Y&H Soda Foundation Grant Program

Y&H Soda Foundation Grant Program

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Y&H Soda Foundation
Amount: US $25,000 - US $150,000
Last Updated: September 26, 2025

Summary

The Y & H Soda Foundation Grant Program supports organizations in the East Bay focused on equity and social change. Prioritizing immigrant rights and economic justice, the foundation seeks initiatives that address systemic barriers and foster community engagement. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) organizations serving Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. The foundation emphasizes advocacy and local solutions that empower marginalized voices, aiming for lasting impact in promoting inclusivity and prosperity for all residents.

Overview

Y & H Soda Foundation The Y & H Soda Foundation invests in leaders and organizations in the East Bay who are imagining and building a region where everyone can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential. We envision a place where all work is valued, wealth is shared, immigrants are welcomed, and the diversity of its people is celebrated as a strength. Our Approach: We recognize the need to be responsive to these unprecedented times and to be an ally to our communities calling for social change. Our grantmaking strategies and priorities are guided by our values and informed by the close, trusted partnerships we have built in the Alameda and Contra Costa communities. Our strategies are designed to address rising income and wealth inequality and improve the lives of immigrant communities. The global pandemic and movements for racial justice pushed us to center equity in our work. This means prioritizing efforts that identify and address systemic and structural barriers harming immigrants and people of color in the East Bay. We strive to ensure that our grantmaking offers meaningful resources to East Bay organizations committed to these issues. Equality Centered Grantmaking We approach all our grantmaking with an equity focus. This requires a critical examination of the East Bay’s history, policy decisions, governance structures and philanthropic practices that perpetuate racial injustices in the economy and limit the full potential and civic participation of immigrant communities. Organizations or initiatives requesting funding must have: Programming that identifies and addresses the root causes of inequity Expected outcomes that build toward lasting change Success indicators that are tracked by race and ethnicity, and the data is used to inform, revise, and strengthen the initiative Impacted communities who: Participate in developing, assessing, or refining project goals and outcomes Are provided meaningful opportunities for leadership development by serving on staff, advisory boards, or the Board of Directors Demographic alignment between the impacted community and the organization’s leadership and staff Our Strategic Priorities The Y&H Soda Foundation makes grants in the East Bay that advance equity so that everyone can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential, regardless of their race or economic and social status. We believe that advocacy at the public systems level is key to achieving this vision. We seek to partner with organizations that address inequity by advocating for public policy changes that directly benefit low-income East Bay residents and redirect public and private funding into their communities. We prioritize initiatives that propose local solutions from impacted communities and lift up their collective voices to achieve lasting change. By funding organizations and initiatives that combine advocacy with community organizing and narrative change, we believe that the East Bay will provide greater opportunity and inclusion for immigrants and people of color. Our two areas of grantmaking focus are: Economic Justice: building an inclusive local economy where everyone thrivesImmigrant Rights and Inclusion: building a region that values immigrants and protects immigrant rights We understand that these two areas are interconnected, and we will place a high priority on grant requests that work at the intersection of economic justice and immigrant rights.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Organizations whose work qualifies as charitable, according to the IRS definition. This includes organizations with a 501(c)3 status, public agencies, and projects sponsored by public charities.The work must serve the residents of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.

Ineligibility

We do not make grants to individuals.Not classified as a private foundation under section 509(a) of the Code.