NEWS & PRESS

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland A’s Community Fund has provided $250,000 in grants to local organizations

through its 2022 Grant Program presented by Delta Dental. The A’s awarded 22 general grants to local

organizations that support the greater Bay Area. In addition to the general grant program, the A’s awarded 10

social justice grants to organizations committed to uplifting the Bay Area through systemic change, advocacy,

policy reform, and innovative direct service programs to underserved communities. The A’s will recognize all

the recipients before the team’s 6:40 p.m. game versus the Miami Marlins on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at the

Coliseum.

We are proud to work with an incredible group of organizers. Over the next six months, each organizer will be awarded a micro-grant and participate in professional leadership coaching through our partner A-Plan Coaching. Each organizer will leave with better defined social agency, increased competency around movement building, and equipped with tools to collectively challenge oppressive systems. 

San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim wants to make this question virtually obsolete on job applications in San Francisco: Have you been convicted of a crime?

Kim is proposing to expand the city's existing ban by having it include most private employers, publicly funded housing providers and city contractors.