East Bay Community Foundation
East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) is an Oakland-based community foundation serving Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Founded in 1928, it partners with donors, social movements, and the community to advance racial equity and transform outcomes for East Bay residents. Its filing type is Form 990 (a public charity).
East Bay Community Foundation at a glance
In short: East Bay Community Foundation gave $62.8M across 842 grants in 2025 (avg $75K), mostly in California. 34% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $62,841,046
- -45.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 842
- +6.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $74,633
- -48.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $25,000
- Total assets
- $514,018,025
- -3.2% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 34% first-time grantees (282 of 839, 2025)
- Primary geography
- California (55% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to East Bay Community Foundation
- Invitation Only
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Check EBCF’s grant-opportunities information for periodically opened applications and opportunities from community funds and giving circles. The website says most strategy-guided grantmaking is by invitation and that many donor-advised fund grants do not require applications. Before issuing a grant, EBCF verifies that the recipient is a 501(c)(3) organization or completes an expenditure-responsibility analysis for organizations that are not 501(c)(3) public charities. Interim and final budgets and reports may be required when grant size or complexity warrants them.
- Contact
Mailing address: 200 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 836-3223
Website: https://ebcf.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
11 open opportunities from East Bay Community Foundation
ACUMEN Scholarship Grant
East Bay Community Foundation
Amount
US $5,000 - US $8,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
ASCEND:BLO Accelerator
East Bay Community Foundation
Amount
$25,000 stipend plus up to $300,000 investment over three years
Deadline
Deadline not published
Belonging in Oakland: A Just City Cultural Fund Grant
East Bay Community Foundation
Amount
Up to US $411,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who East Bay Community Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Health Resources in Action ($5.5M). Together the top 10 received $22.2M.
Organizations only. It also paid 4 grants to individuals ($39,141), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
4,069 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 2,667 grants of 4,069 (66%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
EBCF describes its regional grantmaking and community partnerships as serving Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Its Climate & Environmental Justice Fund is identified as covering those counties. The 2025 filing’s grant-dollar distribution was 55% to California recipients, 11% to Massachusetts, 10% to the District of Columbia, 5% to Maryland, and 4% to New York.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 842 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is East Bay Community Foundation open to new grantees?
34%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 282 of 839 grantees (34%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $65K; repeat grants $80K. How we count
Medians: $20K first-time, $25K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $62.8M (2025) to $234.4M (2021). In 2025 it made 842 grants totaling $62.8M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Health Resources in Action Boston, MA | Center for Gun Violence Research & Education | $5,500,000 |
| Fire Aid Inglewood, CA | Supporting Fire Relief and Recovery by Community Partners | $3,862,675 |
| Vose River Charitable Fund Bethesda, MD | Cityhealth: continuing to advance policy change to support health in large cities | $2,287,159 |
| American Public Health Association Inc Washington, DC | General support - American public health association/kaiser permanente community health leadership program | $2,260,634 |
| Common Health Coalition Washington, DC | Common Health Coalition 2.0 | $2,013,732 |
| Community Solutions International Inc New York, NY | Student chronic absence design convenings, supporting an end to chronic & veteran homelessness in kaiser permanente communities | $1,541,000 |
| Public Good Projects San Diego, CA | Advancing Health Improvements Through Strategic Collaborations | $1,500,000 |
| Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc Indianapolis, IN | FBO: Ej DAF Burton Hancock Charitable Foundation | $1,472,146 |
| City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention Oakland, CA | General support - for the department of violence prevention, general support - the department of violence prevention, oaklands evidence-based strategy for preventing injury and death associated with group violence | $1,012,000 |
| Church World Service Elkhart, IN | General Support | $800,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $514,018,025 | $73,929,822 | $76,558,058 | $62,841,046 | 842 | $24,125,276 |
| 2024 | $531,145,230 | $41,187,858 | $128,203,094 | $114,619,122 | 794 | $12,815,913 |
| 2023 | $555,507,029 | $35,927,720 | $127,851,235 | $114,497,159 | 837 | $11,366,851 |
| 2022 | $653,725,944 | $80,523,563 | $187,034,381 | $173,783,143 | 745 | $18,026,274 |
| 2021 | $785,752,885 | $390,383,292 | $246,782,881 | $234,350,912 | 851 | $20,380,493 |
| 2020 | $594,786,047 | $456,879,431 | $83,200,901 | $72,597,588 | 736 | $5,098,104 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
EBCF’s stated mission is to partner with donors, social movements, and the community to eliminate structural barriers, advance racial equity, and transform political, social, and economic outcomes for people who call the East Bay home.
