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Towards A Just East Bay Early Lessons Learned from EBCF’s Change Journey Over the past several years, the East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) has been quietly doing something that is truly remarkable in the community foundation landscape: implementing totally new ways of partnering with donors, social movements, and the community at large. EBCF is serving as a testing ground for

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2019   THE EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER ROUND OF GRANTMAKING TO SOCIAL MOVEMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PARTNERS Cohort Reflects Foundation’s Strategy to Affect Sustainable Change at Scale in the East Bay   Oakland, CA – November 4, 2019 – The East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) announced its first-ever round of movement funding grants

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Updated Policies To Safeguard Our Grantmaking EBCF is committed to using philanthropy to advance racial equity, social justice and to bring about the health and well-being of a Just East Bay. From time-to-time, we update our policies to ensure our grantmaking is aligned with this mission. In these challenging times, members of the philanthropic community across the nation are evaluating

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Climate Justice Series New Voices are Rising for a Just, Livable Future! Around the world, we have seen a drastic increase in the number of extreme climate events and environmental disasters. Decades of environmental mismanagement already impact—and will continue to impact—communities everywhere, from polluted air and drinking water, to the fires burning through the Amazon Rainforest, extreme cold in the

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Event Recap Artist Reception – Modality: Rituals as Bridges to Healing  Thursday, September 26, 2019, marked the closing reception of “Modality: Rituals as Bridges to Healing,” an art exhibit featuring the works of East Bay artists Derrick Bell and Pablo Soto Campoamor. During the reception, over 50 guests were treated to Afro-Cuban Jazz from the band T3io and delicious, Caribbean

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Event Recap Opening of the EBCF Contra Costa Office Wednesday, September 25, 2019, marked the official public opening of the East Bay Community Foundation’s (EBCF) Contra Costa office. Located in Walnut Creek at 2185 N. California Blvd., Suite 220, the foundation celebrated the occasion with a reception attended by foundation fundholders, local government officials, staff, and grantees. The event kicked

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For Immediate Release September 19, 2019 Everyone counts: Grants totaling $3.3M go to Bay Area nonprofits for Census 2020 outreach Oakland, Calif. – The Bay Area Census Funders Collaborative (BACFC) is pleased to announce more than $3.3 million in grants to nearly 130 nonprofit community-based organizations to promote Census 2020 education and outreach efforts and minimize the chances that residents

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Climate Justice Series Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) – What is a Just Transition? This month, millions of young people around the world will walk out of classes and hit the streets to demand bold action on climate, and a livable future. They understand that their future depends on the action we take today. The Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2019   East Bay Community Foundation Welcomes Three New Board Members Connie Cagampang Heller, John Govea, and Tom Hanenburg Join Foundation to Help Advance Ambitious Social Justice Agenda for East Bay Region   Oakland, CA –  September 3, 2019 – The East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) Board of Trustees today announced the appointment of three

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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

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