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I M PA C T
That’s what Koret is all about.
We take up causes with potential. We help shape widespread effects:
Effects that stem from the work of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education,
making schools better places for kids to learn;
Effects that result from programs managed by Koret Israel Economic
Development Funds, that help move Israel toward a free-market economy;
And the effects of strategic grants in the San Francisco Bay Area, which
reinvigorate and transform community organizations.
Since 1979, Koret’s board has directed more than $315 million toward projects
that reflect a new philanthropic vision for our region.
Koret causes.
Inspiring effects.
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Tad Taube, President
Jeffrey A. Farber, Executive Director
Susan Koret, Chair
friend
An inquiring mind.
A can-do spirit.
A heart of gold.
These characteristics propelled our colleague,
Gene Friend, to legendary stature in San Francisco.
Whether working to advance city services,
supporting community resources like the
San Francisco Zoo, serving the Jewish community
through involvement with the Jewish Home,
for example, or offering a helping hand through the
Glide Foundation to those temporarily down on
their luck, Gene made his mark on our Bay Area,
leaving a legacy of inspiration. With admiration and
appreciation, we dedicate this report to the memory
of our founding director, our philanthropic partner,
our Friend.
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Koret Initiatives
Koret Initiatives are strategic funding priorities
selected not only for their potential to make
a difference, but also for their ability to create
and disseminate replicable models, whether
regionally, nationally, or internationally.
Koret’s Task Force on K–12 Education inspires
policymakers to make schools better places for kids
to learn; our youth development initiative, called Routes
to Learning, builds academic skills through fun and
effective after-school programs; Koret Israel Economic
Development Funds support economic policy research
and reform, as well as providing loan guarantees and
interest subsidies to small businesses in an effort
to help move Israel toward a free-market economy;
and the Koret Prize recognizes individuals who excel
in areas important to Koret, helping to reinvigorate
and transform the Jewish and general communities.
S TA RT
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Koret’s commitment to improving K–12 education combines
policy research and analysis with a grantmaking program
that puts policy into practice. At the center is the Koret
Task Force on K–12 Education, a blue-ribbon panel of
11 education policy experts who work to make schools better
places for kids to learn. Their analysis and recommendations
make national news, arming policymakers with the research
they need to advance the quality and productivity of K–12
education. Koret relies on the work of the Task Force
to help inform its own education funding decisions, which
include support for charter schools, Teach for America,
and other teacher-training programs in the Bay Area, and
a new strategic resource for teachers, the award-winning
DonorsChoose website (www.donorschoose.com).
Through this initiative, Koret strategically improves
educational opportunities — a focus that has comprised
30 percent of Koret grant awards since 1979.
Koret Education
Initiative
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Routes to
Learning:
Koret’s Youth
Development
Initiative
Koret’s Routes to Learning Initiative helps disadvantaged young people
develop the skills they need to do better in school and better in life.
Working with YMCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs, and other communitybased organizations, Koret supports after-school programs that enrich
Bay Area youth in ways that are distinct from school, yet contribute
to school success.
By helping young people connect with their communities in meaningful
ways, Routes to Learning programs challenge participants to be creative
and curious; develop skills and competencies; apply the lessons of the
classroom to other life experiences; and expand their academic, cultural,
social, and civic horizons.
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In 1994, Koret Israel Economic Development Funds (KIEDF) began
as a modest experiment in deploying philanthropy to spur economic
expansion in Israel. Today, it is the state’s dominant private-sector,
small-business development program, and the model for the Israeli
government’s own small-business loan program.
In addition to offering loan guarantees and interest subsidies
to small businesses through partner banks, KIEDF’s programs include
micro-lending to home-based businesses, loans to businesses
jointly owned by Arab and Jewish Israelis, and an economic policy
and research arm — the Koret Fellows Program — which places
postgraduates in government and regulatory offices to formulate
and advocate for policies that support business interests.
By helping to evolve a free-market economy, KIEDF has assisted
thousands of Israelis in staying “open for business.”
