| Grantee | Giving Area | Program | Grant Year | Project Title | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Ls Academy | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Sobrante Park Network | $200,000 | |
| Aspire Public Schools | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Structured Literacy Initiative: TK-2 Coaching/Training & Tutoring | $380,000 | |
| Boon Philanthropy, Inc. | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Oakland pilot of the Boon Tutorial Program, which boasts up to 1.5 years growth on normed assessments after 40 hours of intervention. | $12,000.00 | |
| East Bay Agency for Children | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Little Steps to College Program | $54,000 | |
| Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Contribution to Eat Learn Play’s fund supporting a Tier 3 literacy intervention pilot in OUSD. | $100,000.00 | |
| Education for Change | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Structured Literacy Initiative: TK-2 Coaching/Training & Tutoring | $900,000 | |
| Education Resource Strategies | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | General support to advance the Reimagining the Teaching Job coalition’s goals. | $20,000.00 | |
| EDvance College | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | College subsidies for Oakland preschool teachers participating in EdVance’s programming. | $50,000.00 | |
| Emerging Bilingual Collaborative | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Pooled Funding to Support Emerging Bilingual Priorities | $75,000 | |
| Families in Action Oakland | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Quality Counts Campaign | $100,000 | |
| Family Engagement Lab | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Advancing FASTalk Development | $60,000 | |
| FluentSeeds (formerly CARES for Learning) | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Oakland PreK-2 Coaching/Training | $800,000 | |
| FULCRUM | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | General Support | $175,000 | |
| High Expectations | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Increasing Early Literacy Outcomes Through Strengthened Home-School Partnerships | $100,000 | |
| Ignite! Reading | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Expansion of the Ignite! Reading virtual literacy tutoring model. | $90,000.00 | |
| Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Oakland pilot of the Always Reading program, which promotes home reading habits through two-way text coaching and access to a significant digital library. | $30,000.00 | |
| Lead Liberated (formerly Educate 78) | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Anti-Racist Collective | $30,000 | |
| Lighthouse Community Public Schools | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Design a Teacher Pathway & Braid Funding Streams | $100,000 | |
| Lotus Bloom | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Family Resource Center | $85,000 | |
| Mindful Life Project | Education | Invite-Only Grants | 2023 | Mindfulness for East Oakland Schools | $45,000 |
Arts
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Education
Our Education Program supports schools and community-based organizations that help Oakland’s children develop literacy and social emotional skills.
Health
Our Health Program invests early in novel approaches and collaborations to advance Inflammatory Bowel Disease research.
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