COVID-19: A Just East Bay Response Fund
Grantees
The coronavirus pandemic and its many compounding effects have thrust families into crisis across the country and throughout the East Bay. Individuals and families already living in extreme poverty are experiencing even more dire circumstances; others who were barely making ends meet are now facing loss of income, food and housing insecurity, health impacts, and other challenges. Extensive conversations with our core partners made clear the need for immediate financial assistance for economically vulnerable families and those without access to public funds. A range of other direct services and supports are also needed to support those most vulnerable, including undocumented immigrants; unsheltered; those employed in the cash economy; the uninsured; low-income youth and seniors; victims of domestic violence; and the formerly incarcerated.
Grants FROM the COVID-19: A JUST EAST BAY RESPONSE FUND distributed as of November 16, 2020
| Organization | East Bay County Served | Purpose: |
| 100 Black Men of the Bay Area | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| A Safe Place | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| ACCE Contra Costa | Contra Costa | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change; COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| ACCE Oakland | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Alameda County Office of the Public Defender | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority |
| Alameda Health System | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Alameda Point Collaborative | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Alzheimer’s Services of the East Bay (ASEB) | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Anti Police-Terror Project | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Arsola’s Distribution Center and Community Services | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| ARTogether | Both Counties | General support for COVID Response |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Asian Community Mental Health | Alameda | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Asian Health Services | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; General support for COVID Response; COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Asian Immigrant Women Advocates | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Both Counties | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Axis Community Health | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| AYPAL | Alameda | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| BACS | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Bananas | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Bay Area Community Health Services | Alameda | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Bay Area Crisis Nursery | Contra Costa | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Bay Area Legal Aid | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change; Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII) | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Bay Resistance Institute | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Bay Rising | Alameda | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Be-Imaginative | Alameda County | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Berkeley Community Health Project: Berkeley Free Clinic | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Black Organizing Project | Both Counties | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change, support staff wellness and care |
| Bonita House | Alameda | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Brighter Beginnings | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Brothers on the Rise | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Buena Vista United Methodist Church | Alameda County | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Building Blocks for Kids | Contra Costa | General support for COVID Response, Community Organizing and Systems Change; COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services, support staff wellness and care |
| Building Futures | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency | Alameda | General support for COVID Response; COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| Building Skills Partnership | Alameda County | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Burns Institute | Alameda County | COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| CALICO Center | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) | Both Counties | COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative | Both Counties | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Californians for Justice | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| CALMA (Collective Action for Laborers, Migrants & Asylum Seekers) | Alameda County | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| CALPEP | Both Counties | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Catholic Charities of the East Bay | Both Counties | General support for COVID Response |
| Causa Justa :: Just Cause | Alameda | Community Organizing and Systems Change, support staff wellness and care |
| Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI) | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Center for Employment Opportunities | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Centro Legal De La Raza: OUR Fund | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; COVID-19 related support services for the the unsheltered |
| Centro Legal de la Raza: Undocu-fund | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; General support for COVID Response |
| Chicana Latina Foundation | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| CityTeam Oakland | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| CocoKids | Contra Costa | General support for COVID Response |
| Collaborising | Contra Costa County | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Communities United For Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) | Alameda | Community Organizing and Systems Change; COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| Community Financial Resources | Both Counties | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship (Intermediary) |
| Community Health Center Network | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Community Ready Corps | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Community Resources for Independent Living | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Community Violence Solutions | Contra Costa | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Community Works West | Both Counties | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| Contra Costa Crisis Center | Contra Costa County | COVID-19 related mental health services; COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance | Contra Costa | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Council on American-Islamic Relations- California | Both Counties | General support for COVID Response; Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Covenant House California | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Davis Street | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Early Childhood Mental Health Services | Contra Costa | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| East Bay Agency for Children | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| East Bay Asian Youth Center | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| East Bay Center for the Performing Arts | Contra Costa | General support for COVID Response |
| East Bay Community Law Center | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change; COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| East Bay Housing Organizations | Both Counties | General support for COVID Response |
| East Bay Spanish Speaking Citizens’ Foundation | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| East Oakland Boxing Association | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| East Oakland Collective | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered, support staff wellness and care |
| East Oakland Community Project | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| East Oakland Youth Development | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| EBASE | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Eden I&R | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Eden United Church of Christ | Alameda County | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Alameda | General support for COVID Response, Community Organizing and Systems Change; COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services, support staff wellness and care |
| Ensuring Opportunity Campaign | Contra Costa | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Eritrean Community Center Oakland | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Ethiopian Community and Cultural Center | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Faith in Action East Bay | Both Counties | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change, support staff wellness and care |
| Familias Unidas | Contra Costa | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Family Bridges | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Family Independence Initiative | Both Counties | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship (Intermediary) |
| Family Justice Center | Contra Costa | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; General support for COVID Response; COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Family Violence Law Center | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Feeding Opportunities On Demand | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Filipino Advocates for Justice | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| First 5 Contra Costa (Regional Organizing Groups) | Contra Costa | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Genesis | Alameda County | COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| Greater Richmond Interfaith Program | Contra Costa | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; General support for COVID Response, support staff wellness and care, COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| Hack The Hood | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Healthy Black Families | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; COVID-19 related mental health services, support staff wellness and care |
| Help a Mother Out | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Hively | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Homies Empowerment | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Hope 4 the Heart | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Immigrant Legal Defense (ILD) | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority |
| Immigration Institute of the Bay Area | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Insight Garden Program | Both Counties | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity | Both Counties | General support for COVID Response |
| International Rescue Committee | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Jakara Movement | Alameda County | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay | Both Counties | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Justice Renivestment Coaltion of Alameda County | Alameda County | COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| Korean Community Center of the East Bay | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| La Clinica de La Raza | Both Counties | General support for COVID Response; COVID-19 related mental health services |
| La Familia Counseling Services | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Lao Family Community Development | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Legal Services for Prisoners with Children | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; General support for COVID Response; COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| Life Elder Care | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| LifeLong Medical Care | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Lift Up Contra Costa | Contra Costa | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa | Contra Costa | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Lotus Bloom | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Magnolia Women’s Recovery Program | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Meals on Wheels Diablo Region | Contra Costa | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Mercy Brown Bag Program | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Mission for the Homeless | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Monument Crisis Center | Contra Costa | General support for COVID Response |
| Monument Impact | Contra Costa | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Mujeres Unidas y Activas | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| My Eden Voice | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| NAMI of Contra Costa | Contra Costa | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Narika | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; COVID-19 related mental health services |
| National Center for Youth Law | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Native American Health Center | Both Counties | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Oakland Catholic Worker | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority |
| Oakland Communities United for Equity & Justice | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Oakland Community Land Trust | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Oakland Leaf Foundation | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Oakland Rising | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| OCCUR | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| OLAS (LGBT Sanctuary Project) | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| OneJustice | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| OneLife Institute | Alameda | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Operation Dignity | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Opportunity Junction | Contra Costa | General support for COVID Response |
| Parent Voices Oakland | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change, support staff wellness and care |
| People Who Care Children Association | Contra Costa County | COVID-19 related mental health services; Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; |
| Peralta Colleges Foundation | Alameda County | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Peralta Hacienda Historical Park | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Planned Parenthood Northern California | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Planting Justice | Both Counties | General support for COVID Response |
| Power CA | Contra Costa | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Reading Partners | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Refugee and Immigrant Transitions | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Restaurant Opportunities Center United | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; General support for COVID Response |
| Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Restore Oakland | Alameda County | COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| Richmond Promise | Contra Costa | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Root & Rebound | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Roots Community Health Center | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; COVID-19 related mental health services; COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| Rose Foundation for Communities & the Environment | Both Counties | General support for COVID Response |
| Rubicon Programs | Both Counties | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Ruby’s Place | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Runway Project | Alameda County | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| RYSE Center | Contra Costa | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Saba Grocers Initiative | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority |
| Safe Alternatives to Violent Environments | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Safe Passages | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; General support for COVID Response |
| Safe Return Project | Contra Costa | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; Community Organizing and Systems Change; COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services, support staff wellness and care |
| Senior Services Coalition of Alameda County (SSC) | Alameda | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Sister to Sister 2 | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Social Justice Collaborative | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| SOS Meals on Wheels | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| South Hayward Parish | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Spanish-Speaking Unity Council | Alameda | General support for COVID Response; Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Spectrum Community | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| St. Mary’s Center | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; General support for COVID Response; COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County | Contra Costa | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| STAND! for Families Free of Violence | Contra Costa | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Street Level Health Project | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Sugar Freedom Project | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Tandem, Partners in Early Learning | Contra Costa | General support for COVID Response |
| Tech Exchange | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Tenants Together | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| The Bread Project | Both Counties | General support for COVID Response |
| The Khalil Center, A Zakat Foundation Project | Both Counties | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| The Latina Center | Contra Costa | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; COVID-19 related mental health services |
| The Mentoring Center | Alameda | General support for COVID Response; Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| The Runway Project | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| The Village | Alameda | General support for COVID Response; COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| The Village Method | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; General support for COVID Response; COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Tri-Cities Community Development Center | Alameda County | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| Tri-City Health Center | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Tri-Valley Haven | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Tri-Valley Nonprofit Alliance | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Trybe | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| UC Berkeley Foundation: The Basic Needs Center | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County | Alameda | General support for COVID Response |
| Urban Peace Movement | Alameda | Community Organizing and Systems Change; COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| Urban Tilth | Contra Costa County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Vietnamese American Community Center of the East Bay | Alameda | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Village Community Resource Center | Contra Costa County | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Village Connect | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; COVID-19 related mental health services |
| West Contra Costa Public Education Fund | Contra Costa | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; General support for COVID Response, support staff wellness and care |
| West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau | Contra Costa County | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| West Oakland Health Council | Alameda | COVID-19 related mental health services |
| White Pony Express | Contra Costa | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Worksafe: Safety, Health, & Justice for Workers | Both Counties | Community Organizing and Systems Change |
| Young Women’s Freedom Center | Alameda County | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations; COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| Youth Enrichment Strategies | Contra Costa | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship |
| Youth Food Project | Alameda | Frontline organizations providing essential services to priority populations |
| Youth Law Center | San Francisco | COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| Oakland Public Educations Fund: FBO McKinney-Vento Guardian Angels Project | Alameda County | COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| Time for Change Foundation | Alameda County | COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| R3F (Richmond Rapid Response Fund) FS: West Contra Costa Public Education Fund | Contra Costa | COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| Tenants Together | Statewide | COVID-19 related support services for the unsheltered |
| Asian Prisoners Support Committee | Alameda County | COVID-19 related decarceration efforts and early release support services |
| Community Child Care Council | Alameda County | Direct financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing extreme economic hardship; |