The foundation says it prioritizes organizations led by and serving Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and South and Southwest Asian and North African communities, as well as people affected by intersecting systems of oppression. Its stated priorities also include LGBTQIA+ and undocumented communities, people who are under- or unemployed, people experiencing housing instability, and formerly incarcerated people. EBCF describes support for community organizing, leadership development, capacity building, cultural organizing, and community-driven collaborations.
The grantees listed in the 2025 filing reflect a range of work. Health Resources in Action describes its mission as transforming practices, policies, and systems to improve health and advance equity. Community Solutions International says it works to end homelessness and the conditions that create it. Church World Service describes work responding to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, EBCF reported 842 itemized grants totaling $62,841,046. Grant amounts ranged from $5,011 to $5,500,000, with a median of $25,000. The largest listed grant was $5,500,000 to Health Resources in Action for a center for gun violence research and education. Other large grants included $3,862,675 to Fire Aid for fire relief and recovery by community partners; $2,287,159 to Vose River Charitable Fund for CityHealth policy work; and $2,260,634 to the American Public Health Association for general support and its Kaiser Permanente Community Health Leadership Program.
The website says most grants guided by EBCF’s program strategies are by invitation, while applications are opened periodically. It also notes that many grants from donor-advised funds are made at individual fundholders’ recommendations and may not require an application. Listed opportunities include the ACUMEN Scholarship, which provides $5,000 for students attending two-year colleges and $8,000 for students attending four-year colleges, with up to three scholarships awarded annually to eligible students from Youth Spirit Artworks, Oakland Tech High School, and McClymonds High School. The Women’s Catalytic Fund describes biannual cycles of one-time grants of up to $15,000 to California-based organizations working toward gender equity, with a stated priority for smaller organizations and leaders in primarily BIPOC communities. EBCF also describes a Climate & Environmental Justice Fund focused on East Bay environmental and climate efforts.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Iara Peng as chair, Mona Williams as vice chair, and John Govea as treasurer. Xavier Morales is listed as secretary starting January 17, 2025; Tom Hanenburg is listed as secretary through March 18, 2025. Directors listed are Catherine Chen, Bernard Boudreaux, Joe Dougherty, Shirley McLaughlin, and Katherine Ritchey.
