The Kenneth Rainin Foundation shares news, what we’re learning and stories written in collaboration with our grantees and partners. Read our blogs to learn about the work of the Foundation and the incredible artists, educators and researchers we support.
12/04/2024 | Blog Foundation News
Shelley Trott reflects on her journey, her aspirations for the Foundation and the influences that have shaped her leadership.
11/13/2024 | Arts
Twenty-three filmmaking teams have been shortlisted as contenders to receive funding and professional support for their narrative projects.
11/07/2024 | Blog Foundation News
At the Rainin Foundation, our vision remains steadfast, and in the face of division, we will lean into our mission more than ever.
10/29/2024 | Education
Lotus Bloom, Lead Liberated, Parent Voices Oakland, Oakland Literacy Coalition and The Teaching Well are recipients of the Rest and Care Award for Education.
10/29/2024 | Arts
The Foundation awarded $617,970 to 16 arts organizations through the Rest and Care Awards for Arts to support a six-week sabbatical for their executive leader.
10/23/2024 | Foundation News
The Foundation announced the promotion of two valued colleagues, Miyesha Perry to Chief Program Officer and Karina Ryan to Executive Team Officer, and welcomed dani lopez as Program Assistant.
10/15/2024 | Education
Cox Academy’s Omar Currie and Kavitha Senthil share how their creative tutor model boosted literacy, maximized student learning time and increased teacher capacity and retention.
10/02/2024 | Health
Our 2024 Innovations Symposium drew 160 attendees for two days of cutting-edge research to accelerate improvements to patient health and well-being.
09/16/2024 | Equity + Opportunity Foundation News
In the year since our website launched, we’ve continued to work with our partners to improve the accessibility of all our content.
09/05/2024 | Health
The Early Career Catalyst Award commemorates the Foundation’s 15th anniversary of formal grantmaking and its vision of finding a cure for IBD.
09/04/2024 | Arts
This report explores the experience of grantees, identifies systemic issues that affect capacity building work and offers recommendations for how similar programs can better support small arts nonprofits.
08/21/2024 | Education
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation awarded $7.8 million in Education grants in July to support Oakland’s early learning ecosystem.
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