Stories
Learning and Leading Together: Reflections on the Donor Leadership Cohort Pilot
In 2019, we launched a pilot program designed to take a cohort of donors on a journey of self-exploration and connection to community, social movements, organizations and related issues of equity and social justice. The Donor Leadership Cohort pilot was born out of an audacious and trailblazing commitment the East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) has made: to undergo a transformation
Donor Profile: Weylin Eng
Donor Profile: Weylin Eng A California Legacy Weylin Eng and his family’s California story begins over a hundred and fifty years ago and spans six generations in California from the Gold Rush days. His family’s experiences embody the early California Chinese American experience: from Gold Rush mining camps, to victims of anti-Chinese sentiment which fueled the Chinese Exclusion Act of
Donor Profile: Arnold Perkins
Donor Profile: Arnold Perkins Anybody who spends more than five minutes with Arnold Perkins invariably leaves with a smile on their face. Arnold has packed many lifetimes of experience into his 79 years and has been honored by organizations across the region for his leadership in public health, community organizing, and philanthropy. As a fund holder at the East Bay
Donor Profile: Bibi Tiphane
Donor Profile: Bibi Tiphane Bibi Tiphane moved to Silicon Valley from Montreal in the early 1980s to become one of the early employees of a small Swiss/American tech firm. Bibi could scarcely have imagined that the firm, called Logitech, would become a wildly successful household name. Bibi (who uses non-binary pronouns) certainly wasn’t prepared for a financial windfall. “I’ve always
Juneteenth 2020 – In Conversation with the Black Organizing Project
Juneteenth 2020 In Conversation with the Black Organizing Project With a vision to rebuild and transform the lives and spirits of those within the Black community, the Black Organizing Project (BOP), founded in 2009 by Jackie Byers, was created out of the need to provide safe Black spaces for Black people to address systemic racism within their communities. In celebration
Donor Profile: The Oringers
Donor Profile: The Oringers Giving – of time, of brainpower, of money – is in Jan and Howard Oringer’s DNA. The importance of community service and support was not something they were taught in a schoolbook or during a formal dinnertime lecture, but it was a value modeled by their parents and grandparents for as long as they can
Grantee Profile: Safe Return Project
Grantee Profile: Safe Return Project The Safe Return Project, a Richmond-based organization, is a grantee of The East Bay Community Foundation. Led by formerly incarcerated women, Safe Return Project addresses issues surrounding reentry and policy work meant to dismantle the criminal justice system. In an effort to uplift their work, the Foundation has been intentional about crafting authentic
EBCF In The News: Inside Philanthropy
EBCF In The News EBCF was recognized by Inside Philanthropy as the 2019 “Boldest Community Foundation.” According to the publication, this designation is rooted in EBCF’s commitment to activism and social movements – a quality not shared by many other community foundations. The following article was published on November 22, 2019 in Inside Philanthropy, a subscription-based online philanthropic news
This is Our Home
This is Our Home Who decides who belongs in a community? Who decides if you can call a place home? As immigrants ourselves, EBCF board member Hector Preciado and I know firsthand, the tragedy and odyssey that defines the immigration journey. I was born in El Salvador at the start of the civil war. I was not even two
Eddy Zheng, An American Story of Perseverance and Triumph
New Breath, New Leaf, New Life An American Story of Perseverance and Triumph Eddy Zheng 49, is nationally recognized leader in the policy battle for prison reform and youth violence prevention. He is Co-Director of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee, serves as Alameda County Juvenile Justice Delinquent Prevention Commissioner and Southeast Facility Community Commissioner, Board Member for Chinese for Affirmative Action, Oversight Advisory Committee
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.
