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Funders to approach for Oakland & the World Enterprises Inc

Oakland, California$2.2M revenue7 funders on file

The specific purpose and mission of this organization is to assist vulnerable members of the community to achieve economic empowerment, home ownership and full employment respectively.the mission of Oakland & the World Enterprises (oaw), a nonprofit organization, is to launch for-profit businesses for ownership by formally incarcerated people and other people facing extreme barriers to employment and economic survival. Having launched our first business, west Oakland farms, on our property at seventh and campbell streets in west Oakland, California, we are currently positioned to develop a complex there for our other businesses and approximately 80, 100% affordable housing units. In addition to those businesses that will use the commercial space in the complex, we will launch other, service businesses for the housing complex, including maintenance, security and shuttle services. While it is our goal to launch a thousand businesses, we believe we are creating a model for Oakland and…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$50k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 401 in 20$10k$30k$100k$300k$1.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$66k–$440kover two years, from 2–5 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$1.6Mfrom 6 new funders

Half the value is in your top 16 funders, of 155

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  1. Local Initiatives Support CorporationAlready funds you$46k
  2. 1The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationSimilar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($28k/yr), Young Women's Freedom Center ($1k/yr), Women's World Banking Inc ($5k/yr)1 in 17$41k
  3. 2East Bay Community FoundationGives in California (1035 of 1678)Similar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($38k/yr), Enterprise Community Partners Inc ($6.8M/yr), Restore Oakland Inc ($210k/yr)1 in 16$32k
  4. 3Crankstart FoundationGives in California (319 of 503)Similar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($1.5M/yr), Enterprise Community Partners Inc ($2.0M/yr), Urban Alchemy ($440k/yr)1 in 30$110k
  5. Enterprise Community Partners IncAlready funds you$59k
  6. Silicon Valley Community FoundationAlready funds you$51k
  7. 4Wells Fargo FoundationSimilar grantees: Orange County Community Housing Corp ($17k/yr), Enterprise Community Partners Inc ($6.2M/yr), Neighborhood Housing Services of Orange County Inc ($10k/yr)1 in 17$29k
  8. 5The California EndowmentGives in California (963 of 1160)Similar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($210k/yr), Enterprise Community Partners Inc ($50k/yr), Restore Oakland Inc ($25k/yr)1 in 28$49k
  9. 6The David and Lucile Packard FoundationSimilar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($9k/yr), New Way Homes Inc ($110k/yr), Accion Opportunity Fund Community Development ($380/yr)1 in 31$42k
  10. 7Kenneth Rainin FoundationGives in California (248 of 348)Similar grantees: Urban Alchemy ($10k/yr), Oakland Theater Project ($37k/yr), The Oakland Public Education Fund ($230k/yr)1 in 25$21k
  11. 8Kaiser Foundation HospitalsGives in California (1385 of 1906)Similar grantees: Enterprise Community Partners Inc ($1.6M/yr), Urban Alchemy ($25k/yr), La Family Housing Corporation ($14k/yr)1 in 29$29k
  12. The James Irvine FoundationAlready funds you$12k
  13. 9Marin Community FoundationGives in California (1136 of 2181)Similar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($78k/yr), Young Women's Freedom Center ($20k/yr), Shelter Inc ($51k/yr)1 in 31$25k
  14. 10The California Wellness FoundationGives in California (923 of 1248)Similar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($250k/yr), Oakland Community Land Trust ($1k/yr), Young Women's Freedom Center ($700k/yr)1 in 26$18k
  15. 11Walter and Elise Haas FundGives in California (302 of 362)Similar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($50k/yr), Young Women's Freedom Center ($350k/yr), Oakland Theater Project ($50k/yr)1 in 27$18k
  16. 12Evelyn and Walter Haas JR FundGives in California (210 of 330)Similar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($15k/yr), Meals on Wheels of San Francisco Inc ($1k/yr), Harbor House Ministries Inc ($5k/yr)1 in 34$18k
  17. 13Community InitiativesNo similar grantees yet1 in 40$24k
  18. 14The Zellerbach Family FoundationGives in California (276 of 300)Similar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($45k/yr), Young Women's Freedom Center ($96k/yr), Oakland Theater Project ($10k/yr)1 in 30$14k
  19. 15Conrad N Hilton FoundationSimilar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($2k/yr), Enterprise Community Partners Inc ($260k/yr), La Family Housing Corporation ($2.3M/yr)1 in 32$14k
  20. 16Annie E Casey Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($1k/yr), Offender Alumni Association ($18k/yr), The Opportunity Agenda Inc ($83k/yr)1 in 37$14k
  21. 17The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationSimilar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($4k/yr), Enterprise Community Partners Inc ($170k/yr), Young Women's Freedom Center ($460k/yr)1 in 39$7k
  22. 18Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County IncGives in California (14 of 15)Similar grantees: The East Oakland Collective ($66k/yr)1 in 52$150k
  23. 19Eat Learn Play FoundationSimilar grantees: East Oakland Youth Development Center ($150k/yr), The Oakland Public Education Fund ($36k/yr)1 in 54$160k
  24. 20The Heising-Simons FoundationSimilar grantees: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ($130k/yr), Young Women's Freedom Center ($200k/yr), The Opportunity Agenda Inc ($58k/yr)1 in 53$110k
  25. 21The Greenlining InstituteGives in California (43 of 57)Similar grantees: The Oakland Public Education Fund ($74k/yr)1 in 44$73k
  26. 22Stupski FoundationGives in California (240 of 422)Similar grantees: Oakland Community Land Trust ($140k/yr), East Oakland Youth Development Center ($550k/yr), The West Oakland Health Council ($10k/yr)1 in 50$84k
  27. 23Chan Zuckerberg Initiative FoundationSimilar grantees: Enterprise Community Partners Inc ($2.8M/yr)under 1 in 100$720k
  28. 24Community PartnersNo similar grantees yet1 in 41$50k
  29. 25Neighborhood Reinvestment CorporationSimilar grantees: Enterprise Community Partners Inc ($50k/yr), Neighborhood Housing Services of Orange County Inc ($410k/yr), Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation ($300k/yr)1 in 72$160k