Apply here for the current round of EBFA.
The East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) has been a longtime proponent of the arts as demonstrated through our partnerships with our donors and fellow foundations that work to support the arts across Alameda and Contra Costa counties. We recognize the power of the arts to inspire and bring us together.
Storytelling, arts, and cultural practices have always been important tools for survival, healing, and resistance. These creative expressions build community resilience and power, and they give voice, agency, and visibility to communities most harmed by oppression. We turn to our visionaries, artist activists, and resilient culture-keepers to help us imagine new landscapes, rewrite narratives, liberate unrealized potential, recover old wisdoms, and spark radical hope.
For information on current and future works, or to learn how you might become involved with the East Bay Fund for Artists, contact us via email ebfa@eastbaycf.org.
About the East Bay Fund for Artists
Since 2003, the East Bay Fund for Artists at EBCF has partnered with more than 9,500 generous donors and more than 200 nonprofit organizations to commission new works by over 300 local artists. The East Bay Fund for Artists has leveraged almost $3.1 million in new financial support for the arts in the East Bay.
In 2019, the East Bay Fund for Artists refined its programmatic focus to invest in individual artists and arts organizations rooted in low-income communities of color and other disadvantaged communities to commission new work that advances racial justice and social equity. Research shows that individual artists are not adequately compensated; this guided our decision to designate funding directly to the commissioned artist(s): composers, playwrights, choreographers, visual and media artists.
The East Bay Fund for Artists is committed to the diversity of artistic practices and organizations as well as providing opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities to experience art that represents their culture and history in addition to building their own individual donor base to sustain their work.
This Fund is currently supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett, and the generous donors of East Bay Community Foundation.
Learn more about EBCF’s Commissioned Public Art on our blog.
Grant Application Timeline 2026
| Application Opens | Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 |
| Application Webinar | Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, 11 a.m. PT Webinar Link (It will be recorded and posted for those unable to attend) For other questions, you can email ebfa@eastbaycf.org |
| Proposal Deadline | Friday, Oct. 26, 2026, 5 p.m. PT |
| Panel Review | Early November 2026 |
| Award Notification | Late November 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Check out these FAQs about the application process: East Bay Fund for Artists Frequently Asked Questions
Learn more about eligibility requirements and the application process in our upcoming webinar.
If you have other questions, please email the East Bay Fund for Artists at ebfa@eastbaycf.org.
Organizational Requirements
Eligibility Requirements For Organizations
- Organizations applying must not have been an East Bay Fund for Artists awardee during the previous calendar year
- Organizations must have a budget under $2,000,000
- You must be an organization located in Alameda or Contra Costa County
- Commission must be for new works
- 100% of funding request must be allocated to lead artists’ fees only
- Commissioned artist(s) must be a Bay Area resident
- We require an East Bay presentation of your work
- Attend an East Bay Fund for Artists presentation or view a webinar, if new applicant
- Organizations must be a 501(c)(3) or have a fiscal sponsor
- Exhibition spaces, performance presenters, media and arts organizations may apply
If you have any questions about eligibility, send an email to: ebfa@eastbaycf.org
Grant Size
East Bay Fund for Artists at East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) will be awarding grants of $5,000-$25,000 for the commissioning of new works by Bay Area artists. Awardees must hold a public presentation of their work within a year of receiving the grant award.
The East Bay Fund for Artists will fund up to 75 percent of the total project budget. (For example, up to $7,500 of a $10,000 project).
Application
Deadline: October 26, 2026, at 5 p.m. PT
Applications are now open. The 2026 applications will be accepted until October 26, 5 p.m. PT.
Late applications will not be accepted. Incomplete application may be deemed ineligible.
Panel Decision: Early November 2026
You can preview the application in this PDF document. Please note that this document is intended to help applicants prepare their submission before logging into the online application portal. Click the button above to access the online application portal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Check out these FAQs about the application process: East Bay Fund for Artists Frequently Asked Questions
Learn more about eligibility requirements and the application process in our upcoming webinar.
