of K-12 programs to serve as a model for regional programming with a national impact
December 2017
|San Francisco
Koret Foundation Announces New $10 Million Arts and Culture Initiative
Bay Area philanthropy to support six veteran-serving organizations focusing on workforce development, health care, and the transition to civilian life