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Three Ways to Use Your Donor-Advised Fund Beyond Grantmaking

Learn how you can make loans, loan guarantees, and private equity investments.

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Use a Donor-Advised Fund for Impact Investments

Learn how you can use your DAF to increase access to capital for BIPOC business owners and BIPOC-led community benefit projects.

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The Opportunity Pool: Going Above & Beyond in Impact Investing

Our Opportunity Pool has withstood the test of intense market volatility and has outperformed our other pools. Learn how we did it.

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Reimagining Our Investment Policy to Advance Racial Justice

Updating our Investment Policy Statement was a big step in our plan to create social impact using assets under management. Learn more about how we did it.

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Narrowing the Wealth Gap

BIPOC make up 40% of the U.S. population but 98% of wealth is managed by others. EBCF is leveraging its investments to narrow the racial wealth gap. CFO Valerie Red-Horse Mohl explains.

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Real People’s Fund Receives $500,000 Grant from The James Irvine Foundation

OAKLAND, October 19, 2021 — The East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) announced that it has received a grant for $500,000 …

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Video: Inclusive Economy Showcase, April 22, 2021

East Bay Community Foundation is committed to building an inclusive, fair, and just East Bay by creating an inclusive economy …

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Climate and Environmental Justice Fund and Climate Voices Blog Series!

An inclusive, fair and just East Bay is one where all people have access to clean air, land, water, and …

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Inclusive Economy: EBCF + Opportunity Zones

As a place-based community foundation charged with mobilizing resources to be directed where they are most needed, EBCF supports efforts …

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Changes to Investment Portfolios

 Oakland, CA – Today, the East Bay Community Foundation announced that it has repositioned all of its investment pools in …

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Event Recap: Who Benefits from California’s Economic Boom?

A Conversation with Lenny Mendonca and Margaret Hanlon-Gradie We were honored to host Lenny Mendonca and Margaret Hanlon-Gradie on March …

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