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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  
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Health Innovator Awards 2025 Cortical Modulation of Gut Motility $125,000
New York University Grossman School of Medicine Health Innovator Awards 2025 A humanized T cell mouse model to study pathobionts in IBD $200,000.00
Oaklash Arts NEW Program 2025 “THE LAST 7 DAYS OF OBSIDIENNE OBSURD” $22,500.00
OX Arts NEW Program 2025 “Beautiful Day” $27,000.00
Ranko Ogura Dance Arts NEW Program 2025 “Invisible Atlas” $27,000.00
REYES Dance Arts NEW Program 2025 “String Quartet No. Ate” $27,000.00
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
The Oakland Public Education Fund Education Invite-Only Grants 2025 Plain Talk Flights and Administrative Fees to manage Plain Talk Reimbursement Fund $16,500.00
The Oakland Public Education Fund Education Invite-Only Grants 2025 OUSD Central Literacy Expenses and Administrative Fees $44,000.00
The Oakland Public Education Fund Education Invite-Only Grants 2025 Accelerating Literacy Leadership (ALL) Pilot Support $456,000.00
Turf Nation Arts NEW Program 2025 “Bodies of Language” $10,800.00
Universität Bern Health Innovator Awards 2025 Consequences of early life host-microbial mutualism on inflammatory bowel diseases $150,000
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.