Meet the 2021-2022 Grantees of Arts for Oakland Kids three grantmaking funds! Learn more about how each fund factors in to AOK’s Arts Justice Initiative.
Rapid Response Fund
Project Mini-Grants
Attitudinal Healing Connection
Funded by Debra Coggins and John Kikuchi
Chapter 510 Ink
Funded in Partnership with an Anonymous Friend
Living Jazz
Funded in Partnership with an Anonymous Friend
Oakland Children’s Fairyland
Funded by Kathy Roberts and Aaron Loeb
The Crucible
Funded in Partnership with Sally Landis and Michael White
Word for Word & Z Space
Funded by Debra Coggins and John Kikuchi
Youth Beat
Funded in Partnership with Dr. Janice Azebu and Ms. Diane Dunwoodie
Laurie Pitman Award
Named after longtime AOK Board Member Laurie Pitman, the Laurie Pitman Award of $5,000 is designed to recognize exceptional Landis Grant applicants that would otherwise be disqualified from funding. These include: excellent projects that don’t quite fit our guidelines; outstanding projects that have been required to take one year off from funding; or exemplary past recipients that may not have applied in a given year.