East Bay Community Foundation

On this election day, we cast and count our votes - but today, tomorrow and always we proudly stand with California’s philanthropic leaders to defend and uplift the values that define our state - and our nation: freedom, hope, equity, and opportunity. We’re honored to join forces with partners like California Black Freedom Fund, California Community Foundation, The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, College Futures Foundation, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, The James Irvine Foundation, Latino Community Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tipping Point Community, and Weingart Foundation in this shared commitment to progress. #StandWithCA #CaliforniaDream #UnityAndProgress #PhilanthropyForChange Read the full statement here: https://lnkd.in/gPFhWQz9

Are you an HR leader looking to make an impact on the East Bay community? EBCF is #hiring a Managing Director of HR. Learn more about our impact, team, and this opportunity here: https://lnkd.in/gmxYA3DM

We’re #hiring a new Senior Philanthropic Advisor in Oakland, California. This is an amazing opportunity to help build EBCF's community of donors and professional advisors to bring more resources to the East Bay. Apply today or share this post with your network.

Join EBCF for an interactive workshop inspired by Dia’s groundbreaking book, on October 24 (4:30 to 6:30 pm) "Ask Like an Auctioneer: How to Ask For More and Get It," to learn how to elevate your aspirations and achieve your goals faster. Hurry up, places are limited. In this dynamic session Dia will guide you through the nine powerful strategies from the auctioneering stage that will empower you to ask for more—whether it's in your career, business, or personal life. Designed specifically for ambitious women aiming to accelerate their success, this workshop will equip you with practical tools and a new mindset to confidently step into your power and achieve the results you deserve. Join us and start asking for more, getting more, and reaching your goals with greater speed and clarity! https://lnkd.in/gQDV9AZ6 CC: Anna Evasdotter Lijphart Bernard Boudreaux Catherine Chen Liz Schaffer Dahni Tsuboi Brandi Howard Marta Grajeda Shannon Baker Mây Nguyen Alexandria Cooley Joe Dougherty Xavier Morales, Ph.D., MRP John Govea Erinn Andrews Dale Marie Golden Katharine Earhart Beatriz (Bia) Vieira Sally Pinkerton Kay Agnes Briones Ubalde Fred Pabst Gail Nakama Adene Sacks Gayle Roberts, CFRM 🏳️🌈 Kelley Coe Victoria Silverman, CDR

Applications for our East Bay Fund for Artists close TODAY at 5pm PT! The East Bay Fund for Artists is committed to the diversity of artistic practices and organizations as well as providing opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities to experience art that represents their culture and history. Submit your application by September 9th at 5pm PST: https://lnkd.in/eVBQ9niK

Applications for our East Bay Fund for Artists close TOMORROW at 5pm PT! The East Bay Fund for Artists is committed to providing opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities to experience art that represents their culture and history. Submit your application here: https://lnkd.in/eVBQ9niK

We're proud to support Sogorea Te Land Trust through the Just City Cultural Fund alongside our partners at Akonadi Foundation and the City of Oakland. Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people. Through the practices of Rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration, Sogorea Te’ calls on Native and non-native peoples to heal and transform the legacies of colonization, genocide, and patriarchy and to do the work our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do. Although Sogorea Te’s Just City Cultural Fund (JCCF) projects were profoundly impacted by the onset of the pandemic, they were able to continue Chochenyo language classes for the community and other critical cultural revitalization programs. Postponed projects included a ceremonial arbor on Rematriated Lisjan land in deep East Oakland and master classes with culture-keeping elders.

Alongside our partners Akonadi Foundation and the City of Oakland, we're proud to spotlight one of our Belonging in Oakland: Just City Cultural Fund grantees – NAKA Dance Theater! NAKA Dance Theater creates experimental performance works using dance, storytelling, multimedia installations and site-specific environments that challenge the viewer to think critically about social justice issues. Throughout their Just City Cultural Fund storytelling project, Naka Dance Theater’s working group hosted over 64 meetings to discuss topics including Black History in the U.S., abolition, reparations, solidarity, The Model Minority Myth, Black Lives Matter, and more. They also hosted workshops and gave presentations to other groups within Mujeres Unidas y Activas.

Apply to EBCF's East Bay Fund for Artists today! The East Bay Fund for Artists is committed to the diversity of artistic practices and organizations as well as providing opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities to experience art that represents their culture and history. Submit your application by September 9th at 5pm PST: https://lnkd.in/eVBQ9niK

We're proud to support organizations like Kingmakers of Oakland through the Just City Cultural Fund alongside our partners at Akonadi Foundation and the City of Oakland. Kingmakers of Oakland works with schools and communities to improve the educational and life outcomes of Black boys from PreK through Ph.D. Throughout their Just City Cultural Fund project, Kingmakers of Oakland created a beautiful album, Black Joy, and music videos. Alongside the album, Kingmakers of Oakland created a curriculum and discussion guide so the music can be used to support culturally responsive curriculum. Their GLISTEN video won the People's Choice Award at the Afro Comic Con Film Festival and Kingmakers of Oakland sold out their first Black History Month film festival which created a place of healing, celebration, joy and afrofuturism.