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:
• Interdependence: They collaborate with our stakeholder communities, approaching their work with humility. They listen, build trust, and hold ourselves and one another accountable for the results of our efforts.
• Creativity: They undertake everything we do with curiosity and a growth mindset, seeking first to understand. They then leverage all available assets and innovate to create bold solutions.
• Equity: They acknowledge and celebrate the inherent differences they all bring. They commit to do all that they can to heal the harms that have been done in the name of those differences and ensure those harms do not continue.