Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org Health. Education. Arts. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ en hourly 1 THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $100,000 GRANT AWARDS FOR INNOVATIVE IBD RESEARCH http://krfoundation.org/the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announces-100000-grant-awards-for-innovative-ibd-research/ http://krfoundation.org/the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announces-100000-grant-awards-for-innovative-ibd-research/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:07:00 +0000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org/?p=1020 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.

]]> http://krfoundation.org/the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announces-100000-grant-awards-for-innovative-ibd-research/feed/ 0 SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY AND KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF SFFS/KRF FILMMAKING GRANTS http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-winners-of-sffskrf-filmmaking-grants/ http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-winners-of-sffskrf-filmmaking-grants/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:52:25 +0000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org/?p=668 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.

]]> http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-winners-of-sffskrf-filmmaking-grants/feed/ 0 THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION AWARDS $457,000 IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT DANCE, THEATER, FILM AND EARLY LITERACY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA http://krfoundation.org/the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-awards-457000-in-grants-to-support-dance-theater-film-and-early-literacy-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area/ http://krfoundation.org/the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-awards-457000-in-grants-to-support-dance-theater-film-and-early-literacy-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:12:33 +0000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org/?p=337 Oakland, CA – The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today that it has awarded $457,000 in grants this year to support education and the arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. The first two grant cycles were designed to address the Foundation’s mission to enhance quality of life by promoting equitable access to a baseline of literacy and enabling inspiration through the magic of the arts. The Foundation is pleased to support the important work of these recipients who reflect its core values of innovation, collaboration and connection. View press release.

]]> http://krfoundation.org/the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-awards-457000-in-grants-to-support-dance-theater-film-and-early-literacy-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area/feed/ 0 THE KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $100,000 INNOVATOR AWARDS PROGRAM FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) RESEARCH http://krfoundation.org/the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announces-100000-innovator-awards-program-for-inflammatory-bowel-disease-ibd-research/ http://krfoundation.org/the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announces-100000-innovator-awards-program-for-inflammatory-bowel-disease-ibd-research/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:07:36 +0000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org/?p=332 Oakland, CA – The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today its new Innovator Awards Program for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The Program is designed to accelerate the pace of discovery in IBD research. Approximately four million people worldwide suffer from some form of IBD and most are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 40. View press release.

]]> http://krfoundation.org/the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announces-100000-innovator-awards-program-for-inflammatory-bowel-disease-ibd-research/feed/ 0 SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY AND KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF $35,000 SFFS/KRF FILMMAKING GRANTS http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-winners-of-35000-sffskrf-filmmaking-grants/ http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-winners-of-35000-sffskrf-filmmaking-grants/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:37:03 +0000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org/?p=310 San Francisco, CA – San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today the winners of the Fall 2009 $35,000 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants, given to two filmmakers for narrative feature films with social justice themes being made in the San Francisco Bay Area. View press release.

]]> http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-winners-of-35000-sffskrf-filmmaking-grants/feed/ 0 San Francisco Film Society and Kenneth Rainin Foundation Announce Winner of $35,000 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-winner-of-35000-sffskrf-filmmaking-grant/ http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-winner-of-35000-sffskrf-filmmaking-grant/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 20:40:19 +0000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org/?p=290 San Francisco, CA – San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today the winner and two honorable mentions for the initial $35,000 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant, given to a filmmaker for a narrative feature film, with a social justice theme, being made in the San Francisco Bay Area. The panelists, who reviewed 124 estimable submissions, are Linda Blackaby, director of programming, San Francisco Film Society; Jennifer Chaiken, partner, 72 Productions; Graham Leggat, executive director, San Francisco Film Society; Jennifer Rainin, president, Kenneth Rainin Foundation; and George Rush, entertainment attorney. View press release.

]]> http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-winner-of-35000-sffskrf-filmmaking-grant/feed/ 0 San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation Announce Finalists for Initial $35,000 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-finalists-for-initial-35000-sffskrf-filmmaking-grant/ http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-finalists-for-initial-35000-sffskrf-filmmaking-grant/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:31:59 +0000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org/?p=280 San Francisco, CA – San Francisco Film Society and The Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today the 12 finalists and 4 honorable mentions for the initial $35,000 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant, to be given to a narrative feature film with a social justice theme being made in the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the next five years SFFS and KRF will disburse a series of annual grants totaling $3 million. View press release.

]]> http://krfoundation.org/san-francisco-film-society-and-the-kenneth-rainin-foundation-announce-finalists-for-initial-35000-sffskrf-filmmaking-grant/feed/ 0 SF Business Times: San Francisco Film Society gets $3M grant http://krfoundation.org/sf-business-times-san-francisco-film-society-gets-3m-grant/ http://krfoundation.org/sf-business-times-san-francisco-film-society-gets-3m-grant/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:01:19 +0000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org/?p=269 A new family foundation has given San Francisco Film Society a $3 million, five-year grant to support Bay Area film makers.

The Film Society gift is the first round of grantmaking by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, which could grow to become a major Bay Area foundation. View article.

]]> http://krfoundation.org/sf-business-times-san-francisco-film-society-gets-3m-grant/feed/ 0 SF360: Social Justice Filmmaking Grants Announced http://krfoundation.org/sf360-social-justice-filmmaking-grants-announced/ http://krfoundation.org/sf360-social-justice-filmmaking-grants-announced/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:59:01 +0000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org/?p=265 A series of annual grants totaling $3 million for narrative feature films being made in the San Francisco Bay Area will be distributed over the next five years by the San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, the Film Society announced today.

The grants run from 2009-13, and will be awarded in the spring and fall of each year. In 2009 there will be two $35,000 grants, and the amounts awarded will increase dramatically in the following years, to $864,000 by 2013. View article.

]]> http://krfoundation.org/sf360-social-justice-filmmaking-grants-announced/feed/ 1 The San Francisco Chronicle http://krfoundation.org/the-san-francisco-chronicle/ http://krfoundation.org/the-san-francisco-chronicle/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:45:22 +0000 Kenneth Rainin Foundation http://krfoundation.org/?p=260 The Bay Area film community will get a much-needed shot in the arm from a new grants program that will pump $3 million into the local film industry over the next five years. The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced today that it’s giving the grants to foster feature films that deal with human rights and other pressing social issues. View article.

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