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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  
Weill Cornell Medicine Health Innovator Awards 2023 Investigating molecular mechanisms behind gut bacterial transamination and IBD. $100,000
Weizmann Institute of Science Health Innovator Awards 2023 Antibody biomarker discovery in 500 IBD patients using a novel high throughput assay against 344,000 microbiome antigens. $75,000
West Oakland to West Africa Arts NEW Program 2023 “Lake Walking, Revolutionary Talking” $20,000
Yale University Health Innovator Awards 2023 Hidden microbiome transformations during gut inflammation. $75,000
Yale University Health Innovator Awards 2023 Novel mechanisms of inflammation regulation elucidated by monogenic IBD. $75,000
Yerba Buena Arts & Events Arts NEW Program 2023 “the way home is an upwards spiral” $30,000
Youth Beat Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2023 General Operating Support $10,000.00
Z Space Studio Arts NEW Program 2023 Austin Dean Ashford Developmental Workshops $10,000
3Ls Academy Education Invite-Only Grants 2022 Business Development and Collaboration $25,000.00
Access Reproductive Care (ARC)-Southeast Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2022 General Operating Support $10,000.00
Acción Latina Arts NEW Program 2022 “Somos Esenciales / We Are Essential” $24,000.00
Afro Urban Society with lead artists Nkeiruka Oruche, Muisi-Kongo Malonga, Levi Allen, and Reggie Edmonds/Rich Oak Arts Open Spaces Program 2022 “One Thing About Us? We Move!” $76,000.00
Agnes Mccarthy Charitable Foundation Inc. Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2022 Caregiver Grant Program $1,000.00
Apple of Discord Productions Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2022 Documentary Film Impact Engagement $10,000.00
art.coop Arts Invite-Only Grants 2022 General operating support $20,000
Artist as First Responder Foundation Response Fund (Invitation Only) 2022 Artist-in-Residence Program $60,697.00
ARTogether Arts NEW Program 2022 “A Deepest Blue” $24,000.00
Aspire Public Schools Education Invite-Only Grants 2022 Orton-Gillingham training $50,000.00
BAVC Media Arts Invite-Only Grants 2022 Program and general operating support $40,000
Bay Area Arts Advocacy and Policy Seminar and the Civic Imagination Convening Arts Invite-Only Grants 2022 WestAF (Western States Arts Federation) $50,000
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.