Grantee Database
Cheza Nami Foundation
Grant Year
2026-27
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$24,000.00
Project Description
CAC General Operating Support funds will support Cheza Nami Foundation’s core operating expenses as we enter our 15th year of service. Funds will cover general administrative costs, communications, financial management, and organizational systems that sustain day-to-day operations and enable consistent, quality programming for the communities we serve. For over 14 years, we have delivered cultural arts education, community engagement, and African and Diaspora cultural programming across Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Cruz, and Monterey counties, reaching 10,000+ community members annually. This operational foundation ensures that work built over more than a decade remains sustainable, responsive, and community-centered, directly advancing our mission to promote African and Diaspora cultural education, equity, and access for learning institutions, community organizations, and the general public
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
Website
Congressional District
California's 15th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 16
State Senate District
District 7
