A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 74-3073621Arts and culture

Who funds Eastside Arts Alliance?

16 private foundations gave Eastside Arts Alliance in Oakland, CA $4.7 million across 65 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

65 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Wallace FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts Initiative.

    $399,000
  2. Ken Birdwell Foundation (DBA Magic Cabinet)Bellevue, WA 2024

    Capacity building support

    $166,309
  3. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2024

    General operating support

    $95,000
  4. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2024

    For general operating support

    $55,000
  5. Fleishhacker FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    General Support

    $10,000
  6. Fleishhacker FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    General Support for Geoffrey's Inner Circle

    $5,000
  7. Ken Birdwell Foundation (DBA Magic Cabinet)Bellevue, WA 2024

    Organization sponsorship

    $500
  8. The Wallace FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    To participate in the Wallace Arts Initiative that will support arts organizations of color.

    $399,000
  9. Ken Birdwell Foundation (DBA Magic Cabinet)Bellevue, WA 2023

    Capacity building support for: salary increases and operations director, and HR - dental and increased benefits costs

    $277,613
  10. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $125,000
  11. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2023

    This general operating grant supports eastside arts alliance as a cultural hub that presents and produces art that engages residents and works to advance power-building and community self-determination.

    $90,000
  12. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2023

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  13. Ken Birdwell Foundation (DBA Magic Cabinet)Bellevue, WA 2023

    Capacity building support for: staff professional development, staff retention and program support

    $12,795
  14. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General operating support

    $10,000
  15. Fleishhacker FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General support for Geoffrey's Inner Circle

    $5,000
  16. Ken Birdwell Foundation (DBA Magic Cabinet)Bellevue, WA 2023

    Gala sponsorship

    $500
  17. Carnwath-Knecht-Frey Artists' Legacy FoundationOakland, CA 2023

    General support

    $500
  18. The Wallace FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    A planning grant to prepare for implementation work as part of Wallace's new Arts initiative.

    $279,000
  19. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2022

    General operating support: to support an organization that addresses the social determinants of health by combating resident displacement, enhancing community knowledge and power, developing community catalyst projects and promoting the role of culture for residents of oakland.

    $150,000
  20. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2022

    General operating support

    $125,000
  21. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2022

    General operating grant in support of eastside arts alliance.

    $100,000
  22. Ken Birdwell Foundation (DBA Magic Cabinet)Bellevue, WA 2022

    Capacity building support for: capacity building

    $63,058
  23. Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA 2022

    Two years of general operating support for programs that unite art with activism to work for community empowerment

    $60,000
  24. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2022

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  25. Ken Birdwell Foundation (DBA Magic Cabinet)Bellevue, WA 2022

    Capacity building support for: benefits

    $32,000
  26. Ken Birdwell Foundation (DBA Magic Cabinet)Bellevue, WA 2022

    Capacity building support for: development associate

    $14,000
  27. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2022

    General operating support

    $13,000
  28. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    To support grantee's project school of the getdown

    $5,000
  29. The Kresge FoundationTroy, MI 2021

    General operating grant in support of eastside arts alliance.

    $200,000
  30. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2021

    Building a black cultural zone for community health: to support efforts to create and sustain a black cultural zone, a strategy to address the social determinants of health by combating resident displacement, enhancing community knowledge and power, developing community catalyst projects, and promoting the role of culture in placemaking efforts, for residents of east oakland.

    $200,000
  31. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2021

    Operating support

    $100,000
  32. Ken Birdwell Foundation (DBA Magic Cabinet)Bellevue, WA 2021

    Capacity building support for: retreats, HR, finance, data management

    $99,988
  33. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2021

    For general operating support

    $50,000
  34. Kenneth Rainin FoundationOakland, CA 2021

    To support the research and expansion of the fiscal sponsorship program for the oakland arts and culture community.

    $50,000
  35. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    To host amara tabor-smith at eastside arts alliance to imagine and explore new approaches to demand building for dance and interdisciplinary performance art

    $24,325
  36. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    Community arts covid response grant

    $10,000
  37. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    Community arts covid response grant

    $5,000
  38. California Caw FoundationBerkeley, CA 2021

    General Support

    $4,000
  39. Ken Birdwell Foundation (DBA Magic Cabinet)Bellevue, WA 2021

    Engagement grants

    $1,000
  40. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2020

    For the 2020 50 arts commissions for dance and movement based performance

    $150,000
  41. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2020

    Building a black cultural zone for community health: to support efforts to create and sustain a black cultural zone, a strategy to address the social determinants of health by combating resident displacement, enhancing community knowledge and power, developing community catalyst projects, and promoting the role of culture in placemaking efforts, for residents of east oakland.

