Grantee Database

CHEZA NAMI FOUNDATION INC

Grant Year

2025-26

Grant Program

General Operating Support

Award Amount

$12,900.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, Cheza Nami Foundation will sustain and expand our year-round, culturally responsive programs for children and families across the Bay Area. Funding will strengthen staffing, outreach, and accessibility efforts, allowing us to deepen impact in historically underserved communities and preserve African diasporic cultural traditions.

Organization Summary

We offer activities to community organizations, schools and corporations while addressing educational and social needs that help foster community building, global citizenship and personal enrichment through our core programs:

Cultural Arts and Learning (CAL) school assemblies for K-12, Drumming & Dancing Workshops – in-school and in-community workshops, Community engagement Drum Circles, Summer Camps for k-12 youth, Community arts programs for hand on engagement in center of learning on public community spaces, Taste of Africa Festival – Cheza Nami’s signature annual extravaganza and community celebration of African art, food music and dance, Essence Production: Cheza Nami’s music and dance production that celebrates the oneness of humankind through music and dance that brings together local master artists to collaborate on fresh works for public presentation annually.

Organization

Cheza Nami Foundation

Address

5424 Sunol Blvd. Ste. 10-153

Pleasanton

94566

County

Alameda

Region

Bay Area – Other

Phone

(925) 398-3827

Congressional District

California's 15th congressional district

State Assembly District

District 16

State Senate District

District 7

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