If you have other questions, please email East Bay Fund for Artists at ebfa@eastbaycf.org.
*Funds for the East Bay Fund for Artists have been generously supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the East Bay Community Foundation and our generous individual donors.
Artist Requirements
Eligibility Requirements For Artists
- Individuals applying must not have been an East Bay Fund for Artists awardee during the previous calendar year
- You must live in Alameda or Contra Costa County
- Commission must support a new work or a new interpretation of a traditional form
- Artist(s) must have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor. You must submit a signed fiscal sponsorship agreement with your application.
- 100% of funding must be allocated to lead artists’ fees only.
- We require an East Bay presentation of your work.
- Attend an East Bay Fund for Artists presentation or view a webinar, if a new applicant
- Artists from all artistic disciplines are welcome to apply (filmmakers must have budgets under $50,000 or show other significant support for the project)
If you have any questions about eligibility, send an email to: ebfa@eastbaycf.org
Grant Size
The East Bay Fund for Artists at East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) will be awarding grants of $5,000-$25,000 for the commissioning of new works by Bay Area artists. Awardees must hold a public presentation of their work within a year of receiving the grant award.
The East Bay Fund for Artists will fund up to 75 percent of the total project budget. (For example, up to $7,500 for a $10,000 project).
Application
Deadline: Oct. 26, 2026, at 5 p.m. PT
2026 applications are now open. The 2026 applications will be accepted until October 26, 2026.
Late applications will not be accepted. Incomplete application may be deemed ineligible.
Panel Decision: Early November 2026
You can preview the application in this PDF document. Please note that this document is intended to help applicants prepare their submission before logging into the online application portal. Click the button above to access the online application portal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Check out these FAQs about the application process: East Bay Fund for Artists Frequently Asked Questions
Learn more about eligibility requirements and the application process in our upcoming webinar.
If you have other questions, please email East Bay Fund for Artists at ebfa@eastbaycf.org.
*Funds for the East Bay Fund for Artists have been generously supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the East Bay Community Foundation and our generous individual donors.
Awardees
2025 Awardees
- Amara Tabor-Smith/Dancers’ Group, “(May There Be) Good Atmosphere Between Us: The Parables of Now”
- Ariana Proehl + Art and Everyday People/Betti Ono Foundation, “Art and Everyday People: The Story of the Betti Ono Foundation”
- Bay Area Independent Chinese Dancers/Shawl Anderson Dance Center, “What Makes Us Great: The Hajj of Syed Muhammad Shamsuddin Al Bukhairi (Admiral Zheng He)”
- Brotherhood of Elders, “Real Talk About the Town”
- Civic Design Studio/Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, “PROPA”
- DANCE ELIXIR, “Happy Days Finale”
- Dimensions Dance Theater Inc, “Healing to Joy III”
- EastSide Arts Alliance, “Xochitl Nevel Guerrero: Corn Goddess”
- Living Jazz, “Tribute to Dr Martin Luther King Jr”
- NAMI Contra Costa, “Healing Through Art at the Hub”
- Priyanka Suryaneni/Filmmakers Collaborative SF, “Inkilab (Revolution)”
- Richmond Art Center, “Tomorrow Stories”
- Sheilby Macena/Oakland Public Education Center, “Hold Me Tender”
- Timothy B/Bay Area Mural Program, “We The People!”