Koret Israel
Economic
Development
Funds (KIEDF)
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Koret Prize
The Koret Prize is awarded to individuals who have made significant
contributions in fields of interest to Koret, including education, youth
development, and arts and culture in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Previous winners have included the Hon. George P. Shultz, secretary
of state during the Reagan Administration; Nobel Prize winner Milton
Friedman and Rose D. Friedman, both free-market economists;
San Francisco Symphony musical director Michael Tilson Thomas;
Stanford University president Gerhard Casper and later, his successor,
John Hennessy; University of California president Richard Atkinson,
and later, his successor, Robert Dynes; and the Koret Task Force
on K–12 Education.
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An entrepreneurial spirit guides Koret’s efforts to enrich opportunities
for promising Bay Area youth. In both the education and youth development
arenas, Koret has launched initiatives to help kids do better in school and
better in life. Guided in part by the policy analysis of the Koret Task Force
on K–12 Education (see p. 4), Koret funding
• focuses on measurable academic achievement;
• encourages high-performing schools to develop and disseminate replicable models;
• supports innovative teacher-training and resource-development programs;
• seeds scholarship funds that motivate talented students;
• partners at-risk students with trusted adult mentors;
• brings private school resources to disadvantaged students in the summer months;
• offers opportunities for at-risk young people to benefit from involvement
with Bay Area science and wildlife museums;
• backs organizations that help underserved students to consider college —
a first opportunity for many families.
With a third of its philanthropy devoted to expanding youth opportunity,
Koret has demonstrated its confidence in the potential of Bay Area youth.
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HONOR
STUDENTS
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Like many of its 585 students, the Oakland Military
Institute (OMI) initially had a hard time getting going.
Though college-preparatory military academies
have a demonstrated record of success nationwide,
implementation in Oakland proved challenging:
OMI churned through four school superintendents
in its first three years in an effort to operationalize
the model that has been successful in improving
achievement for academically and socially at-risk kids.
Believing that with the right leadership, the model could work well in Oakland,
Koret supported the charter school. Guided by board member and Oakland mayor
Jerry Brown, a former governor of California, OMI recruited Bruce Holaday to
head the school. Today, Holaday is successfully navigating OMI’s transition toward
a college-preparatory military academy that strives to develop a deep sense of
personal responsibility in each young man and woman. Undergirded by a culture
of honor and discipline, Holaday’s rigorous program combines low adult-to-student
ratios and an extended school year to put OMI on the path toward achieving
its mission.
Support for charter schools is one way that Koret puts the policy recommendations
of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education into practice. Koret grants to schools
like OMI help charter schools to become a significant force for improving the
quality of K–12 education, and to achieve the capacity to develop replicable new
models for student success.
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Building economic and educational opportunity, as well as educating and advocating
in the United States, Koret has made Israel a top priority in its multimillion-dollar,
annual grantmaking program.
Koret’s signature initiative in Israel is Koret Israel Economic Development Funds
(KIEDF), which channels philanthropic dollars to leverage financing and policy support
for small businesses (see p. 8).
In addition to these critical programs that support entrepreneurial efforts, Koret
is helping to create opportunities for professional development and practice by
consistently funding Israel’s seven major universities. For example, thanks to ongoing
Koret funding of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine at the Hebrew University,
veterinary neurosurgeon Merav Shamir had the opportunity to rise to the top of her
profession without leaving her homeland (see p. 20).
By advocating for Israel and educating Americans about the Israelis and their
contributions to the world, Koret further demonstrates and advances its commitment
to Israel. Particularly on college campuses, where Israel is often most assailed,
Koret has made some of its most strategic and powerful grants in this area, funding
a fellowship in Israel Studies at the Hoover Institution that brings high-level Israeli
government officials and scholars to the Stanford University campus; supporting
the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which accurately translates Arabic
government and media reports into English; and funding the Institute for Jewish
and Community Research to study anti-Israel activity on campus and disseminate
its findings.
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from strength
to strength
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The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine
at the Hebrew University has given veterinary
neurosurgeon Merav Shamir the opportunity
to rise to the top of her profession without
leaving her homeland of Israel.
