Project Grant 1231007165

The City of Oakland, California was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program (CFDA 16.817). The grant will fund implementation of the Triangle Incident Response in East Oakland initiative over three years from October 2021 through September 2024. Through this initiative, the City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention will coordinate a 24/7 rapid response...

The City of Oakland, California, through its Police Department (OPD), has been awarded a $646,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to implement the Procedural Justice/Community Police Trust Project. The 2-year grant, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025, will support OPD's efforts to enhance police-community relations and trust through a series of reconciliation workshops. The project aims to repair historical tensions and foster...

The Oakland Children's Fairyland was awarded a $425,228 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) federal grant program. The two-year grant, beginning September 1, 2024, will fund the development and testing of three new educational programs focused on using puppetry to support kindergarten readiness and literacy development for young children in Oakland, California. The grant-funded programs will include a field trip...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Kuumbwa Jazz Society, doing business as the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, to support personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $497,500 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to the Conservation Society of California (doing business as The Oakland Zoo) to pilot a community feedback and conservation project. The project aims to promote community engagement, access, and inclusion by utilizing an internal steering committee, an external community advisory council, and a listening tour in Oakland to solicit community feedback. The project will also...

The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz will use a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support peer-to-peer jazz education touring from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for participation in the arts and arts education as well as capacity building within the arts sector. Specifically, the funding will allow the Institute...

The County of Alameda received a $375,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program on October 1, 2021 to support community policing efforts through September 30, 2026. The funding supports the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, which aims to enhance public safety by assisting law enforcement agencies in building community trust and developing collaborative problem-solving approaches through...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Inc. from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant funds will support personnel and marketing expenses to respond to and aid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for public participation...

The City of Oakland received a $738,792 Project Grant award dated August 1, 2025, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). This award supports the city's efforts to promote community-wide commitment to ending homelessness through rapid rehousing and comprehensive support services for homeless individuals and families in Oakland, California. The funding will be...

The City of Oakland Police Department will receive $1.875 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The funding will support the COPS Hiring Program and allow the Oakland PD to hire additional career law enforcement officers from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. The purpose of the award is to advance community policing through new hires which will increase the jurisdiction's capacity to prevent and disrupt...