The Kenneth Rainin Foundation invites applications for our Open Spaces Program from May 21 through June 17, 2025.

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation invites applications for our Open Spaces Program from May 21 through June 17, 2025.
In May, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, along with Left Bank Co. and World Cities Culture Forum, will welcome 20 cities to the inaugural Creative Land Trust Summit in San Francisco.
Meet the 2025 Rainin Fellows—Brenda Wong Aoki (Theater), Christy Chan (Public Space), Vanessa Sanchez (Dance) and Kyle Casey Chu AKA Panda Dulce (Film). Photos courtesy of the artists.
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation invites applications for our NEW Program from March 3-24, 2025, using the Common Application for the Arts.
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation awarded $821,500 to 33 small and mid-sized arts organizations through our NEW Program.
The nine funded projects feature generative collaborations between artists, communities and nonprofit organizations.
SFFILM has announced the 17 recipients for the 2024 SFFILM Rainin Grant and the three recipients of the SFFILM Rainin Filmmakers with Disabilities Grant.
Twenty-three filmmaking teams have been shortlisted as contenders to receive funding and professional support for their narrative projects.
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.
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.