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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  
University of California San Francisco Foundation Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2020 Myeloma Immunotherapy Research Fund $4,000.00
University of California, San Diego Health Synergy Awards (sunsetted) 2020 Elucidating molecular heterogeneity and new therapeutic targets for IBD using an innovative single-cell sequencing approach. $200,000
University of Michigan Health Synergy Awards (sunsetted) 2020 Dietary amino acid utilization by the gut microbiota in Crohn’s disease. $200,000
University of San Francisco Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2020 Scholarships For BASE Participants $10,000.00
Urban Alchemy Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2020 General Operating Support $10,000.00
Urban Jazz Dance Company Arts NEW Program 2020 “Deaf Refugees in USA” $14,700.00
Vanessa Sanchez Arts NEW Program 2020 “Ghostly Labor” (working title) $21,000.00
Washington University in St. Louis Health Synergy Awards (sunsetted) 2020 Human and experimental animal studies to identify mechanisms governing lymph transport in Crohn’s disease. $300,000
Weill Cornell Medicine Health Synergy Awards (sunsetted) 2020 Cell-free DNA as a non-invasive test of bacterial translocation, ileal inflammation and extra-intestinal Crohn’s disease. $200,000
World Arts West Arts NEW Program 2020 “5th-Quarter Bantaba” $21,000.00
World Central Kitchen Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2020 General Operating Support $1,000.00
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2020 General Operating Support $1,000.00
Youth Beat Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2020 General Operating Support $7,500.00
Zaccho SF Arts NEW Program 2020 “Love, a state of grace” $21,000.00
AnnieCannons Inc. Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2019 Student Scholarship Program $5,000.00
Aspire Public Schools, Community School for Creative Education, KIPP Bay Area Schools, Urban Montessori and Vincent Academy Education Invite-Only Grants 2019 SEEDS of Learning $385,000.00
Athletic Scholars Advancement Program Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2019 General Operating Support $10,000.00
Aurora Theatre Company Arts NEW Program 2019 “LAVEAU” by Britney Fazier and Margo Hall $20,000.00
Axis Dance Company Arts NEW Program 2019 “Alice in Californiland” (renamed) $21,000.00
Bay Area International Children's Film Festival Foundation Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only) 2019 General Operating Support $10,000.00
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.