The Kenneth Rainin Foundation shares news, what we’re learning and stories written in collaboration with our grantees and partners. Read our blogs to learn about the work of the Foundation and the incredible artists, educators and researchers we support.
12/03/2020 | Arts
“Future IDs at Alcatraz” was a socially engaged art project about justice reform and second chances after incarceration.
11/18/2020 | Equity + Opportunity Foundation News
We share how we’re approaching our diversity, equity and inclusion work as a way of opening up a conversation with other organizations who have or will embark upon a similar journey.
10/08/2020 | Equity + Opportunity Health
We’ve begun a journey of inquiry into the role that the Rainin Foundation can play to address racial disparities in the biomedical enterprise.
09/17/2020 | Arts Equity + Opportunity
At the Rainin Foundation, we have been working across our organization to examine how we can support a more equitable future and advance anti-racist practices.
08/13/2020 | Education Equity + Opportunity
Across the Foundation, we are conducting an audit of all our processes and practices, including how we select our grantees, with an eye toward ensuring these internal systems address equity and avoid exacerbating existing problems.
07/20/2020 | Equity + Opportunity Foundation News
Taking a look at our programmatic work—how our three grantmaking programs have already begun considering equity as it relates to their fields and what they hope to do over time.
03/03/2020 | Health
With her lab at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Kate Jeffrey has embarked on a new frontier to research the human virome.
02/11/2020 | Arts
Community-driven projects push the boundaries of public art.
01/28/2019 | Foundation News
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation celebrates our tenth anniversary of formal grantmaking in 2019.
02/08/2018 | Arts
Spoken word artist Sarah O’Neal and filmmaker Jamie DeWolf beautifully capture our city’s diversity and rich culture.
09/07/2017 | Education
Melvin Tamoro, a tutor in our SEEDS of Learning program, is an expert at getting kids at East Oakland’s Sankofa Academy excited to learn.
04/19/2017 | Arts
This Breakthrough Moments video features Jo Kreiter, an award-winning choreographer, dance artist and social activist.
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