The Grassroots Artists Advocacy Program is open for Cohort 3 applications! This paid fellowship supports diverse creative workers who directly engage in advocacy & policy development to benefit Oakland & San Francisco artists and culture bearers. RSVP for an informational webinar tomorrow at noon.

California for the Arts | Grassroots Artists Advocacy Program

Regional Advocacy Infrastructure Network: Grassroots Artists Advocacy Program

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We’ve awarded $820K to 35 small & mid-sized arts organizations through our NEW Program. Across the grantee cohort, projects will engage a diverse spectrum of communities & voices that have long been underserved or silenced, including veterans, immigrants & those impacted by the carceral system.

Rainin Foundation Awards $820,000 In Dance And Theater Grants - Kenneth Rainin Foundation

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation awarded $820,000 to 35 small and mid-sized arts organizations through its New and Experimental Works Program.

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We’re now accepting Letters of Inquiry for our Innovator Awards. We encourage researchers from across the globe who are interested in improving the prevention, prediction, diagnosis and treatment of IBD to apply.

Read this great KQED article featuring our grantee BlackECE, which is part of a movement to get preschool teachers and caregivers to legitimize Black English as a way to build children’s early literacy skills and honor their cultural identity.

These Advocates Say Black English Belongs in Preschool Classrooms | KQED

Generations of Black children grew up learning that their home language isn’t acceptable in school or the workplace. A movement is underway in California to change that.

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Join Oakland Public Library on August 1 for an end-of-summer celebration at the Diamond Branch. There will be storytime, programs and fun for all ages. Our grantee Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation will be onsite with snacks and books for children. Check out the event schedule.

OPL End of Summer Celebration

Join OPL for an end-of-summer celebration at the Dimond Library. There’s something for all ages!There will be storytime, programs, and fun for Kids, Teens, and Adults!BBQ provided by Oakland…

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In May, the Trans Arts Community Care Fund—a collaborative effort between the Rainin Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Gerbode Foundation and Horizons Foundation—distributed a total of $350K to 14 trans-led and trans-serving organizations.

Trans Arts Community Care Fund Distributes $350,000 To Bay Area Organizations - Kenneth Rainin Foundation

The fund celebrates the trans arts community’s ongoing cultural contributions that define the Bay Area as one of the most vibrant, inclusive and artistically bold regions in the world.

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Next Monday, August 3, we will begin accepting Letters of Inquiry for our Innovator Awards. Grants of up to $150K will support individual IBD research projects and grants of up to $300K will support collaborative work. Explore our funding priorities and learn how to apply.

IBD Research Grant Opportunity - Kenneth Rainin Foundation

We invite Letters of Inquiry for our Innovator Awards Program from August 3 through September 30, 2026.

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“The Endless Frontier” is screening at Woods Hole Film Festival in Cape Cod on Tuesday, July 28. This documentary features three scientists who are working to solve some of the most pressing challenges of our time while revealing the growing threat to the American research engine.

Woods Hole Film Festival

Independent film on Cape Cod. Join us for our 35th annual summer festival (July 25 - August 1, 2026), daily screenings, workshops, panels, and special events.

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We’ve awarded nearly $4.6 million in IBD research grants. Many of this year’s funded projects are exploring the gut-brain connection, which provides an exciting opportunity to address the gap in existing information in this area. Explore the 2026 Innovator Awards grantees.

Foundation Awards Over $4 Million To IBD Researchers - Kenneth Rainin Foundation

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation has awarded nearly $4.6 million through our Innovator Awards Program.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us at #InnovationsSymposium2026! Hearing about the important work of this scientific community and the progress being made in #IBD research always brings us hope. Mark your calendars to meet us back in San Francisco next year.

Florian Rieder, MD, of the Florian Rieder Laboratory at Cleveland Clinic, is presenting on cracking the nut of stricturing Crohn’s disease. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Learn more about his research into new ways to treat IBD patients with established strictures: www.lerner.ccf.org/inflammation...

Kathy McCoy, PhD, of the McCoy Lab at University of Calgary, is presenting on the identification and targeting of patient-specific pathobionts in IBD. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Learn more about her work on the interplay between gut microbiota and immune systems: www.kathymccoylab.ca/home

Harmit Malik, PhD, of the Malik Lab at @fredhutch.org, is sharing about using evolution to enhance antiviral proteins. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Learn more about Dr. Malik’s work studying genetic conflict that can create problems for the host organism: research.fredhutch.org/malik/en.html

Dr. Ken Cadwell of the Cadwell Lab (@cadwelllab.bsky.social) at University of Pennsylvania, is presenting on host adaptations to gut microbes. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Learn about his studies into how our immune system is regulated by infectious agents we encounter: www.med.upenn.edu/cadwell-lab/

Clara Abraham, MD, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social, is presenting on unraveling connections: IBD genes and immunity. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Learn more about Dr. Abraham’s work investigating immune pathways that contribute to intestinal homeostasis and IBD: medicine.yale.edu/profile/clar...