- Walter Hood and Sarita Flor-De Schreiber, “Indigenous Voices: Home, Land, and Language”
2024 Awardees
- 21V / Fractured Atlas, Inc. “A Screw Plunges to the Ground
- Cat Brooks / Anti-Police Terror Project
- Elenita O’Malley / Independent Arts & Media, “Oakland Ilokana”
- Eric Avery / New Performance Traditions, “The Pla[y/n] for Reparation$”
- Freddy Padilla and Levonte Crosby / ArtPush, “A Home to Learn and Grow From”
- Grown Women Dance Collective / Dancers’ Group, “How to Not Get Long Covid? Don’t Get Covid”
- Jamey Williams / Bay Area Creative, “Mad City”
- Joti Singh / Dancers’ Group, “Ghadar Geet: Blood and Ink”
- Kaitlin McGaw and Tommy Soulati Sheperd / SOZO Impact, “Shades”
- Leslie Lopez and Camilo Velazquez / Youth ALIVE! “Free Your Mind – Life is Beautiful”
- Maynard Institute for Journalism Education “Changing Lives, Changing Narratives”
- Muisi-Kongo Malonga / Girls to Women, “Nkunga”
- NAKA Dance Theater / Dancers’ Group, “Ja weya ob’aj wij, ex weya nchemaj/Mi Historia, Mi Telar/My Story, My Weaving”
- Nikki Maynard / World Arts West, “Amazed by Grace”
- Nkeiruka Oruche / Dancers’ Group, “Tales by Moonlight, an Afro Culture Portal (TBM)”
- Oakland Ballet Company “Angel Island Project”
- Oakland Technology and Education Center “AfroComicCon presents: The Revolution Will be Illustrated”
- Oaklash “Tragic Queendom”
- Papo Rebolledo / ARTogether, “Echoes of Freedom”
- Pelisa Arts & Energy / World Arts West, “Mbongui Healing Project”
- Shruti Abhishek Dance / Independent Arts & Media, “And She Spoke”
- Vital Arts “Symphony No. 1: …And no one died, thus we began to see in the dark”
2023 Awardees
- Alicia Kester / Independent Arts and Media, “Water Spirits”
- API Cultural Center, Inc. dba Oakland Asian Cultural Center “Interwoven Stories of Culture, Belonging and Change”
- ARTogether “The Diaspora Hub & Exhibition Project”
- Bay Area Girls Rock Camp “Sound Saturdays”
- Berkeley Art Center “Reframing Identity”
- Bryant Terry / Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project, “Visual Food Data/Sacred Larder”
- Cecilia Cassandra Peña-Govea / Brava! for Women in the Arts, “Auditory Culture Maps of Fruitvale”
- Clarissa Rivera Dyas and Ainsley Tharp / Circo Zero, “forever failing: two punq grrrls dance”
- Diamano Coura West African Dance Co “Soundiata Keita; The King Of Mali Story”
- Dohee Lee / Dancer’s Group, “Ritual On the Road”
- Elaine Chu and Marina Wong-Perez / Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, “Oakland Chinatown Dragon Mural Project”
- Faye Carol / Intersection for the Arts, “Black Artists of The Bay: Icons & Unsung”
- Jackie Keliiaa and John Hodge / Cal Shakes, “Good Medicine Native Comedy”
- Justin Hoover / 500 Capp Street, “Recipes of Resilience: Harrison Hotel”
- Karl Evangelista / Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, “Auntie + Tebs”
- Kimberly Arteche / ARTogether, “Paglilikha ng Kaliliwanann”
- LaTajh Weaver / Berkeley Community Media, “Can I Paint, Here?”
- Lena Chen and Evan Sakuma / The Regents of the University of California, “CELESTE”
- NIAD Art Center “We Are Creating Our History”
- People’s Programs “Tales of The Town: Berkeley”
- Poor Magazine “Crushing Wheelchairs the movie”
- Priyanka Suryaneni / Filmmakers Collaborative SF, “Saranam Gacchâmi (I take refuge)”
- Tommy Wong and Alana Landrum / Civic Design Studio / Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, “Our Communities: Past, Present, and Future”
- Torange Yeghiazarian / Central Stage, “Leyla & Majnun”
2022 Awardees
- Afro Urban Society / Dancer’s Group , “‘One Thing About Us? We Move!’ (WM!”
