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Search current and former Kenneth Rainin Foundation grantees in the Arts, Education and Health to learn more about what we fund.

Grantee Giving Area Program Grant Year Project Title Amount  
Dancers Group with lead artists Amara Tabor-Smith and Ellen Sebastian Chang Arts Open Spaces Program 2020 “The New Chitlin Circuitry: Reparations Vaudeville” $182,500.00
Destiny Arts Center with lead artists Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Brett Cook, and Sarah Crowell Arts Open Spaces Program 2020 “THE BLACK (W)HOLE” $79,500.00
Mujeres Uniday y Activas with lead artists José Navarrete and Debby Kajiyama Arts Open Spaces Program 2020 “Y BASTA YA!” 107500
Creativity Explored and lead artist Ana Teresa Fernandez Arts Open Spaces Program 2019 “Colorín Colorado San Francisco” $70,000.00
Kala Art Institute, the Golden Gate Library and lead artist Sue Mark Arts Open Spaces Program 2019 “Commons Archive” $140,000.00
The Filipino-American Development Foundation, Kularts and lead artist Alleluia Panis Arts Open Spaces Program 2019 “Lakbai Diwa, Diasporic Spirit” $150,140.00
The National Park Service, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and lead artist Gregory Sale Arts Open Spaces Program 2019 “Future IDs at Alcatraz” $137,580.00
The Spanish-Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Oakland Public Library with lead artists Sergio de la Torre and the Collective Action Studio’s Justin Hoover and Chris Treggiari Arts Open Spaces Program 2019 “Heroes of Unity” $127,300.00
Galería de la Raza, curator Alexandra “Lexx” Valdez and artist-in-residence Jessica Sabogal Arts Open Spaces Program 2018 “ARTruck Residencies” $134,000.00
Jo Kreiter’s Flyaway Productions, Vân-Ánh Võ and Sean Riley Arts Open Spaces Program 2018 “TENDER (n) a person who takes charge” $133,000.00
Youth Speaks, Joan Osato, Brian Santiago and Sean San Jose Arts Open Spaces Program 2018 “We So Bay” $100,000.00
AIR-SF and People’s Kitchen Collective Arts Open Spaces Program 2017 “STREETS!” $85,000.00
The Exploratorium and Rosten Woo Arts Open Spaces Program 2017 “Mutual Air Society” $115,000.00
Zaccho Dance Theatre and Joanna Haigood, Mary Ellen Strom and Walter Kitundu Arts Open Spaces Program 2017 “Picture Bayview” $200,000.00
Luggage Store Arts Open Spaces Program 2014 “Light Up Central Market” $150,000.00
Sites Unseen Arts Open Spaces Program 2014 “Sites Unseen” $100,000.00
A site specific dance in Bayview-Hunter’s Point where three dancers are on top of a roof and one dancer is dancing on a wooden block with a briefcase.

Arts

Our Arts Program funds dance, film, public space and theater projects that highlight important issues facing our society and local communities.

A young Black girl smiling while she looks down at an open book, reading.

Education

Our Education Program supports schools and community-based organizations that help Oakland’s children develop literacy and social emotional skills.

A female scientist in the lab looking into a microscope.

Health

Our Health Program invests early in novel approaches and collaborations to advance Inflammatory Bowel Disease research.