Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million To Advance Early Literacy In Oakland
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation awarded $999,391 in grants to ensure that Oakland’s youngest learners have access to culturally connected literacy and translanguaging practices.
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Foundation Awards Over $2.4 Million In Education Grants
This grantmaking round reflects our updated strategies that aim to strengthen early literacy education and complement existing resources and people power to raise literacy rates.
Shaping A New Education Grant With Community
Our Community Advisory Council has been helping us design a new grant that recognizes schools as sites of change for literacy. Learn about our approach and key insights.
Adapting Our Education Strategies
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation’s new Education Program strategies embrace equity and center community knowledge.
Cox Academy’s Surprising Tutoring Solution Boosted Student Outcomes
Cox Academy’s Omar Currie and Kavitha Senthil share how their creative tutor model boosted literacy, maximized student learning time and increased teacher capacity and retention.
Foundation Awards Nearly $8 Million In Education Grants
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation awarded $7.8 million in Education grants in July to support Oakland’s early learning ecosystem.
Exploring The Impact Of Our Literacy Investments
Informing Change evaluated our Education grantmaking. Explore their findings and recommendations to help us achieve our goal of all Oakland children reading at or above grade level by third grade.
Foundation Awards Over $3.7 Million To Advance Literacy
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation awarded over $3.7 million in Education grants to advance equitable literacy solutions in Oakland.
These Partners Are Bridging The Literacy Gap In Oakland
FULCRUM and Ignite! Reading are showing the power of what’s possible when Oakland children get equitable access to evidence-based learning and supports.
Foundation Awards Over $779,000 In Education Grants
All awards aligned with the Education Program’s goals to identify and mitigate system gaps, foster alignment and collaboration in the field, and amplify equitable literacy solutions for students.
