California · Public charity
Oakland Fund for Public Innovation
The Oakland Fund reaches across the city, engaging private partners to innovate, test and scale ideas that enhance Oakland. The Fund strives to improve the prosperity, safety and quality of life for all Oaklanders with projects that: build a more trustworthy and responsive government allow Oaklanders to stay rooted and thrive in our city…
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $167,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 7
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Oakland Fund for Public Innovation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $1.0M | 62% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.9M | 71% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Area Community Services Inc | $1,724,125 | 2 | 1% |
| City of Oakland OPRYD | $1,300,758 | 3 | n/a |
| Goalsetter Foundation Inc | $167,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ESO Ventures | $142,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trybe Inc | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Spccone | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Oakland Public Education Fund | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Planting Justice | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $63,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roca Inc | $57,558 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Area Community Services Inc | $1,724,125 | 2 | 1% |
| City of Oakland OPRYD | $1,300,758 | 3 | n/a |
| Goalsetter Foundation Inc | $167,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ESO Ventures | $142,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trybe Inc | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Spccone | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Oakland Public Education Fund | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Planting Justice | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $63,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roca Inc | $57,558 | 2 | 0% |
| East Oakland Boxing Association | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Dr Huey P Newton Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Oaklandish | $39,464 | 1 | n/a |
| Kingmakers of Oakland | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Regeneration Project | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lc and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cobiz Richmond Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Workforce Equity Solutions | $8,949 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Oakland Fund for Public Innovation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Oakland Fund for Public Innovation
- How much does Oakland Fund for Public Innovation give?
- Oakland Fund for Public Innovation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $1,004,057, out of $1,823,165 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 7 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Oakland Fund for Public Innovation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (42%), Human Services (15%), Public Benefit (12%).
- Who are Oakland Fund for Public Innovation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Bay Area Community Services Inc ($1.7M), City of Oakland OPRYD ($1.3M), Goalsetter Foundation Inc ($167k).
- Does Oakland Fund for Public Innovation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Oakland Fund for Public Innovation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Tides Foundation.
- Where is Oakland Fund for Public Innovation based?
- Oakland Fund for Public Innovation is based in CA.
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