Featured Grantees

Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT)

BAWT creates opportunities for undeserved San Francisco Bay Area youth to experience wilderness firsthand and have powerful environmental educational experiences.

Bay Area Girls Rock Camp (BAGRC)

BAGRC empowers girls through music, promoting an environment that fosters self-confidence, creativity and teamwork.

Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center

The MLK Jr. Freedom Center promotes Dr. King’s principles of non-violence as solutions to the grave injustices facing our communities today and encourages youth to become actively engaged in finding these solutions to challenges.

The Hidden Genius Project

The Hidden Genius Project trains and mentors black male youth in technology creation, entrepreneurship and leadership skills to transform their lives and communities.

Juma Ventures

Juma Ventures is a social enterprise that creates opportunities for young people to improve their economic well-being by providing integrated training and employment experiences for them in concessions in major sports and entertainment venues like the Oakland Coliseum.

Grants Made in 2022

Academic Enrichment

  • ARISE High School
  • YMCA East Bay
  • East Bay Agency for Children
  • Jumpstart
  • Reading Partners
  • Children Rising
  • Beyond Emancipation
  • America SCORES
  • Oakland Museum of California

Creative Arts

  • Oakland Fairyland
  • The Peoples’ Conservatory
  • Youth Beat
  • Cantare Con Vivo
  • The Crucible
  • ARTogether
  • Harmony Project Bay Area
  • Destiny Arts Center
  • Oakland School of the Arts
  • Prescott Circus Theatre
  • Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir

Social Justice & Community Engagement

  • Lincoln/Oakland Freedom School
  • Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation
  • Oakland Leaf Foundation
  • East Bay Children’s Law Offices
  • MLK Jr. Freedom Center
  • The Mentoring Center
  • Camp Common Ground
  • Youth vs. Apocalypse

Health & Wellbeing

  • Family Paths
  • Youth ALIVE!
  • Mindful Life Project

Sports & Recreation

  • Oakland Genesis
  • Ultimate Impact
  • Battle Tested Kids

Computer/Vocational Skills

  • Tech Exposure & Access through Mentoring
  • RepresentEd Leadership
  • Waterside Workshops
  • Tech Exchange
  • Acta Non Verba