About Oakland Fund for Public Innovation
Improve the prosperity, safety, and quality of life for all Oaklanders by establishing innovative public-private partnerships, supporting inclusive economic systems, and scaling community-rooted solutions.
Focus Areas
Housing / Homelessness preventionEconomic security / JobsPublic safetyYouth employmentArts & cultural initiativesClimate justiceGovernment service design / civic innovationFood securityCommunity health & education
Who They Fund
youth (summer program participants)familiesOakland neighborhood residents / local community memberseconomically vulnerable / individuals facing self-sufficiency barriers
About Oakland Fund for Public Innovation
Oakland Fund for Public Innovation centers its grantmaking on city systems and community-rooted programs in Oakland, with a recent $600,000 grant to the City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention for Family Matters & Town Nights standing out as a major example. The foundation also backed Bay Area Community Services with $500,000 for shallow subsidy, showing a sizable commitment to homelessness prevention alongside public-safety and neighborhood programming. Its stated approach combines public-private partnerships, inclusive economic systems, and scaled local solutions, and the active program list shows that much of this work is organized through named partnerships and city-linked initiatives rather than open, general grantmaking. Recent support reaches youth employment, climate resilience, public art, community hubs, and family stability. Smaller awards to organizations such as Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation, CA Interfaith Power and Light, and UC Berkeley show that the foundation uses a mix of operating-style support and project-specific funding to advance Oakland-focused civic and community priorities.
What Oakland Fund for Public Innovation Funds
In youth workforce development, Oakland Fund for Public Innovation gave $67,500 to City of Oakland Eco Workforce for Summer Youth Employment. In climate-related neighborhood work, it awarded $63,000 to UC Berkeley for Oakland EcoBlock, tying funding to an urban sustainability effort. Community hub and civic-engagement work appears in a $15,000 grant to CA Interfaith Power and Light for Community hub, while family stability shows up in a $15,000 grant to LC Lillie Cox Haven of Hope for Address self-sufficiency barriers. The foundation’s topic list also includes housing and homelessness prevention, economic security, public safety, arts and cultural initiatives, government service design, food security, and community health and education.
How Oakland Fund for Public Innovation Gives
Typical grants cluster at a median of $63,000, with a lower quartile of $15,000 and an upper quartile of $283,750. The recent list shows a wide spread, from $10,000 to $600,000, which fits a model that combines large partnership grants with smaller project and operating awards. The foundation is a regular funder rather than a donor-advised fund and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The active programs are all Oakland-based and do not accept unsolicited applications, indicating that much of the giving is structured through partnerships and invited programs rather than open competition.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.3M
Total Assets
$5M
Total Revenue
$7.1M
Total Expenses
$2.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $284K, with a median of $63K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$63K
75th Percentile
$284K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Juma Crawford
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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