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The Center for Cultural Power

Grantmaking foundation in Oakland, California · EIN 45-3154473

Total giving
$700KTax year 2024
Total assets
$14MLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2024Form 990 / 990-PF

Mission

ARTISTS TRANSFORM THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR POWERFUL ART: STORIES, IMAGES, AND SONGS. THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER EXISTS TO CREATE A THRIVING ECOSYSTEM FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURE MAKERS TO SHIFT WORLDVIEWS AWAY FROM DOMINATION AND EXTRACTION TOWARD COLLABORATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE.THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER MOBILIZES ARTISTS TO ENVISION A WORLD IN WHICH CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL POWER ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY AND WHERE ALL HUMAN BEINGS CAN LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. CULTURAL POWER IS AN ARTIST-CENTERED CULTURAL STRATEGY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE ARTIST AS A KEY AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING THEIR COLLECTIVE POWER. WE CENTER VALUES-ALIGNED ARTISTS IN OUR CULTURAL AND NARRATIVE STRATEGY WORK.

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$150K2020
$87K2021
$2.4M2022
$4.6M2023
$700K2024

Totals by tax year, rounded to two significant figures. Years without a reported total show the sum of grants itemized on the filing.

Top recipients

RecipientAmountTax year
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$2.3M2022
Public Assistants Inc$23K2022
Alliance for Global Justice$10K2022
Common Counsel Foundation$10K2022
Macro Media LLC$10K2022

Amounts are rounded. The full grantee list is available with a free account.

Website: celeducationfund.org

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Source: IRS Form 990 and 990-PF filings, tax year 2024. Also see this organization on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.