About Akonadi Foundation
Akonadi Foundation is a highly focused Oakland-based funder that backs Black-led and multiracial organizing in the Bay Area, especially efforts to end the criminalization and incarceration of Black youth and youth of color. Its grants cluster around a tight ecosystem of local partners working on youth justice, healing and wellness, parent and community power, and culture-based organizing. The foundation also supports intermediary and technical-assistance organizations that strengthen these campaigns and often returns to the same grantees over multiple years.
Focus Areas
Ending the criminalization of Black students and youth of color in OaklandYouth incarceration abolition in Alameda CountyBlack-led healing and wellness infrastructureOakland multiracial democracy and community organizingRestorative youth justice and school discipline reformCulture, arts, and public narrative for Black liberation
Giving Approach
Concentrated, relationship-based grantmaking with many repeat grantees and multi-year project support; funds a core network of local organizers, intermediaries, and coalition partners rather than a broad portfolio of one-off grants.
Black Organizing Project, Movement Strategy Center, Young Women's Freedom Center, Ella Baker Center For Human Rights, Urban Peace Movement
About Akonadi Foundation
Akonadi Foundation’s public grant record is defined by three very large California awards, each labeled only “See Statement.” That pattern points to concentrated, statement-based funding rather than a broad portfolio of small grants. The largest recorded grant was $3,936,300 in 2024, followed by $3,735,000 in 2023 and $3,706,400 in 2025. All three grants were given in California, and the recipient details were not publicly identified in the grant records provided. That opacity sits alongside a clear programmatic identity in the foundation’s named initiatives. Akonadi has backed Oakland-centered work on racial justice, youth justice, and community healing, including the California Black Freedom Fund and All In For Oakland. It has also supported rapid-response and cultural grantmaking vehicles such as So Love Can Win and Belonging in Oakland. Across those efforts, the foundation’s role is tied to organizing, capacity building, policy advocacy, and cultural work aimed at Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color. The overall picture is a funder with unusually concentrated, high-dollar grantmaking and a long-running interest in Oakland-based movement infrastructure.
What Akonadi Foundation Funds
Akonadi Foundation’s named programs show a strong emphasis on racial justice organizing in Oakland and California. Through the California Black Freedom Fund, it helped launch a $100 million initiative with Black leaders and organizers focused on Black power-building, organizing, advocacy, and capacity-building support. Youth justice is another recurring area. All In For Oakland is described as a five-year initiative investing in people-of-color-led organizing, policy advocacy, base-building, healing, and research to end the criminalization of Black youth and youth of color in Oakland. The foundation also supports cultural and healing-centered work. So Love Can Win provides open grantmaking for Oakland organizers, storytellers, culture bearers, and healers working in racial justice, belonging, healing, radical imagination, journalism, and narrative change. Belonging in Oakland and related cultural funds extend that pattern through collaborations led by BIPOC communities.
How Akonadi Foundation Gives
The recent grant data show a very tight grant-size band: p25 is $3,785,325, the median is $3,835,650, and p75 is $3,885,975. That is consistent with a small number of very large awards rather than a broad spread of grants. The foundation’s public recent grants are all statement-designated and all land in California. In the materials provided, Akonadi is also identified as a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Its named initiatives include both open grantmaking funds and time-bound partnerships, suggesting a mix of discretionary and structured giving.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.4M
Total Assets
$33.3M
Total Revenue
$7.1M
Total Expenses
$6.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $30K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
Local7 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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