- ARTSCCC / Independent Arts and Media“Cultural Corridor Project”
- Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. “Oakland Super Heroes Mural #5 (The Finale)”
- BoomShake / Intersection for the Arts Music “The Roots Are Strong”
- Cut Fruit Collective / Possibility Labs “Chinatown Futures”
- Dads Evoking Change “Hear Us, Heal Us”
- Dariane Beamon / People’s Community Foundation, “A Village of Voices”
- Darren Colston / Brothers on the Rise “Hella Love”
- Dazié Grego-Sykes / QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture, “The Changer and the Changed”
- dNaga / Dancer’s Group “Where Am I Now?”
- Grown Women Dance Collective / Dancer’s Group “A Ballad for John Henry, Chapter 2”
- Fei Tian Dancers / Associated Students of the University of California “Fei Tian Dancers: Heritage 传承 Showcase”
- Ishika Seth / Fractured Atlas , “Pehchaan (Identity)”
- Nadhi Thekkek / Nava Dance Theatre “Foreign Bodies”
- Nia Imara / EastSide Arts Alliance “Generation of Oakland”
- Oaklash “Putting the Cheese in Machismo”
- Tony Nguyen / Farallon Films “TO BE”
- Valerie Troutt / QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture “Because of Black Music IAM”
- Wolfe Pack Arts / Bay Area Mural Program “Immersive Arts Residency”
2021 Awardees
- A.K. Sandhu / Filmmakers Collaborative “For Love and Legacy”
- Antoine Hunter / Intersection for the Arts “Native Lands, Native Hands”
- BAY-Peace / Social Good Fund“Youth ARTS Masterpiece Project”
- Charmaine Davis / Eastside Arts Alliance “Bismuth”
- Cheryl Fabio / Sarah Webster Fabio Center For Social Justice “We Need A Home”
- Edward Gunawan and Juliana Mendonca / ARTogether “Home Free”
- India Davis / The Queer Cultural Center “A Spiral Shell”
- Kala Art Institute “Dear America”
- Kyung Lee / Wild Projects “We R Here”
- Nkeiruka Oruche / Dancer’s Group“My Heart Shattered”
- Oakland Workers Fund with support from Moments Co-op / SOMArts “Oakland Workers Fund Revolutionary PSAs Billboard Project”
- Offsides Productions / Social Good Fund “Normal Ain’t Normal”
- Polina Smith / Crescent Moon Theater Productions “HOME?”
- Richmond Art Center “Art of the African Diaspora: Luminaries”
- Spencer Wilkinson and Eric Arnold / Community Rejuvenation Project “Boogaloo Originals Education Engagement Project”
2020 Awardees
- Alena Museum / Taylor Price “Unsung Heroes: The Women of the Black Panther Party”
- Bay Area Mural Program / Andre Jones “Against All Odds”
- Dance Elixir / Leyya Mona Tawil “Malayeen”
- Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation / Dana King the Huey P. Newton Memorial Bust
- Fractured Atlas, Inc. / Zakiya Harris “Embedded”
- Grown Women Dance Collective / Tonya Amos “A Ballad for John Henry”
- NAKA Dance Theater / Debby Kajiyama and José Navarrete “Y Basta Ya!”
