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$1M Black Wellness Pilot in Contra Costa County Paves Way for $9M Fund
EBCF’s public-philanthropic partnership with Contra Costa County supported maternal and infant health, food and housing security, youth development, community healing, and more. What happens …
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20 Years In, Rising Juntos Is Building Power with a Multigenerational Base
As part of our STRONG funder collaborative, EBCF is highlighting our community partners doing transformative work in East Contra Costa …
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$300K Grants Applications Open for Belonging in Oakland: A Just City Cultural Fund
The funding will ensure that artists, culture bearers, and organizers can work side-by-side to ensure a transformative future for Oakland. Belonging …
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EBCF Small Business Resiliency Fund: The Right Capital at the Right Moment
A collaborative post from Sabrina Wu, EBCF, and Rebeca Rangel, Asset Funders Network. Read more about the event: Rooted and Rising: …
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STRONG: Investing in a Resilient East Contra Costa County
The STRONG funder collaborative has invested $3.5 million in East Contra Costa County over a decade of partnership and collaboration. …
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7 Years of ASCEND: BLO, Uplifting the Orgs Serving Bay Area Black Communities
ASCEND:BLO raised $5.9M, made grants to more than 41 grantee partners, and supported a network of more than 350 Bay …
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Supporting East Bay LGBTQ+ Communities: A Giving Guide
This Pride Month, we celebrate the joy, resilience, and power of LGBTQ+ communities — and we recommit to the work …
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Building New Models of Collective Care: The California Healing Justice Fund
On March 19, 2026, The California Healing Justice Fund gathered with a few of our grantees and our funder network …
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Building With You: A Message on EBCF’s Next Chapter
A Note from East Bay Community Foundation’s President & CEO, Brandi Howard In 2028, EBCF will turn 100. That’s one …
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Supporting East Bay Immigrant Communities: A Giving Guide
Nearly one in three Bay Area residents are immigrants—neighbors, caregivers, workers, and local leaders who enrich our communities in countless …
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Stepping Up for Food Security in the East Bay
21 donor-advised funds granted a total of $305,000 to local food organizations In late 2025, as the nation’s longest-lasting government …
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Announcing New Leadership on EBCF’s Board of Directors
Four Outstanding Leaders Deepen Their Commitment to the East Bay Oakland, Calif., February 10, 2026 — East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) is …
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Investing in East Bay Artists Who Shape Our Communities
Meet the 15 artists and groups receiving $275,000 through the East Bay Fund for Artists. East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) has this …
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Building Right Relationship: A Philanthropic Call to Support Indigenous Land Sovereignty Through Shuumi
A joint statement from East Bay Community Foundation, Bay Area Asset Funders Network (AFN), San Francisco Foundation (SFF) on the …
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Oakland Goes Outdoors and the Riddell Family Fund are Growing Resilience, Health and Connection
EBCF is committed to creating a healthy and thriving East Bay. On issues ranging from education to racial equity and …
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EBCF commits $250,000 to defend and uplift East Bay immigrant communities
The funding will support 11 organizations in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties East Bay Community Foundation is providing $250,000 this …
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EBCF’s 2025 Impact Report: Celebrating Our Collective Impact
By Brandi Howard If you turn on the news today, you’ll find plenty of stories designed to stir up anger …
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How to Support East Bay’s Immigrant Communities
At EBCF, we set our course by this north star: a vision of an East Bay where everyone has the …
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Brandi Howard: We Love. We Stay Rooted. We Lean Into Community
In just a few months, the progress our country has made toward equity and justice over the last 70 years …
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EBCF Joins California’s Philanthropic Leaders in Standing United Against Hate & Division
Today we reaffirm our commitment to protecting communities, defending progress, and keeping the California Dream within reach for all.
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