We shift resources to the region’s community-led efforts that are building power, reimagining systems, and amplifying new narratives. Our trust-based, flexible funding approach moves resources where they’re most needed — we listen to our grantees, respond to emerging needs, and align our support with priorities set by local residents. STRONG is an invitation-only fund. Our strategies are informed by listening and learning. If you want to share opportunities we should be aware of, please CONTACT US
Leadership Development Grantmaking
Our Leadership Development grantmaking expands and deepens the leadership capacity of BIPOC leaders to build collective power by strengthening resident leadership, community organizing, and the connective tissue between coalitions and organizations.
Grantees include:
- Healthy Contra Costa
- Koshland Civic Unity Awards Fellows
- Monument Impact
- Rising Juntos
- Safe Return Project
- Urban Habitat
We bridge funders and public sector partners to align dollars with real community needs and increase visibility and investments in East Contra Costa.
Capacity Building Partner
Community Advised Grantmaking
Since 2024, STRONG’s pilot Community Advised Grantmaking (CAG) program has supported capacity building for grassroots and nonprofit organizations in East Contra Costa County. As STRONG’s first multi-year funding initiative, CAG expanded STRONG’s grantmaking to invest in critical youth and family serving organizations, including three immigrant rights organizations, two organizing groups, one homeless service provider, and three groups working in the rural and unincorporated areas of East Contra Costa County.
Grantees include:
- ACCE
- Aspire Youth Engagement Programs
- Bridge Builders to the New Generation, Inc.,
- Healthy Hearts institute
- Hijas del Campo
- One Day at a Time (ODAT)
- Parent of African American Achievement Collaborative Team (PAAACT)
- People Who Care
- Rising Juntos
- The SHARE Community
- Village Community Resource Center (VCRC)
STRONG funds culture and narrative change efforts to expand what people know about East Contra Costa County, uplifting stories of resilience, leadership, and cultural power. Our investments in community-led media outlets, including Contra Costa Pulse and El Timpano, help to protect and amplify trusted, culturally relevant information channels led by community members themselves.
Community Media Grantmaking
STRONG funds culture and narrative change efforts to expand what people know about East Contra Costa County, uplifting stories of resilience, leadership, and cultural power. Our investments in community-led media outlets, including Contra Costa Pulse and El Timpano, help to protect and amplify trusted, culturally relevant information channels led by community members themselves.
Our grantees are:
- Contra Costa Pulse
- El Timpano