- Neighborhood Solutions / Torman Jahi “Bring on the Drums – Community Human Contact Edition”
- Oakland Public Education Fund / Rachel-Anne Palacios “Tomorrow People Program”
- POOR Magazine / Derrick ‘Rtystk’ Shavers “Ancestor Mural Project”
- Richmond Friends of Recreation / Frederick Franklin “Vegan Art: For the Health of It”
- Sozo Impact – Alphabet Rockers / Kaitlin McGawfor and Tommy Shepherd the production of “Transformative Justice: Songs for Children”
- The Beat, Berkeley Performing Arts (BPA) / Gregory Dawson “The Human Project”
- The People’s Conservatory / Cava Menzies “The Legacy Project”
- TheatreFIRST – We Rise Production / Nicole Gervacio “Fighting for Our Motherlands”
- West Oakland Mural Project / Jilchristina Vest “#SayHerName: The Women of The Black Panther Party Mural”
- World Arts West / Latanya Tigner “5th Quarter Bantaba”
- Youth Spirit Artworks / Franz Fischer “Tiny House Village Murals”
2019 Awardees
- Berkeley Art Center Association / Afro-Hippies
- Claudine Naganuma / Dancers’ Group (FS)
- Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi / Freedom Bound Center (Sol Collective DBA) (FS)
- Diamono Coura West African Dance Company / Naomi Diouf
- Destiny Arts Center / Joy Tang
- Jason Ditzian / Dancers’ Group (FS)
- Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music dba: Freight and Salvage / John Santos
- Joseph Warner / Eastside Arts Alliance (FS)
- Kala Art Institute Gallery / Ellen Lake
- Intersection for the Arts / Suzanne Lheureux
- Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Center / Tamara Johnston
- Nkeiruka Oruche / Dancer’s Group (FS)
- Oakland Youth Chorus / Keri Butkevich
- Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez / Groundwork Richmond (FS)
- Richmond Art Center / Amy Spencer
- Robin Gurung / Chinese for Affirmative Action (FS)
- Salma Arastu / Berkeley Art Center (FS)
- Sarah Norr / Intersection for the Arts (FS)
- Freedom Bound Center (Sol Collective DBA) / Sekita Grant
- StoryCenter / Parul Wadhwa
- Tamara Perkins / The Center for Independent Documentary (FS)
2018 Awardees
- Alex Arzt / Pro Arts (FS)
- Aggregate Space Gallery / Leila Weefur
- Angie Wilson / Destiny Arts Center (FS)
- Arash Shirinbab / Oakland Asian Cultural Center (FS)
- Attitudinal Healing Connection / James Gayles
- Berkeley Art Center Association / Jeremiah Jenkins, Leah Rosenberg
- Catchlight / 20+ Bay Area Photographers
- Central Works Theater Ensemble / Cristina Garcia
- Dancers’ Group / Naka Dance Theater
- Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park / Marion Coleman, Ramon Carrillo, Jeff Norman
- Independent Arts and Media / Cristina Garcia
- Jadelynn Stahl / Radar Productions (FS)
- Leyya Mona Tawil / DANCE ELIXIR (FS)
- Music at the Mission / Mark Fish
- Nana Duffuor / QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture (FS)
- Nkeiruka Oruche / Dancers Group (FS)
- Oakland Asian Cultural Center DBA API Cultural Center, Inc. / Arash Shirinbab
- Oakland Youth Chorus / Hector Armienta
- Prospera Community Development / Gabriel Arvizu
- Ragged Wing Ensemble / Amy Sass
- Sabereh Kashi / Filmmakers Collaborative SF (FS)
- Social Justice Sewing Academy / Alice Beasley
- Tony Nguyen / EastSide Arts Alliance (FS)
- Yvan Iturriaga / Movement Generation (FS)
- Zakiya Harris / Community Initiatives (FS)
2017 Awardees
- Arwen Lawrence / Galería de la Raza (FS)
- Claudine Naganuma / Dancers’ Group (FS)
- Dance Elixir / Leyya Mona Tawil (Lime Rickey International)
- Destiny Arts Center / Risa Jaroslow
- Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi / Freedom Bound Center DBA Sol Collective (FS)
- Embodiment Project / Nicole Klaymoon
- Friends of Idora Park / Kelly Ording
- Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California / Raeshma Razvi
- Jadelynn Stahl / Radar Productions (FS)
- Jim LeBrecht / Center for Independent Documentary (FS)
