The Tenderloin Museum’s mission is to promote the history and character of the Tenderloin neighborhood by offering educational, artistic and charitable activities that support the neighborhood’s current vibrancy, future potential and enhanced economic development.
Urban Jazz Dance Company’s mission is to provide opportunities for Deaf and other-abled artists to contribute to the arts and larger society, increasing awareness around Deaf issues via the performing arts. Featuring the syncopation of urban jazz rhythms, the company values the importance of play and performance to connect cultures of all races, ages, abilities […]
Weaving the ways of the past into the loom of the present…Embracing sexuality and their full selves in performance…Creating their own visibility; Weaving Spirits features local and national Native American artists and International Indigenous Artists whose offerings range from traditional music to experimental performance and drag.
West Oakland to West Africa’s core values are to create a safe place for the transparent healing and growth of Black people; to deliver innovative and authentic forms of writing and to engage the medium of spoken word to shape and define the narratives of the diaspora; and to allow a visceral and uncensored critique […]
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is the independent presenting organization dedicated to enhancing the vitality and quality of life in the parks and open spaces of Yerba Buena Gardens and other public sites of San Francisco through the curated presentation of free artistic, community and cultural programs.
Z Space empowers artistic risk, collaboration and camaraderie amongst artists, audience and community in the service of creating, developing and presenting new work. Operating out of an old can factory in the Mission District of San Francisco, Z Space now activates two venues, an 85-seat intimate theater and a 236-seat flexible performance space, with a […]
To support the creation of a collaborative fund providing one-time unrestricted grants to trans-led and trans-serving arts organizations that serve as vital hubs to the trans, gender non-conforming and two-spirit communities to support their continual operation.
A coalition of major arts organizations and philanthropists in Los Angeles led by the J. Paul Getty Trust joined with the Mellon Foundation, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Qatar Museums, Ford Foundation and other national and international institutions to create the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund, an […]
Council on Foundations (COF) supports over 900 member organizations in the United States and around the world to build trust in philanthropy, expand pathways to giving, engage broader perspectives, and co-create solutions that will lead to a better future for all.
Northern CA Grantmakers (NCG) mobilizes philanthropy to build healthy, thriving, and just communities in Northern California toward a vision that philanthropy redistributes resources, capital, and power back to historically marginalized communities leading transformative change.
