Kenneth Rainin Foundation
Oakland, CA · EIN 94-3289283. Reported 899 grants totalling $69.4M to 413 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Kenneth Rainin Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
8 of the organizations Kenneth Rainin Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 23 grants totalling $2,130,750 to them. That is 4% of the $55.0M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $555,250 | 6 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $540,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| The Center for Cultural Power | grantmaking organization | California | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Eat Learn Play Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $190,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Northern California Grantmakers | federated giving programme | California | $138,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Initiatives | grantmaking organization | California | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| East Bay Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $24,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $95,000; the smallest was $75 and the largest $1,300,000.
Every organization it funded
413 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Unified School District | Oakland, CA | $4,423,588 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Film Society | San Francisco, CA | $3,800,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Education for Change | Oakland, CA | $3,502,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cares for Learning | Stillwater, MN | $3,181,833 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Arts Stabilization | San Francisco, CA | $3,000,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| United States Artists Inc | Chicago, IL | $2,374,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Arts Stabilization Trust | San Francisco, CA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aspire Public Schools | Oakland, CA | $1,380,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Roxie Theater | San Francisco, CA | $1,325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $1,325,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Center for Cultural Innovation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Oakland Public Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $917,905 | 18 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $875,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $850,000 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trustees of University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $775,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dancers Group | San Francisco, CA | $753,685 | 31 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oakland Literacy Coalition | Oakland, CA | $753,250 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $744,841 | 15 | 4 | 2024 |
| Counterpulse | San Francisco, CA | $741,500 | 12 | 3 | 2024 |
| Teaching Well Inc | Oakland, CA | $716,390 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oakland Reach | Oakland, CA | $700,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $675,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $555,250 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle, WA | $550,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Children's Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $545,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $540,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Boston, MA | $525,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Palo Alto, CA | $520,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lotus Bloom | Oakland, CA | $510,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Azora Therapeutics Inc | Encino, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Independence, OH | $500,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $500,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| EDUCATE78 | Oakland, CA | $497,500 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Silicon Valley Creates | San Jose, CA | $480,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $475,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Californians for the Arts | Sacramento, CA | $473,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati, OH | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $450,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Opinion Research Center | Chicago, IL | $447,215 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tandem Partners in Early Learning | San Francisco, CA | $415,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Intersection for the Arts | San Franciso, CA | $413,990 | 16 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for the Collaborative Classroom | Alameda, CA | $402,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $364,591 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bay Area Video Coalition Inc | San Francisco, CA | $330,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Exhibition District | San Jose, CA | $330,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Community Public Schools | Oakland, CA | $326,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Families in Action for Quality Education | Oakland, CA | $305,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Cultural Power | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Reach University | Alameda, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | New York, NY | $295,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA | $283,927 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Francis Crick Institute | London | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oakland Film Center | Emeryville, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oasis Arts Inc | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Stony Brook, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Dallas, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Massachusetts | Worcester, MA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mindful Life Project | Richmond, CA | $245,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Association of Black Gastroenterogists | New York City, NY | $240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science | New York, NY | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dr Huey P Newton Foundation | Oakland, CA | $217,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alder Graduate School of Education | Redwood City, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists Inc | New York City, NY | $191,028 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eat Learn Play Foundation | Oakland, CA | $190,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Parent Voices Oakland | Oakland, CA | $180,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| East Bay Agency for Children | Oakland, CA | $178,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Theatre Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | $177,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California | Davis, CA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Friends of the Oakland Public Library | Oakland, CA | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ignite Reading | San Francisco, CA | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shotgun Players Inc | Berkeley, CA | $159,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Flyaway Productions | San Francisco, CA | $157,667 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Dance Brigade a New Group From Wallflower Order | San