- Kaitlin McGaw / Intersection for the Arts (FS)
- Kevin Wong / Bay Area Video Coalition (FS)
- Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy / Emiliano Rodriguez, Eugene Rodriguez, Fabiola Trujillo, Lucina Rodriguez, and Shira Kammen
- Mariah Steele / Fractured Atlas (FS)
- Mia Nakano / AACRE (FS)
- Nadhi Thekkek / CountePulse (FS)
- Rosie the Riveter Trust / Carl Bidleman
- RYSE Center/ DeAndre Evans
- Ubuntu Theater Project / Philip Kan Gotanda
- Youth Spirit Artworks / Angel Jesus Perez
2016 Awardees
- Anna Ludwig / The Capoeira Institute, dba Capoeira Mandinga (FS)
- Attitudinal Healing Connection / David Burke
- Bay Area Children’s Theatre (BACT) / Min Kahng
- California Symphony / Lisa Bielawa
- Community Rejuvenation Project / Spencer Wilkinson
- Dan Wolf / Circuit Network (FS)
- Erin Palmquist / Independent Arts & Media (FS)
- Interface Gallery / Cristina Victor
- Jim McSilver / Media Alliance (FS)
- John Sanborn / Musical Traditions (FS)
- Just Theater / Dina Maccabee & Jesse Olson Bay
- Lark Buckingham / SOMArts (FS)
- Micah Bazant / Dancers’ Group (FS)
- Nkeiruka Oruche / Lotus Bloom Child & Family Resource Center (FS)
- Oakland Youth Chorus / Michelle Jacques
- Ragged Wing Ensemble / Anna Shneiderman
- Rebecca Schultz / Independent Arts & Media (FS)
- Sacred Profane / James Tecuatl-Lee
2015 Awardees
- Bandaloop / Amelia Rudolph
- Delina Brooks / Delina Brooks, Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
- Ensemble Mik Nawooj / JooWan Kim
- Gamelan Sekar Jaya / Wayne Vitale
- Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California / Arash Shirinbab, Maryan Vesal
- Kaitlin McGaw, Tommy James Shepherd, Jr. / Alphabet Rockers (FS)
- Katrina Wreede / San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music (FS)
- La Pena Cultural Center / Maria de la Rosa
- Leslie Dreyer / ShadowLight Productions (FS)
- Marc Bamuthi Joseph / Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Amara Tabor-Smith, David Szlasa
- Nicole Klaymoon / Destiny Arts Center (FS)
- North American Guqin Association / Wang Fei
- RYSE Center / Nyabingha Zianni McDowell
2014 Awardees
- Adrienne Skye Roberts / California Coalition for Women Prisoners (FS)
- Bay Area Children’s Theatre / Austin Zumbro
- Constance Hockaday / RADAR Productions (FS)
- Diablo Ballet / Sonya Delwaide
- Frederick Franklin / Coronado Neighborhood Council (FS)
- Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park / Walter Hood
- Helen Stoltzfus / ALICE Arts (FS)
- Jun Stinson / Many Threads (FS)
- Navarrete x Kajiyama Dance Theater (NAKA) / Debby Kajiyama and Jose Navarrete
- Oakland Ballet / Sonya Delwaide, Molissa Fenley, and Robert Moses
- Oakland Youth Chorus / Marcus Shelby
- Pro Arts / Rhonda Holberton, Ben Bigelow, Cate White, and Ehren Tool
- Raeshma Razvi / Fractured Atlas (FS)
- Salma Arastu / The Chaplaincy Institute, An Interfaith Seminary and Community (FS)
- Shotgun Players / Don Wolf and Olive Mitra
- Stagebridge / Joan Holden, Bruce Barthol, and Daniel Savio
- Subterranean Arthouse/Tree of Life / Hiroko Tamano
- Tal Skloot / Baykids (FS)
- True Life Trio / Leslie Bonnett, Briget Boyle and Juliana Graffagna
2013 Awardees
- 29th Jewish Music Festival / Paul Hanson
- Ben Bernstein / The Singer’s Gym (FS)
- Community Rejuvenation Project / Desi Mundo
- Cross Pulse / Keith Terry
- Crowden Music Center / Samuel Adams
- Diablo Ballet / Robert Dekkers
- Dohee Lee / Dancer’s Group (FS)
- Living Jazz / Marcus Shelby
- Robin Lynn Rodriguez/ PlayGround Foundation (FS)
- Thingamajigs / Brenda Hutchinson, Sudhu Tewari, Steve Dye, and Kristin Miltner
- Tony Nguyen / Farallon Films (FS)
- Traci Bartlow /Eastside Arts Alliance (FS)
2012 Awardees
- Ann Schnake and Sanjit Sethi
- Berkeley Symphony /Dylan Mattingly
- Claudine Naganuma / PD Active
- Diamano Coura West African Dance Company /Nimely Napla
