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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  
Ruth Williams Opera House (Formerly Bayview Opera House) Arts NEW Program 2025 “3rd and Palou – A Theatrical Exploration of Bayview’s History” $27,000.00
Shahrzad Dance Academy Arts NEW Program 2025 “Daastan: from story to body” $5,000.00
Shotgun Players Arts NEW Program 2025 “THE MOTION” $27,000.00
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center Arts NEW Program 2025 “Friends of Perfection” $27,000.00
Sozo Impact Arts NEW Program 2025 “Phoenix Paradox” $27,000.00
Styles Alexander Arts NEW Program 2025 “TarNation” $27,000.00
TABLEAU STATIONS Arts NEW Program 2025 “LANDSCAPES OF YOUTH” $27,000.00
The African & African American Performing Arts Coalition Arts NEW Program 2025 “BCF: Here & Now – New Voices/New Works Commissioning Project” $27,000.00
The Dance Brigade A New Group From Wallflower Order Arts NEW Program 2025 “Rock In A Weary Land (working title)” $27,000.00
Turf Nation Arts NEW Program 2025 “Bodies of Language” $10,800.00
World Arts West Arts NEW Program 2025 “Amazed by Grace” $27,000.00
Xiangqi Chen Arts NEW Program 2025 “Rainbow DaoMaDan – Playwriting and Public Performance” $27,000.00
Z Space Studio Arts NEW Program 2025 “Shape of Breath” $27,000.00
Alternative Theater Ensemble Arts NEW Program 2024 “When They Ask If We Were Real” $30,000.00
Ambrose Trataris Arts NEW Program 2024 “Daisy-ChainStar-Connection” $20,000.00
Art of the Matter Performance Foundation (Deborah Slater Dance Theater) Arts NEW Program 2024 “‘Shout in the Dark: A Woman’s Guide to Hope & Good Grief’ (working title)” $30,000.00
Black Artists Contemporary Cultural Experience Arts NEW Program 2024 “Are you Experienced?” $30,000.00
Bundle of Sticks Arts NEW Program 2024 “Suga'” $16,500.00
Conni McKenzie Arts NEW Program 2024 “Borrowed” $19,500.00
CounterPulse Arts NEW Program 2024 “Dance House” $30,000.00
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.

Funding Opportunities

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