Kenneth Rainin Foundation

Mission - The mission of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation is to enhance quality of life by championing the arts, promoting early childhood literacy, and supporting research to cure chronic disease. Collaboration and innovation are at the heart of all our programs. Our work is guided by our commitment to change through inquiry, creativity and compassion. Vision - The Kenneth Rainin Foundation envisions a world where all Oakland children read at or above grade level, no one suffers from Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Bay Area artists thrive. Values - Through our grantmaking and operations, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation embraces the following values: Interdependence: We collaborate with our stakeholder communities, approaching our work with humility. We listen, build trust, and hold ourselves and one another accountable for the results of our efforts. Creativity: We undertake everything we do with curiosity and a growth mindset, seeking first to understand. We then leverage all available assets and innovate to create bold solutions. Equity: We acknowledge and celebrate the inherent differences we all bring. We commit to do all that we can to heal the harms that have been done in the name of those differences and ensure those harms do not continue. Inherent in our core values is a practice of compassion, respect, humor and joy.