Ruth Bender is the Director of Donor Advised Funds at the San Francisco Federation and Endowment Fund, where she manages the 900+ Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). Annually, the Federation’s Donor Advised Funds pay out over 9,000 grants totaling over $60 million in grantmaking. Ruth and her team have integrated a new database and Ruth has overseen the transition of the DAF investment options, the launch of two new client portals, and an overhaul of the systems and policies guiding the Federation’s DAF program. As Philanthropic Advisor with Tides Foundation in San Francisco, Ruth specialized in family foundations and global grantmaking; providing family and other private foundation clients with program and management services. Ruth also managed Tides' global grantmaking efforts, enabling U.S.-based donors to efficiently fund organizations overseas, and worked with Tides' Corporate Giving programs, helping to facilitate both domestic and global giving for corporations and corporate foundations.Specialties: Donor Advised Funds, Private/Family Foundation management, corporate grantmaking, international grantmaking, Supporting Organizations
Listed skills include Philanthropy, Nonprofits, Grant Writing, Grants, and 18 others.