Oakland, CA – The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announces its 2012 Innovator Awards Program for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The program supports “out-of-the-box” innovative research projects that are potentially transformative to the Foundation’s efforts to diagnose, treat and/or cure IBD. View press release.

San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation today announced the five winning projects in the sixth round of SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants. The grants are awarded twice annually to filmmakers for narrative feature films with social justice themes that will have significant economic or professional impact on the Bay Area filmmaking community. Between 2009 and 2013 the SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants will award nearly $2.5 million, including more than $1 million awarded in the first six grant rounds. View press release.

Oakland, CA – The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today its inaugural 2012 Innovations Symposium, which will be held on Friday, July 20, 2012 at The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. This unique first-of-its kind, one-day symposium will bring together preeminent investigators in human evolution, genetics, microbiology and the environment to describe and explore how advances in each of these fields can promote out-of-the-box thinking and foster breakthroughs in our understanding of mechanisms of disease and therapy for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. View press release.

When making a documentary about the history of theater in the Bay Area, you have to expect a little drama. Maybe even a lot. Three years ago, documentary filmmaker Austin Forbord set out to create a comprehensive look at the rich theatrical history of post-World War II San Francisco, from the experimentation and headline-grabbing antics of the ’60s to the glittery free-for-all of the ’70s and up to present day. View full article.

Oakland, CA – The Kenneth Rainin Foundation (KRF) announced the establishment of its Breakthrough Awards Program, which is designed to enable investigators to further their Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) research and increase the likelihood of a breakthrough discovery. View press release.

San Francisco, CA – San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced awards totaling $303,000 to five narrative projects with social justice themes and Bay Area connections. View press release.

San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced the 11 finalists for the fifth round of SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants of more than $300,000, to be given to one or more feature films that through plot, character, theme or setting significantly explore human and civil rights, discrimination, gender and sexual identity and other urgent social justice issues of our time. View press release.

Oakland, CA – The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced its 2011 Innovator Awards Program for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The Program, now in its second year, is designed to accelerate the pace of discovery in IBD research. View press release.

Oakland, CA – The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today the recipients of its 2010 Innovator Awards Program for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).  Each team of investigators will receive a $100K one-year grant in support of their respective innovative research projects. View press release.

San Francisco, CA – San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today the winners of the Spring 2010 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants, given to five filmmakers for narrative feature films with social justice themes being made in the San Francisco Bay Area. View press release.