East Bay Community Foundation
For General Operating Support
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Amount$925,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/15/2020
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
The East Bay Community Foundation partners with donors, social movements, and the community to eliminate structural barriers; advance racial equity; and transform political, social, and economic outcomes for all who call the East Bay home. One of its programs includes the ASCEND Black-led organizations (ASCEND BLO) initiative that seeks to (a) enhance the growth, sustainability, impact, and sense of community among Black-led anchor institutions in the Bay Area and (b) apply a fresh, dynamic, and replicable approach to collaborative capacity building that further develops the nonprofit sector with a lens toward race and equity.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.eastbaycf.org
Address
200 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, 94612-2005, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the East Bay Fund for Artists
With this funding, the East Bay Community Foundation would independently continue the work of the Fund for Artists, previously a Hewlett Foundation supported collaboration that included the San Francisco Foundation and the Marin Community Foundation. The goal of this regranting program is to build individual donor capacity and bring new resources to artists for commissions, fellowships, and residencies. To date, the Fund for Artists has leveraged more than $600,000 in gifts from 3,000 individual donors. The East Bay Community Foundation will continue on its own to provide an important and strategic source of support for individual artists in a challenging economic environment.
for the East Bay Fund for Artists
The East Bay Community Foundation is an intermediary regranting partner that focuses on building fundraising capacity of individual artists and small arts organizations through its East Bay Fund for Artists program. The program provides training and technical assistance for participants to market their work and develop individual donor relationships, reaching approximately 46 artists each year.
for the East Bay Fund for Artists
The East Bay Community Foundation continues to administer the Fund for Artists, which works to build individual donor capacity and bring new resources to individual artists and very small arts organizations. An important aspect of the program remains training and technical assistance for participants in how to market their work and develop individual donor relationships. The Community Foundation is committed to this program as an important source of support and training for the artistic community in the East Bay. As the cost of doing business in the Bay Area has increased in recent years, applicants to the fund have also increased — 24 percent in the last year. A renewal grant with a significant increase will enable the Fund for Artists to leverage matching funds from individuals, and therefore reach more artists at this time of high demand and artist displacement.
