The East Bay Community Foundation is a leading resource for mobilizing financial resources and community leadership to transform the lives of people in the East Bay with pressing needs.
We do it through research on those needs and through joining our own financial and leadership resources with those of the private, public, and non-profit sectors on a few pressing issues in order to transform people's lives.
And in the course of my travels, and from NCRP's perch as philanthropy's watchdog, I learn about tons of great things happening in ... philanthropic...more
The Contra Costa Council's Social Responsibility Task Force announces the eight individuals and organizations that will be honored at the Second Annual Contra Costa Philanthropy Awards breakfast...more
According to the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, some 125 leading US foundations that represent more than $3.37 billion in total during annual giving commits to prioritizing the needs...more
"We appreciate Bank of America's contribution aimed at creating job opportunities for those most in need in the East Bay," said Darien Louie, director of Public and Private Partnerships...more
The East Bay Community Foundation grant will help fuel the expansion of the highly-successful SSL program at nine under-resourced elementary schools in Oakland and Hayward, CA. Children from poor...more
Through grants from a fund established by Kaiser Permanente at the East Bay Community Foundation, the gift will establish or expand programs offered by the ...See all stories on this topic...more
"We don't really know what's going on out there," said Carlos Velasquez, operating manager for the East Bay Community Foundation, the organization that ...See all stories on this...more
To address the ongoing issue of student dropouts, Toronto District School Board (TDSB) teacher Craig Morrison started a school-business program called the Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF) to help keep teens stay in school.