    $110,000
  42. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 2020

    Operating support

    $100,000
  43. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2020

    Building a black cultural zone for community health: to support efforts to create and sustain a black cultural zone, a strategy to address the social determinants of health by combating resident displacement, enhancing community knowledge and power, developing community catalyst projects, and promoting the role of culture in placemaking efforts, for residents of east oakland.

    $90,000
  44. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    To host amara tabor-smith at eastside arts alliance to imagine and explore new approaches to demand building for dance and interdisciplinary performance art.

    $72,975
  45. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2020

    For general operating support

    $45,000
  46. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2020

    Elevating art, culture and expression for health and justice: to support a program aimed at lifting the voice and expression of artists to promote health and justice in oakland.

    $20,500
  47. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    Covid response

    $5,000
  48. Kenneth Rainin FoundationOakland, CA 2020

    Covid-19 emergency general support.

    $3,000
  49. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2019

    Building a black cultural zone for community health: to support efforts to create and sustain a black cultural zone, a strategy to address the social determinants of health by combating resident displacement, enhancing community knowledge and power, developing community catalyst projects, and promoting the role of culture in placemaking efforts, for residents of east oakland.

    $110,000
  50. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2019

    For an equity inclusion and diversity eid capacity building project

    $50,000
  51. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2019

    For general operating support

    $45,000
  52. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2019

    For general operating support

    $45,000
  53. The Caw FoundationWashoe Valley, NV 2019

    General Support

    $5,000
  54. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2019

    2019 malcolm x jazz arts festival: for sponsorship of an annual community celebration designed to promote community health and stabilization through art and cultural expression in east oakland.

    $2,000
  55. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2018

    Amplifying health issues from juvenile incarceration: to support the development of a collaborative art-ivism project to increase awareness about the consequential adverse health impacts of juvenile incarceration on the community in at least three locations in the fishhook region of california.

    $164,740
  56. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2018

    Building a black cultural zone for community health: to support efforts to create and sustain a black cultural zone, a strategy to address the social determinants of health by combating resident displacement, enhancing community knowledge and power, developing community catalyst projects, and promoting the role of culture in placemaking efforts, for residents of east oakland.

    $80,000
  57. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2018

    For general operating support

    $45,000
  58. The California Wellness FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2018

    For core operating support for a series of events designed to raise consciousness and awareness to improve the health of homeless communities throughout Oakland.

    $10,000
  59. Mitchell Kapor FoundationOakland, CA 2018

    General support

    $2,500
  60. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2018

    2018 malcolm x jazz arts festival: for sponsorship of an annual community event designed to promote community health and stabilization through art and cultural expression in east oakland.

    $2,500
  61. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2018

    Contribution

    $2,000
  62. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2017

    Amplifying health issues from juvenile incarceration: to support the development of a collaborative art-ivism project to increase awareness about the consequential adverse health impacts of juvenile incarceration on the community in at least three locations in the fishhook region of california.

    $164,740
  63. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2017

    Promoting health equity through cultural strategies: to advance anti-displacement and neighborhood resiliency goals by supporting a program that engages residents and stakeholders in developing a black cultural, wellness and business district in east oakland.

    $50,000
  64. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2017

    Supporting the arts and community building for health and justice: to support arts activation as a critical component of community building to advance health and justice in oakland.

    $25,000
  65. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2017

    2017 malcolm x jazz arts festival: for sponsorship of an annual community event designed to promote community health and stabilization through art and cultural expression in east oakland.

    $3,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Oakland, CA and are not among Eastside Arts Alliance’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 287 grants Preselected only $26,177 to similar organizations
  2. The Morris Stulsaft FoundationSan Francisco, CA 22 grants Accepts applications $465,000 to similar organizations
  3. The Barrios TrustOakland, CA 33 grants Preselected only $277,500 to similar organizations
  4. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 11 grants Accepts applications $1,076,420 to similar organizations
  5. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 61 grants Accepts applications $368,092 to similar organizations
  6. Phyllis C Wattis FoundationSan Francisco, CA 14 grants Accepts applications $187,000 to similar organizations
  7. The James Irvine FoundationSan Francisco, CA 7 grants Preselected only $659,075 to similar organizations
  8. The Nicholson Family FoundationPetaluma, CA 12 grants Accepts applications $77,500 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 74-3073621 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.