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Foundation Awards Over $5.8 Million In Education Grants

by Communications | May 19, 2026

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation awarded $5,864,622 in Education grants in March to launch Accelerating Literacy Leadership.

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Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million To Advance Early Literacy In Oakland

by Dana Cilono | January 7, 2026

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 

by Dana Cilono | August 20, 2025

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.

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Shaping A New Education Grant With Community

by Dana Cilono | July 31, 2025

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.

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Funding Opportunity For Early Language & Literacy Development

by Nicole Kendrick | May 21, 2025

Early Care Spaces will provide one-year grants of up to $75,000 or two-year grants of up to $100,000 to support organizations promoting early language and literacy development for Oakland children from birth to five years old.

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Adapting Our Education Strategies

by Dana Cilono | February 6, 2025

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation’s new Education Program strategies embrace equity and center community knowledge.

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Rainin Foundation Awards $715,000 For Early Language & Literacy Development

by Nicole Kendrick | January 22, 2025

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation awarded $715,000 to eight organizations through our Early Care Spaces Program.

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Rest And Care Awards For Education Honor BIPOC Women Leaders

by Communications | October 29, 2024

Lotus Bloom, Lead Liberated, Parent Voices Oakland, Oakland Literacy Coalition and The Teaching Well are recipients of the Rest and Care Award for Education.

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Cox Academy’s Surprising Tutoring Solution Boosted Student Outcomes

by Dana Cilono | October 15, 2024

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.

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Foundation Awards Nearly $8 Million In Education Grants

by Dana Cilono | August 21, 2024

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation awarded $7.8 million in Education grants in July to support Oakland’s early learning ecosystem.

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