Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs Activities League

About Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs Activities League

A defining feature of Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs Activities League Inc is its use of subcontracted service delivery to move food, technology, and equipment into community programs. In 2025, the largest recent award was $2,147,811 to Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland for retiring and transferring farm equipment to the food bank, showing that the foundation’s grantmaking extends beyond standard cash support. The same year it gave $250,000 to Paynow Direct in Castro Valley for web development services to build a SNAP-enabled online food purchasing portal. The foundation also backed meal preparation work at scale, including $217,200 to Suleimen Hajizi DBA Blue Dish Cafe and CA in San Leandro and $216,795 to Alicia's Tamales Las Mayas in Hayward. Founded in 2005, the organization was created to unite Alameda County Sheriff’s Office personnel, citizens, and youth in initiatives that reduce crime, improve residents’ lives, and enhance community health. Its recent awards show a practical, service-oriented model: larger contracts to build infrastructure or transfer assets, and repeated support for food-related vendors that serve social-service and emergency food systems. The pattern points to an intermediary funder that funds implementation rather than individuals, with grants flowing through local businesses and community institutions.

What Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs Activities League Funds

Food access is central to the foundation’s work. It supported a SNAP-enabled online food purchasing portal with $250,000 to Paynow Direct in Castro Valley, and it funded meal preparation for social services through vendors such as Blue Dish Cafe and CA in San Leandro and Alicia's Tamales Las Mayas in Hayward. It also backs food-system capacity. Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland received $2,147,811 for retiring and transferring farm equipment, linking the foundation to institutional food operations and asset transfer. In workforce-related food training, Dig Deep Farms Permaculture Collective in San Leandro received $167,250 for meal preparation for social services, reflecting a model that ties food production to local employment. Smaller vendor grants to The Town Kitchen PBC in Oakland and C'era Una Volta in Alameda show how the foundation uses community-based businesses to deliver services.

How Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs Activities League Gives