Grantee | Giving Area | Program | Grant Year | Project Title | Amount | |
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Harvard University | Health | Innovator Awards | 2023 | Discovery of therapeutic microbial metabolites in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. | $175,000 | |
High Expectations | Education | Family and Community Support | 2023 | Increasing Early Literacy Outcomes Through Strengthened Home-School Partnerships | $100,000 | |
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Health | Innovator Awards | 2023 | PREDICTS-Net: Multi-omics network analysis to identify key drivers of disease initiation and progression in the preclinical phase of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). | $75,000 | |
Ignite! Reading | Education | Teaching and Learning | 2023 | Expansion of the Ignite! Reading virtual literacy tutoring model. | $90,000.00 | |
Johns Hopkins University | Health | Innovator Awards | 2023 | Engineered cytokine-antibody fusion protein to treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease. | $150,000 | |
KAMBARA+ | Arts | NEW Program | 2023 | “YES!” | $30,000 | |
Karishma Sharma | Arts | NEW Program | 2023 | “Finding My Dha” | 12,000 | |
Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream | Education | Teaching and Learning | 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 | |
La Lengua Teatro | Arts | NEW Program | 2023 | “Paradise” | $30,000 | |
Lead Liberated (formerly Educate 78) | Education | Teaching and Learning | 2023 | Anti-Racist Collective | $30,000 | |
Lenora Lee Dance | Arts | NEW Program | 2023 | “A Bridge to Now” | $30,000 | |
Lighthouse Community Public Schools | Education | Teaching and Learning | 2023 | Design a Teacher Pathway & Braid Funding Streams | $100,000 | |
Lotus Bloom | Education | Family and Community Support | 2023 | Family Resource Center | $85,000 | |
Magic Theatre | Arts | NEW Program | 2023 | “GARUDA’S WING” | $30,000 | |
Marigold Project Inc. | Arts | NEW Program | 2023 | “SKATEBOARDING THROUGH BARDOS” | $30,000 | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Health | Innovator Awards | 2023 | Understanding the role of lysosomal autophagy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. | $175,000 | |
Mayo Clinic | Health | Innovator Awards | 2023 | Metabolism controls CD4 T helper cell-induced pathogenicity during Inflammatory Bowel Disease. | $100,000 | |
Medical University of South Carolina | Health | Innovator Awards | 2023 | A Randomized Crossover Trial of Bright Light Therapy in Crohn’s Disease on Intestinal Barrier Homeostasis. | $100,000 | |
melissa dorothy lewis wong [the sardine] | Arts | NEW Program | 2023 | “花和霧 flowers and fog / joy is here” (working title) | $15,000 | |
Mindful Life Project | Education | Teaching and Learning | 2023 | Mindfulness for East Oakland Schools | $45,000 |
Arts
Our Arts Program funds dance, film, public space and theater projects that highlight important issues facing our society and local communities.
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.