Dr. Shamir, Israel’s only specialist in veterinary neurology and
a 1990 graduate of the Koret School, recently performed life-saving,
path-breaking brain surgery, unique in the world, on Samson, a lion that
lives at the Hai-Kef Zoo in Rishon Lezion. “Samson’s illness was brought
to my attention after symptoms of damage to his nervous system
appeared,” Dr. Shamir said. “I was asked to carry out a neurological
examination. I saw that he stood on his legs with difficulty. When he
tried to walk, he fell after a few steps.”
A CT scan confirmed that Samson was suffering from a serious distortion
of the rear portion of his skull. Every previous case of this type had resulted
in the animal’s death.
“We decided to carry out this operation that had never before been
performed anywhere,” said Dr. Shamir, “and in doing so, we removed
part of the thickened skull tissue, thus freeing the tremendous pressure
on the rear portion of the brain.”
“The results … are more than we could
have expected,” Dr. Shamir said of the
six-hour operation. “Samson is walking
around as a fully healthy lion.”
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conviction
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By creating and sustaining a Bay Area
extends beyond mere bricks and
rich with opportunity to discover and
mortar to strengthening the very
learn — through world-class universities,
essence of Bay Area communities.
emerging K–12 education models, and
through cultural, visual, and performing
arts — Koret is a vital partner in
strengthening Bay Area communities.
Most capital grants are awarded to
organizations that have been Koret
partners over time: Program grants
have helped these groups grow and
Koret’s specific interest in encouraging
thrive, attracting new members and
engagement with Jewish life has
others to agencies whose facilities
energized the Jewish arts and cultural
are no longer adequate — either in
scene. Grants to emerging organizations
size or in state-of-the-art utility.
like the San Francisco Jewish Film
Festival, the Jewish Music Festival, and
Traveling Jewish Theatre have helped
create an exciting and multifaceted
Bay Area Jewish community, and Koret’s
partnership with Jewish Community
Centers in San Francisco, Marin, on the
Peninsula, and in Los Gatos has resulted
in previously unimagined new spaces
to support the innovative programs and
people that strengthen Bay Area Jewish
life. Koret is also a consistent supporter
of all three Bay Area Jewish federations.
As one of the few private foundations
in the Bay Area to fund building projects,
Koret’s interest in capital programs
As important as the physical
improvement is the organizational
transformation that accompanies
a capital project. Community groups
are challenged to redefine themselves
in clear and succinct terms; they must
evaluate and fortify their boards of
directors; and they must stretch to
reach out to the broadest constituency
possible in order to achieve their
fund-raising goals.
Koret encourages this fundamental
self-assessment as one that
ultimately strengthens communities
in San Francisco and throughout the
Bay Area.
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community
matters
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“Where does art
come from?”
A docent recently asked this question of students who began their
tour of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art with a stop in its
Koret Visitor Education Center. Here are some of their answers:
Art comes from … “your imagination”… “the world all around us”
… “the artists’ experience”… “New York.”
New York?
Director Neal Benezra might take
Since the early 1980s, Koret has been
exception with that last one. He and his
a major supporter of SFMOMA, funding
curatorial staff have developed a dynamic
exhibitions, operations, and the Koret
center for modern and contemporary
Visitor Education Center, which offers
art that is international in scope, while
new pathways to enjoying art, integrating
reflecting the distinctive character
education into the museum experience.
of the San Francisco Bay Area.
With the largest attendance of any cultural
SFMOMA was propelled into the inter-
institution in the Bay Area, SFMOMA’s
national arena in 1995 when it opened
membership is second only to that of
its new space on Third Street in
another Museum of Modern Art, recently
San Francisco. Designed by renowned
reopened in — where else?
Swiss architect Mario Botta, the landmark
New York.
museum has become the anchor for the
developing Yerba Buena cultural district,
exploring compelling expressions
of visual art.
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Koret in the Media
News of Koret activities reaches annual audiences of more than 110 million
with media coverage in newspapers and magazines and on websites,
radio, and television.