East Bay Community Foundation is led by Brandi Howard, President & Chief Executive Officer since 2025 (on filings since 2023); 7 of 17 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Brandi Howard
President & Chief Executive Officer
President & CEO → President & Chief Executive Officer, 2025
On filings since 2023
38 hrs/week
$40K (2023) → $351K (2025)
Iara Peng
Chair
Assistant Treasurer → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Axley
Managing Director of It
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$167K (2025)
Byron Johnson
Senior Program Director
Capacity Building Initiative Officer → Senior Program Director, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$116K (2020) → $160K (2025)
Debrah Giles
Senior Program Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$162K (2025)
Catherine Chen
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bernard Boudreaux
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Dougherty
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katherine Ritchey
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shirley McLaughlin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Genevieve Zaragoza
Controller & Interim CFO
Controller → Controller & Interim CFO, 2023
On filings since 2022
37 hrs/week
$138K (2022) → $192K (2025)
Alexandria Cooley
Md of Grants Administration
Md of Donor Serv & Grants Management → Md of Grants Administration, 2025
On filings since 2024
39 hrs/week
$116K (2024) → $163K (2025)
Eliane Fersan
Vice President of Philanthropy
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$205K (2025)
John Govea
Treasurer
Director → Vice Chair, 2022
Vice Chair → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Hanenburg
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mona Williams
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Xavier Morales
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (24)
- Former: Mark Friedman (2020–2024) — Chair
- Former: Quinn Delaney (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Amy Fitzgerald (2022–2024) — Vice President, Committee Investment & Ptrs
- Former: Andrew Hattori (2023–2024) — Vice President of Communications
- Former: Anoop Kaur (2023–2024) — Director, Donor Serv & Sup
- Former: Brenda Laribee (2024) — Sen Phil Advisor
- Former: Connie Cagampang Heller (2020–2023) — Assistant Treasurer
- Former: Gwen Walden (2020–2023) — Secretary
- Former: James Head (2020–2023) — Former President & CEO
- Former: Pamela Calloway (2020–2023) — Senior Advr
- Former: Stefano Bertozzi (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Talitha Green Ling (2021–2023) — Vice President of Hr & Ops
- Former: Valerie Red-Horse Mohl (2021–2023) — Senior Advisor
- Former: Alexandra Aquino-Fike (2020–2022) — Vice President of Development
- Former: Sachiya Yoshii (2020–2022) — Director of Strat Init & Special Projects
- Former: Hector Preciado (2020–2021) — Chair
- Former: Ingrid Lamirault (2020–2021) — Vice Chair & Assistant Treasurer
- Former: Marci K. Davis (2020–2021) — Interim CFO
- Former: Robert R. Davenport III (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Stacey Manley (2020–2021) — Vice President of Communications
- Former: Alexander Saingchin (2020) — Vice President, Cmty Invt & P'ship
- Former: Donald Reinke (2020) — Director
- Former: Edward Harris (2020) — Chief Financial Officer
- Former: Sherry M. Hirota (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $351K, to Brandi Howard (President & Chief Executive Officer). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about East Bay Community Foundation
How much does East Bay Community Foundation give each year?
East Bay Community Foundation gave $62.8M across 842 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $114.6M across 794 grants.
What is East Bay Community Foundation's typical grant size?
East Bay Community Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $25,000, and its average grant was $74,633, across 842 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from East Bay Community Foundation that year got $65K on average.
Where does East Bay Community Foundation give grants?
East Bay Community Foundation gives mostly in California: 55% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were Massachusetts (11%) and District of Columbia (10%). The most frequent recipient cities were Oakland, CA (176 grants), San Francisco, CA (80 grants), Berkeley, CA (57 grants) and Washington, DC (32 grants).
Does East Bay Community Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 63% of East Bay Community Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (531 of 842) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990. Recurring purposes include "Advancing Racial Equity" (25 grants), "Contra Costa County Wellness Hub" (8 grants) and "Wellness Support from the Ascend: Blo Fund" (4 grants).
Who are East Bay Community Foundation's largest grantees?
East Bay Community Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Health Resources in Action ($5,500,000), Fire Aid ($3,862,675) and Vose River Charitable Fund ($2,287,159), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 4 grants to individuals ($39,141), which are not listed by name. Together they received 19% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is East Bay Community Foundation?
East Bay Community Foundation reported $514.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $73.9M.
What does East Bay Community Foundation fund?
EBCF’s stated mission is to partner with donors, social movements, and the community to eliminate structural barriers, advance racial equity, and transform political, social, and economic outcomes for people who call the East Bay home. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from East Bay Community Foundation?
Check EBCF’s grant-opportunities information for periodically opened applications and opportunities from community funds and giving circles. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is East Bay Community Foundation's EIN?
East Bay Community Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-6070996. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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