- East Bay Center for the Performing Arts /Jeannie Barroga
- Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California /Torange Yeghiazarian
- Kitka /Austin Forbord
- Muisi-kongo Malonga / Dimensions Dance Theater
- Navarrete x Kajiyama Dance Theater / Jose Navarrete and Debby Kajiyama
- Oakland Asian Cultural Center / Prasant Radhakrishnan
- Shotgun Players /Josh Kornbluth
- Thomas Wong / Chinatown Chamber Foundation
2011 Awardees
- Aimee Suzara / CounterPULSE
- Amy X Neuburg / Paul Dresher Ensemble
- Anna Ludwig / Capoeira Mandinga
- Bay Area Children’s Theatre / Min Kahgn
- Ben Wang / Chinese for Affirmative Action
- Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive / Barry McGee
- Carolina Lugo’s & Carole Acuna’s Ballet Flamenco / Carolina Lugo & Carole Acuna
- Claudina Naganuma / Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center
- Diablo Ballet / Val Caniparoli
- Edward Schoker and Greg Giovanni / Theatre of Yugen
- Eugene Corr / The Moenkopi Group, Inc.
- Evan Bissell / Intersection for the Arts
- Favianna Rodriguez / ShadowLight Productions
- Kitka / Janet Kutulas and Elizabeth Setzer
- La Peña Cultural Center / Erin Yoshi
- Mo Morris / San Francisco Film Society
- Oakland Asian Cultural Center / Jay Loyola
- Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir / Dan Cantrell
- Pacific Pinball Museum / Dan Fontes, Ed Cassel, d’Arci Bruno and Eric Kos
- Salma Aratsu / International Association of Sufism
- Shotgun Players / Ken Slattery
- Stagebridge / Joan Holden
2010 Awardees
- Allen Shearer / American Music Center
- Amara Tabor-Smith / La Pena Cultural Center
- Ben Goldberg / The 26th Jewish Music Festival
- Berkeley Symphony / Gabriela Lena Frank
- Berkeley West Edge Opera / Clark Suprynowicz & Amanda Moody
- Central Works / Brian Thorstenson
- Christine Garrigan / Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
- Christopher White / Intersection for the Arts
- Daven Gee / Kathadin Productions
- Desi Mundo / Community Rejuvenation Project
- Helen De Michiel / Citizen Film, Inc.
- Jeff Raz / Bay Area Children’s Theatre
- John Santos / La Pena Cultural Center
- Kimiko Guthrie / Shawl-Anderson Dance Center
- Linda Tillery / Rhythmic Concepts, Inc.
- Marc Bamuthi Joseph / Youth Speaks, Inc.
- Mark Jackson / Aurora Theatre Company
- Mark Jackson / Shotgun Players
- Muisi-kongo Malonga /Fua Dia Congo
- Nanette McGuiness / Trinity United Methodist Church
- Naruda Michael Walden / Oakland East Bay Symphony
- Oakland Ballet Company / Sonya Delwaide-Nichols
- Oakland East Bay Symphony / Scott Amendola
- Oakland Youth Orchestra / Hector Armienta
- Paige Sterling Sorvillo / Tree of Life
- Shotgun Players / Mark Jackson
- The Crucible / Clark Suprynowicz and Mark Streshinsky
- Wayne Vitale / Asian Art Museum
2009 Awardees
- Dan Plonsey & Eric Kupers / Jewish Music Festival
- Daven Gee / Katahdin Productions
- Dohee Lee / Oakland Asian Cultural Center
- Emiko Saraswati Susilo & Rashidi Omari Byrd / Gamelan Sekar Jaya
- Francis Wong / Oakland Asian Cultural Center
- Jill Togawa, Ellen Reiko Bepp & Masayuki Koga / Purple Moon Dance Project
- John Santos / Eastside Arts Alliance
- Jon Tracy & Daniel Bruno / Shotgun Players
- Julie Plasencia / Rock Paper Scissors
- Kat Parra / The Jazz School
- Kerri Gawryn / Youth Movement Records
- Khalil Shaheed / Dimension’s Dance Theater
- Martha Boesing / Stagebridge
- Maston Bates & Benjamin Shwartz / Mercury Soul
- Omid Zoufonoun / Oakland Youth Orchestra
- Rebecca Mauleon / Oakland East Bay Symphony
- Sarah E. Wilson / Intersection for the Arts
- Scott Oliver, Mark Gergis, Maria Porges & Michael Blodgett / Oakland Museum of CA
- Shira Kammen & Ben Bernstein / The Singer’s Gym
- Tamara Perkins & Jesse Dana / SF Film Society
2008 Awardees
- Akosua Mireku / Epic Arts
- Ambrose Akinmusire / Jazzschool, Inc.