Gloria Choi, PhD, of the Choi Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is sharing research into neuroimmune regulation of sickness behavior. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Learn more about her work studying the interaction of the immune system with the brain: picower.mit.edu/gloria-choi

Kenya Honda, MD, PhD, of the Honda Lab at Keio University School of Medicine is presenting on the identification of microbiota members with the potential to shape host physiology. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Learn more about Dr. Honda’s work: www.microbiolimmunol.med.keio.ac.jp

Early Career Catalyst Awardee Vivek Rudrapatna, MD, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco is sharing about clinical AI for mechanistic science: from treatment heterogeneity to the origins of IBD. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Learn more about his work: medicine.ucsf.edu/people/vivek...

Kate Fitzgerald, PhD, of the Fitzgerald Lab at @umasschan.bsky.social is sharing research on the regulation of inflammatory responses: from underlying mechanisms to therapeutic modulation. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Read more about her work: www.umassmed.edu/fitzgeraldlab

Dr. James McCluskey of the McCluskey Lab at the University of Melbourne and The Doherty Institute is presenting on the emerging role of Mucosal Associated Invariant T cells and MR1-restricted T cell immunity. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Learn more about his work: www.doherty.edu.au/group/mcclus...

Laura Mackay, PhD, of the Mackay Lab at the University of Melbourne and Doherty Institute is presenting on immunity in context: how tissues shape memory T cell responses. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Read more about her work: www.doherty.edu.au/group/laura-...

Dr. Christoph Thaiss of Thaiss Lab at @arcinstitute.org, which operates in partnership with @stanforduniversity.bsky.social, is presenting on environment-gut-brain interactions. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Explore his work: arcinstitute.org/labs/thaisslab

Karen Edelblum, PhD, of the Edelblum Lab (@edelblumlab.bsky.social) at Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai is presenting on gamma delta intraepithelial lymphocyte regulation of the intestinal barrier. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Read more about Dr. Edelblum’s work: www.edelblumlab.com/about-us

Our first digital poster session is happening now at #InnovationsSymposium2026. Poster sessions offer space for researchers to dive into their latest findings and spark new ideas and collaborations.

We’re thrilled that our Early Career Catalyst Awardees are speaking at #InnovationsSymposium2026. Nicole Belle, MD, PhD, of the Belle Lab at @pennmedicine.bsky.social is sharing how LINGO2+ enteric neurons may be healing the gut. Read more about Dr. Belle’s work: www.med.upenn.edu/bellelab/

Shizuo Akira, MD, PhD, of the Akira Lab at The University of Osaka is sharing research on Regnase-1: a central endoribonuclease that governs inflammation, immunity and metabolism. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Read more about Dr. Akira’s work: www.biken.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/laborator...

Ramnik Xavier, MD, of the Xavier Lab at the @broadinstitute.org is presenting on aberrant tissue remodeling in treatment-resistant IBD. #InnovationsSymposium2026 Learn more about Dr. Xavier’s work translating human genetics to functional biology: www.broadinstitute.org/xavier-lab

We’re excited to be back in San Francisco for #InnovationsSymposium2026! Researchers from around the world have gathered to share their latest IBD research findings during insightful presentations and poster sessions and create relationships that spark new ideas.

Check out Center for Effective Philanthropy’s "State of Nonprofits 2026." The report elevates the perspectives of nonprofit leaders and aims to provide a clearer understanding of the pressures nonprofits are facing and the steadfast ways they’re responding to mounting challenges.

State of Nonprofits 2026: What Funders Need to Know | The Center for Effective Philanthropy

CEP's State of Nonprofits 2026 offers vital insight into how nonprofits are faring amidst unprecedented challenges since early 2025.

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Applications for our Innovator Awards Program open August 3. We encourage individual scientists and research collaborators from across the globe who are interested in improving the prevention, prediction, diagnosis and treatment of IBD to apply.

IBD Research Grant Opportunity - Kenneth Rainin Foundation

We invite Letters of Inquiry for our Innovator Awards Program from August 3 through September 30, 2026.

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