Akonadi Foundation is committed to increasing the scale and impact of philanthropic resources that fortify Oakland’s racial justice movement. Below is a curated list updated monthly. Please contact info[at]akonadi.org to suggest additional resources.
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American Documentary
Go to ResourceAmerican Documentary has compiled a robust list of opportunities for filmmakers. Click the link to find out more information about upcoming opportunities.
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Artist Opportunities with upcoming deadlines
Go to ResourceEach month, Creative Capital compiles a list of residencies, grants, and open calls for artists working in all disciplines.
Click here for the complete list of opportunities.
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Center for Cultural Innovation Quick Grant
Go to ResourceThe Quick Grant program awards reimbursement funds up to $600 to California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers, and San Francisco/San Jose nonprofit arts administrators to participate in professional development activities that build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and strengthen the financial sustainability of the grantee’s practice, area of cultural production, or arts organization.
Applications are due on the 15th of the month at 12 p.m. (Noon) PT with a one-month turnaround.
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Fiscal Sponsorship
Go to ResourceMany foundations require applicants to have a fiscal sponsor if they do not have 501(c)3 status. The below organizations provide fiscal sponsorship and various levels of support and service to organizations and individuals seeking grants.
SocialGood has a broad social mission: to promote and cultivate positive influences for individuals, communities, and the environment. What does this mean for you? It means that, no matter the purpose of your project (social change, public art, environmental justice, etc.), as long as it brings a benefit to others and is non-commercial (i.e., exclusively for-profit), we can sponsor you. Moreover, we will sponsor you quickly. -
Foundation Research
Go to ResourceThe process of finding grants begins with research. Foundations generally give based on priority area and geographic region. A good first step is to look for funders whose interests match your organization’s mission, programs, populations served, and location. Foundations generally make grants to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status. If you don’t have exempt status, consider finding a nonprofit to work with, or to act as your fiscal sponsor.
GuideStar is a database comprised of more than 2.6 million current and historic tax-exempt organizations’ profiles as well as data directly from IRS sources including 990 forms.
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Intersection for the Arts- Fiscal Sponsorship
Go to ResourceMembership at Intersection includes fiscal sponsorship, discounts on workshops, arts coaching, coworking space, and staff support. Plus, you join a dynamic community of people making art happen in the Bay Area.
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ITVS: Open Call Fund for Documentary Films
Go to ResourceOpen Call gives independent producers up to $350,000 to complete production for a standalone broadcast length documentary to air on public television. The documentary can be on any subject, viewpoint or style as long as it is in active production already, as evidenced via a ten to fifteen minute work in progress sample.
Click the link for more information and to find out when the next submissions are due.
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NCG Arts Loan Fund
Go to ResourceThe Arts Loan Fund (ALF), managed by Northern California Grantmakers, has loaned over $23 million in the past thirty years as a way to boost the sustainability and growth of non-profit art and cultural organizations.
While businesses and larger non-profits are able to rely on commercial banking for cash-flow needs, small to mid-sized arts organizations have a harder time accessing capital. The Arts Loan Fund was created by funders to meet this need and alleviate short term cash-flow crunches.
Loan applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. To learn more about the criteria to apply, visit the eligibility page. Have questions about where to start? Contact Margaret Southerland at margaret at padmaconsulting.com or 415-567-5494.
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NEO Philanthropy Fiscal Sponsorship
Go to ResourceAs a fiscal sponsor, NEO acts as an umbrella organization for an individual or project’s charitable work, and accepts and administers funds on its behalf. Fiscal sponsorship at NEO gives groups a non-profit “home” and allows them to focus on their programmatic work while NEO manages the financial, HR and legal elements, giving the projects the room they need to make a significant impact on the world.
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Oakland Black Business Fund
Go to ResourceOakland Black Business Fund – In response to heightened awareness of economic injustice and the devastating disproportionate effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the Black community, Oakland Black Business Fund (OBFF) provides capital and technical assistance to empower Black entrepreneurs to catalyze the revitalization of the local economy.
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San Francisco Foundation Rapid Response Fund
Go to ResourceThe Rapid Response Fund for Movement Building provides quick-turnaround funds to frontline social justice organizations that are strengthening the voice and power of low-income residents and people of color. The fund offers grassroots organizations small, one-time grants within 30 days of receiving a funding request. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and are one-time grants of $3,000–$15,000 for discrete projects.
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The California Wellness Foundation: Advancing Wellness Grantmaking
Go to ResourceClick the link to find out more information about the California Wellness Foundations area of support including community well-being, equity in access, economic security and dignity, and leading for power and change.
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The Emergent Fund
Go to ResourceEmergent Fund is a rolling, monthly rapid response and emergent organizing grant for movement and frontline communities responding to urgent and specific unanticipated crises or opportunities to build power.
Grant deadline: Every 3rd Thursday Each Month at 5:00 P.M. PST / 8:00 P.M. EST.
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The Pollination Project
Go to ResourceThe Daily Grant Program makes make micro-grants 365 days a year to grassroots global change agents who seek to spread compassion in their communities and in the world for the benefit of all. All qualified applicants in any funding area are considered within the guidelines of this program, click this link to learn more.
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Third Wave Fund Mobilize Power Fund
Go to ResourceA rapid response fund for direct action, community mobilizing, and healing justice.
Please click the link for more information and stay tuned for updates on further upcoming deadlines.
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Urgent Action Fund Rapid Response Fund
Go to ResourceUrgent Action Fund’s Rapid Response Grants for Security and Opportunity support the resilience of women’s and trans* movements by providing flexible and responsive support to women’s and trans* human rights defenders who face immediate threats and by supporting advocacy when unanticipated opportunities emerge to set new legal or policy precedents.
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Zellerbach Family Foundation | Community Arts
Go to ResourceThe Community Arts will award approximately $1 million in grants to individual artists and nonprofit arts and culture organizations in the Bay Area. Grants will be awarded in $5,000, $10,000 and $15,000 amounts. Check the website for the latest details on submission and notification dates.
