The Common App for the Arts, launched by three Bay Area foundations, consolidates each funder’s grants on a single user interface. We look at how it came together, plans for future iterations and more.
Read MoreJennifer Rainin is CEO of the Bay Area-based Rainin Foundation, a funder to watch that supports early ed, arts and medical research. We talked to the artist and former teacher about her foundation and career in philanthropy.
Read MoreThe Kenneth Rainin Foundation has spent the past seven years supporting a program to foster early literacy for low-income kids and kids of color. Results, so far, have been impressive.
Read MoreSince it formally began making grants in 2009, the Rainin Foundation has been steadily increasing its giving in the arts, health and education. We take a closer look at its progression, including a new fellowship program for working artists.
Read MoreWith housing costs rising, long-term urban residents often perceive artists as the first wave of gentrification that will eventually displace them. How are arts funders and nonprofits trying to navigate this highly charged environment?
Read MoreWith artists all across the country facing rising rents and scarce financial support, a Bay Area foundation lays down the gauntlet, arguing that the sector “can no longer continue to persist on the unpaid labor of the workforce that is core to its existence."
Read MoreThe Bay Area remains a leading test case of how funders can support the arts in an era of urban gentrification. A key player in this struggle, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, recently shifted its strategy.
Read MoreWarren Buffett has famously called philanthropy "society's risk capital." The best foundation leaders view their resources in exactly this way. Here’s an example from the Bay Area.
Read MoreWinners of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation's Open Spaces grants think public art can engage communities around issues like immigration, women's rights, and gentrification.
Read MoreThe Kenneth Rainin Foundation is doubling down on a costly bid to protect beleaguered Bay Area arts and cultural organizations from displacement. Is this a model for other cities and funders?
Read MoreOnce the youngest school kids fall behind in literacy, they rarely catch up. The Kenneth Rainin Foundation wants to make sure that doesn't happen in Oakland, and it's ramping up grantmaking.
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