Arts and Culture for Social and Racial Justice
Moments of profound crisis call for profound imagination. Imagination allows us to see beyond a troubled past and bewildering present to a brigh…
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Capacity Building with a Racial Equity Lens
EBCF is helping to strengthen organizations and the people that lead them who are working to change systems in communities that have historicall…
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Community Organizing, Power Building, and Movement Building
Building people power through community organizing and movement-building is a critical solution to the historica…
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Fostering Inclusive Economic Models
A Just East Bay requires our economy to include good jobs, career pathways, and fair business financing opportunities for all who want to partic…
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We stand in unity and support the interests of people who are most affected by systems of oppression and discrimination. We commit to using our power and privilege as a philanthropic institution to back the needs of our community, to support advocates who are speaking up for people who have been denied power, and to stand with organizations and individuals who are working for change.
A more just and inclusive East Bay is possible by creating powerful partnerships with the community that are aligned to their priorities. This is why we are expanding our support for grassroots organizing and movement infrastructure—efforts led by and for the community—to build and expand the power of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and South Asian, Southwest Asian, and North African (SSWANA) people to exercise self-determination and agency in their communities and lives.
The Issues
Our vision of an East Bay where everyone has the freedom to dream, heal, and belong will be actualized when everyone has fair and equitable access to an inclusive economy; housing; an excellent education; community health and well-being; and community power.
We understand the urgency of this moment and we call on others who want to unite with us—with the East Bay community—to come together in support of a powerful grassroots movement in the East Bay.
Our Core Grantees
We are partnering with organizations whose vision for advancing racial justice addresses the complexity and interconnected nature of our lives, who are committed to growing the leadership of their members, and who are working to enact community-led systems change.

Featured News
$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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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 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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