Francisco, CA | $153,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Vision Capital & Consulting | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dalhousie University | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (german Cancer Research Center) | Heidelberg | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oregon Health & Science University Foundation | Portland, OR | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | Seattle, WA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | Melbourne | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Universitat Bern | Bern | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weill Cornell Imaging at New York-Presbyterian | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Springboard Collaborative | Philadelphia, PA | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northern California Grantmakers | San Francisco, CA | $138,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oakland Promise | Oakland, CA | $130,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum | Heidelberg | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Headlands Center for the Arts | Sausalito, CA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Munich | Munich | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The New York and Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute | Melbourne, Victoria | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The 500 Capp Street Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $122,733 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shipyard Trust for the Arts | San Francisco, CA | $120,833 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oakland Museum of California | Oakland, CA | $120,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edvance | San Francisco, CA | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brava for Women in the Arts | San Francisco, CA | $114,300 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ubuntu Theater Project Inc | Oakland, CA | $112,167 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bananas Incorporated | Oakland, CA | $100,900 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marcus a Foster Educational Institute | Oakland, CA | $100,697 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science | Rehovot, Central District | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Arts Movement and Business District | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Arts Movement and Business District Community Development Corp | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Arts Movement Business District Community Development Corporation | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dalhousie University | Halifax | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Democracy at Work Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Destiny Arts Center | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Impact | Alexandria, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inevitable Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Child Center | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mujeres Unidas Y Activas | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northern California Land Trust Inc | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Ca Davis | Davis, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spanish-Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation | Charleston, SC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University Hospital Erlangen | Erlangen, Bavaria | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University Hospital Erlangen | Erlangen | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women Make Movies Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Circo Zero | San Francisco, CA | $99,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wild Projects | Berkeley, CA | $96,092 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lincoln | Oakland, CA | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center | San Francisco, CA | $93,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cubacaribe | San Francisco, CA | $93,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Color of Crohn S and Chronic Illness Inc | Glenarden, MA | $91,723 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $89,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Push Dance Company | San Francisco, CA | $89,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Bandaloop | Oakland, CA | $88,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology | Silverthrone, CO | $85,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fictional Artists Contemporary Theatre Sf- Fact-Sf | San Francisco, CA | $84,075 | 5 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housing Is Your Right Inc | Alameda, CA | $83,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | Washington, DC | $81,780 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Public Radio | St Paul, MI | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reading Partners | Oakland, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park | Oakland, CA | $79,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Environmental Council Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Council on Foundations Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hadassah University Medical Center | Jerusalem | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Venture Fund | Alexandria, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Manchester | Manchester | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weill Cornell Imaging at New York-Presbyt | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Z Space Studio | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning-Mcgill University | Montreal, Quebec | $72,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Here for Now | Berkeley, CA | $71,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Magic Theatre Inc | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Children and Youth | El Cerrito, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shakespeare-San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Independent Arts & Media | San Francisco, CA | $62,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shawl-Anderson Modern Dance Center | Menlo Park, CA | $62,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chapter 510 Ink | Oakland, CA | $61,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dimensions Dance Theater Inc | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Engagement Lab LLC | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Go Public Schools | Sacramento, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oakland Fund for Public Innovation (fiscal Sponsor) | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peak Grantmaking Inc | Washington, DC | $58,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Art of the Matter Performance Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kulintang Arts Inc | San Francisco, CA | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yerba Buena Arts & Events | San Francisco, CA | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Big Smiles | Artesia, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Create Ca | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eastside Arts Alliance | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Documentary Association Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation | Danville, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Movement Generation | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Childrens Art (mocha) | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scripps Health | San Diego, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vital Arts Inc | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western States Arts Federation | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yu Ming Charter School | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Mohr Dance | San Francisco, CA | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cotuit Center for the Arts | Cotuit, MA | $48,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jess Curtisgravity Inc | San Francisco, CA | $47,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Inkboat Inc | San Francisco, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Literacy Lab | Mill Valley, CA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oaklash | Oakland, CA | $44,500 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Diamano Coura West African Dance Co | Oakland, CA | $41,985 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network | Oakland, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Black Cultural Zone Community Dev Corp | Oakland, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Independent Documentary | Newton, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| East Bay School for Boys | Berkeley, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Energy Project Inc | Perdido Beach, AL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Performance Traditions | San Francisco, CA | $39,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cultural Alliance of Medfield | Medfield, MA | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grantmakers in the Arts | Astoria, NY | $35,660 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Board of the University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jess Curtis Gravity Inc | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ndn Collective Inc | Rapid City, SD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Foundation for the Arts Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Summer Search | Oakland, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Philanthropy Workshop | New York, NY | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Qcc-the Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture | San Francisco, CA | $31,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| 509 Cultural Center | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alternative Theater Ensemble | San Rafael, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Axis Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Career Girls | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Stage | Richmond, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Detour Productions | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food Bank Contra Costa and Solano | Concord, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fools Fury Theater | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fresh Meat Productions | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kara | Palo Alto, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Life Learning Academy | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mighty Moose Foundation Inc | Concord, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Parangal Dance Company | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project - Qwocmap | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Runway for Recovery Inc | Newburyport, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sharp & Fine | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teatro Vision | San Jose, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uptown Tenderloin Inc | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Somarts | San Francisco, CA | $29,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Immersive Arts Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Artogether | Oakland, CA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Scholarchips Inc | Washington, DC | $26,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bindlestiff Studio | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Kitchens Inc | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creative Visions Foundation | Nipomo, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Galeria Studio 24 | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Film Institute | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Menlo Atherton High School Foundation for the Future | Menlo Park, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Middle East Childrens Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Up Resources | Gladstone, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planting Justice | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Charlotte Maxwell Clinic | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Accion Latina | San Francisco, CA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capacitor | San Francisco, CA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crowded Fire Theater Company | San Francisco, CA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Japanese American Citizens League (san Jose Chapter) | San Jose, CA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lower Bottom Playaz Inc | Oakland, CA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center | San Francisco, CA | $23,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
156 of 413 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 47%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Roxie Theater
$1,200,000 FOR THE ROXIE FOREVER CAMPAIGN AND $100,000 FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT OF THE NEW FACILITY AND STAFF. - Cares for Learning
TO SUPPORT THE OAKLAND HUB. - Education for Change
23-25 STRUCTURED LITERACY INITIATIVE: TK-2 COACHING/TRAINING & TUTORING - San Francisco Film Society
SFFS/KRF FILMMAKING GRANTS AND PROGRAMS - Oakland Unified School District
STRUCTURED LITERACY INITIATIVE - United States Artists Inc
FOR THE RAININ FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 696 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 171 | $14.2M | $23,000 |
| 2022 | 216 | $17.2M | $24,000 |
| 2023 | 218 | $16.2M | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 294 | $21.9M | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Kenneth Rainin Foundation has 69 of them, worth $17.0M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Community Arts Stabilization | San Francisco, CA | $3,000,000 |
| San Francisco Film Society | San Francisco, CA | $2,400,000 |
| Oakland Unified School District | Oakland, CA | $1,770,000 |
| Oakland Unified School District | Oakland, CA | $1,388,000 |
| United States Artists Inc | Chicago, IL | $1,200,000 |
| Education for Change | Oakland, CA | $900,000 |
| Education for Change | Oakland, CA | $845,000 |
| Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists Inc | New York City, NY | $470,000 |
| Californians for the Arts | Sacramento, CA | $425,000 |
| Aspire Public Schools | Oakland, CA | $380,000 |
| Aspire Public Schools | Oakland, CA | $285,000 |
| Teaching Well Inc | Oakland, CA | $275,000 |
| Oakland Unified School District | Oakland, CA | $264,156 |
| Oakland Literacy Coalition | Oakland, CA | $250,000 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $240,000 |
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68% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Kenneth Rainin Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 155 Grand Avenue Suite 1000, Oakland, CA, 94612. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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