Koret initiatives have been featured in the nation’s top media, including
the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Time magazine,
to name a few.
Major media outlets carrying stories about Koret include:
Associated Press
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Commentary
Education Week
Forbes Israel edition
The Jerusalem Report
Philanthropy
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency
KGO-TV, San Francisco
KQED Radio, San Francisco
The Oakland Tribune
The New York Times
The Sacramento Bee
The San Francisco Chronicle
The San Jose Mercury News
Time
The Wall Street Journal
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It’s a match!
Koret’s reach through the general media is enhanced by its partnership with
Jewish Family & Life!, a dynamic media organization committed to connecting
Jews to Jewish life. As the most extensive publisher of original Jewish content
online, JF&L! reaches targeted yet diverse readerships, creating connections
that extend beyond denominations and geography, and offering a more holistic
approach to Jewish community.
JF&L! websites include JBooks.com, JVibe.com, and GenerationJ.com.
BabagaNewz is a lively magazine for middle schoolers, reaching 41,000
students in 4,100 congregational and day schools nationally; 40 schools
are in the Bay Area. Sh’ma, the journal of Jewish responsibility, reaches
5,000 subscribers.
Koret Jewish Book Award winners have been highlighted on JBooks.com,
where the Koret Corner offers features by authors, judges, and others
associated with the program. A Koret-sponsored book review is featured
in each issue of Sh’ma.
Through this partnership, Koret enhances the effectiveness of an entrepreneurial
and pluralistic organization that consistently demonstrates innovative, new ways
to connect with Jewish life, while bringing increased visibility to Koret-funded
programs that support Jewish life and culture.
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About Koret
An entrepreneurial spirit guides the Koret Foundation and its sister
philanthropy, the Koret Fund, in addressing societal challenges and
strengthening Bay Area cultural and community life. By investing in
pioneering, strategic solutions, Koret helps develop models that inspire
replication in communities across the nation and around the world.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, Koret focuses its support on strengthening
organizations that improve the quality of life in our region. By promoting
educational excellence and opportunity, shaping a diverse cultural
landscape, and bolstering agencies that are innovative in their approach
to meeting community needs, Koret adds to the region’s vitality and
opportunity. Internationally, Koret Israel Economic Development Funds
(KIEDF) provide loan guarantees to small businesses, and Koret Fellows
pursue policy reform to help move Israel toward a free-market economy.
The Koret Foundation and the Koret Fund are private philanthropic
organizations run by independent boards of directors. Since 1979,
these boards have directed more than $315 million toward projects
that reflect a new philanthropic vision for our region.
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Board
Staff
Susan Koret, Chair
Jeffrey A. Farber, Executive Director
Tad Taube, President
Sandra J. Edwards, Director of Grants
Richard Atkinson
Claudia J. Hardin, Chief Financial Officer
Michael Boskin
Sheila Baumgarten, Program Officer
William Coblentz
Amy Chan, Accounting Assistant
Robert Friend
Yvonne Chavez, Administrative Assistant
Richard Greene
Debra England, Program Officer
Stanley Herzstein
Jessica Hickok, Program Assistant
Abraham Sofaer
Roza Kats, Grants Associate
Eugene Friend
(1916-2005)
Elaine Lai, Controller
Gale Mondry, Program Officer
Melissa Smith, Receptionist
Heather Sprung, Program Assistant
Susan Wolfe, Director of Communications
Koret
33 New Montgomery Street, Suite 1090
San Francisco, CA 94105-4526
Ph. (415) 882-7740
Fax (415) 882-7775
www.koretfoundation.org
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I M PA C T
That’s what Koret is all about.
We take up causes with potential. We help shape widespread effects:
Effects that stem from the work of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education,
making schools better places for kids to learn;
Effects that result from programs managed by Koret Israel Economic
Development Funds, that help move Israel toward a free-market economy;
And the effects of strategic grants in the San Francisco Bay Area, which
reinvigorate and transform community organizations.
Since 1979, Koret’s board has directed more than $315 million toward projects
that reflect a new philanthropic vision for our region.
Koret causes.
Inspiring effects.
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