- Anton Patzner / Moving Arts Dance
- Cheryl Leonard, Rebecca Haseltine, Gilbert Guerrero & Kathleen Quillian / The Illuminated Corridor
- Delina Patrice Brooks / Youth Speaks
- Josh Costello / Shotgun Players
- Larry Batiste & Clayton Richardson / Youth Movement Records
- Laura Elder / ArtsChange
- Mateen Kemet / Intersection for the Arts
- Mirah Moriarty, Rodrigo Esteva, Loren Robertson & Laura Inserra / Dance Monks
- Naomi Kremer & Ariel Parkinson / Berkeley Opera
- Nomi Talisman / Judah L. Magnes Museum
- Octavio Solis / CalShakes
- Philip Huang / Oakland Asian Cultural Center
- Rigo 23 / Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2007 Awardees
- Atemu Aton / Savage Jazz Dance Company
- Christina Agamanolis, Matthew Antaky & Lawrence LaBianca / Fellow Travelers Performance Group
- Eugene Rodriguez & Los Cenzontles / Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
- Joe Goode / AXIS Dance
- Mason Bates / California Symphony
- Matthew Cmiel / The Crowden Music Center
- Paige Starling Sorvillo / Noodle Factory Performing Arts Center
- Sonal Acharya / Opera Piccola
2006 Awardees
- Albert Greenberg & Annie Hallatt / ALICE Arts
- Belinda Reynolds / Galax Quartet
- Carlos Reyes / Dancer Elixir
- Dan Cantrell / Jewish Music Festival
- Daniel David Feinsmith / Pacific Chamber Symphony
- David Szlasa / Moving Arts Dance
- Elinor Armer / Oakland Youth Orchestra
- Marc Bamuthi Joseph / Youth Speaks
- Margaret Jenkins / AXIS Dance Company
- Mary Watkins / Oakland Opera Theater
- Paul Flores / La Pena Cultural Center
- Peter Howkinson / Pro Arts
- Shailja Patel / La Pena Cultural Center
- Tania Padillia & Emily Butterfly / ArtsChange
2005 Awardees
- Carlos Mena / Dream Dance Company
- CK Ladzekpo / East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
- Daniel David Feinsmith, Amy X Neuburg, John Schott & Paul Dresher / Jewish Music Festival
- Favianna Rodriguez / Eastside Arts Alliance
- Jorge Lederman / Pacific Chamber Symphony
- Mark Jackson / Shotgun Players
- Nikolai Kabaniaev / Diablo Ballet
- Tomye Neal-Madison / Prescott Joseph Center
2004 Awardees
- Jon Jang / Eastside Arts Alliance
- Kurt Rhode / Berkeley Symphony
- Rita Moreno / Berkeley Repertory Theatre
- Sean San Jose, Ricky Marshall & Ryan Peters / California Shakespeare Theater
- Sonya Delwaide & Joan Jeanrenaud / AXIS Dance Company
- Taraneh Hemami, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood & Ann Schnake / Arts Change