Learn more about organizations we have supported, and please consider making a personal contribution or sharing their donation links with members of your own community that might have shareable resources.

People’s Breakfast Oakland

Community-run organization providing resources, emergency assistance, and education to the people of Oakland. They are focused on providing immediate assistance to houseless folks in the area and sustainably supporting the wellness of the Black community.

They’ve provided bail assistance and legal support to Black protesters, as well as meals and groceries sourced from West Oakland Community Garden and Black Earth Farms in Alameda.

People’s Breakfast has also been helping community members gain access to COVID testing, and resources necessary for good health during shelter in place, especially for those who might not have shelter at this time.

They are accepting direct donations through

They are also accepting donations of specific supplies, as per their Target and Amazon wishlists.

For more information, follow them on Twitter, Instagram and visit their linktree.

The Okra Project

Founded in New York and focused on supporting members of the Black Trans community, The Okra Project’s mission is to provide healthy, home-cooked, and culturally specific meals to Black Trans Folks wherever they can, at no cost to them. They do so by hiring Black Trans chefs to go into people’s homes and cook them meals, and by partnering with non-profit and community based organizations to deliver meals to houseless people. They have some additional programs focused on Black Trans physical and mental health as well:

  • The Okra Academy: a weekend program that provides culinary training to provide Black Trans folks with basic cooking skills for their own lives or skills they might need to get hired as a chef themselves

  • International Grocery Fund: a donation-based fund that allows The Okra Project to send small grants to Black Trans folks experiencing emergency food shortages

  • Okra Outings: free opportunities for Black Trans folks to visit broadway performances and share a free meal

  • #ByOkra: a monthly affinity and wellness space for Black Trans people

The Okra Project is also committing $15,000 to the Nina Pop Mental Health Recovery Fund and the Tony McDade Mental Health Recovery Fund and asking for community members to help match this donation, which can be done through their website.

They are largely reliant on individual donations to provide these services. There are suggested donation amounts based on expenses on The Okra Project’s website, and direct donations can be made through their sponsor, the Arts Business Collaborative.

For more information, follow them on Instagram.

Black Feast

Based in Portland but now also operating in Berkeley, Black Feast celebrates Black artistry through food. They host monthly food events for Black folks to share a beautifully curated meal and a common space.

They also have a program called Love Letters to Black Folks, which offers free weekly dessert pickups from 2727 California Street, Berkeley.

Altar of Black Life is also at this location, where community members are invited to share images of their family and loved ones, as well as fresh flowers.

Meals are provided free of charge for Black folks, and non-black people can help to cover these costs through:

  • Venmo: @Blackfeast

  • CashApp: $Blackfeast

They are also looking for volunteers to deliver printed materials throughout the week and Love Letters to Black Folks on Sundays. If you’d like to volunteer, you can fill out a form here.

For more information, visit their website and follow them on Instagram.

Resistance Press

Resistance press is a new woman and Trans-led printmaking space in Oakland that is working on ways to provide art supplies and inspiration to BIPOC folks in the Bay Area. They’ve started a project called Art for the People, where they put together art therapy kits for BIPOC folks that contain art supplies for crafts like knitting, painting, jewelry making, and embroidery. They also contain art donated by local bay area artists.

They are about halfway to their minimum fundraising goal. Funds go towards purchasing supplies for art therapy kits, building up the printmaking space, and supporting the founders of this project. You can support them through multiple platforms:

Since they very recently secured the printmaking space, they have a need for specific supplies to equip the printing space. They have compiled a wishlist of specific supplies they need through Flax.

To request a free art therapy kit, you can fill out a form here. Orders will start going out every two weeks starting July 2020.

For more information, follow them on Instagram.