Finance and Management Committee
February 10, 2026
RECOMMENDATION
AGENDA REPORT
Staff Recommends That The City Council Adopt A Resolution 1) Awarding Grant Agreements To Camps In Common, Centro Legal De La Raza, Inc., Conservation Society Of California, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE), Eden I & R, Inc., Family Bridges, Inc., Friends Of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Oakland Children's Fairyland, Inc., Spanish Speaking Unity Council Of Alameda County, Inc., And Vietnamese Community Development Incorporated Of The East Bay In A Total Amount Not To Exceed $1,610,831.00 For Fiscal Year 2025-26 And $1,570,831.00 For Fiscal Year 2026-27.
2) Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate And Enter Into Grant Agreements With The Grantees For Fiscal Years 2025-27 With The Authority To Extend The Terms Without Increasing The Amount Of The Grant Awards
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report provides background on the grants allocated in the Fiscal Years (FY) 2025-27 Adopted Biennial Budget. City Council approval of this resolution will authorize the City Administrator to enter into independent grant agreements with ten (10) nonprofit organizations:
1. Camps in Common
2. Centro Legal de la Raza
3. Conservation Society of California
4. East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
5. Eden I&R, Inc.
6. Family Bridges, Inc.
7. Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
8. Oakland Children's Fairyland, Inc.
9. Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc.
10. Vietnamese Community Development Incorporated of the East Bay Funding for the grant agreements have been established by the FY 2025-27 Adopted Budget via Resolution No. 90827 C.M.S.
TO: Jestin D. Johnson FROM: Bradley Johnson
City Administrator Director of Finance
SUBJECT: FY 2025-27 Biennial Grants DATE: December 29, 2025
City Administrator Approval Date:
Jestin Johnson (Jan 29, 2026 18:40:00 PST)
01/29/2026
Jestin D. Johnson, City Administrator
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BACKGROUND / LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
The FY 2025-27 Adopted Policy Budget includes allocations for grant agreements between the City and various organizations and non-profits that provide services, programs, and resources to Oakland residents. The City Council routinely funds these grant agreements as part of the budget to enable these non-profits to continue to operate programs and serve the community without interruption.
ANALYSIS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
The Budget includes appropriations in the General Purpose Fund for grant agreements with the following non-profit agencies in the amounts below.
The presentation of this report supports the Citywide Priorities of responsive, trustworthy government and housing, economic, and cultural security. The grants awarded by the City of Oakland aid the various non-profits throughout the City to allow them to continue to serve the community and Oakland residents.
Table 1: FY 2025-27 Grantees and Award Amounts
Agency 2025-26 2026-27
Camps in Common 70,000 70,000
Centro Legal de la Raza 150,000 150,000
Conservation Society of California 171,414 171,414
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) 200,000 210,000 Eden I&R, Inc. 150,000 100,000
Family Bridges, Inc. 100,000 100,000
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park 45,900 45,900 Oakland Children's Fairyland, Inc. 229,861 229,861
Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc. 475,296 475,296 Vietnamese Community Development Incorporated of the East Bay 18,360 18,360 TOTAL 1,610,831 1,570,831
Camps in Common (Feather River Camp)
Oakland Feather River Camp is a non-profit that opened in 1924 on federal land under a long- term lease agreement with the US Department of Agriculture and the Forest Service. Founded by the City of Oakland in 1924 as part of a national movement to expand access to the outdoors, Oakland Feather River Camp is a unique City property operated since 2003 by the non-profit Camps in Common. CIC’s mission is to promote and celebrate connections between nature, family, and community by creating unique opportunities to advance environmental awareness, cultural diversity, and youth empowerment.
The last biennial policy budget in FY 2023-25 allocated its current amount of $70,000 annually for FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27 for the Feather River camp.
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Centro Legal de la Raza
Founded in 1969, Centro Legal de la Raza is a comprehensive legal service agency focused on strengthening low-income, immigrant, and Latino individuals and families by providing culturally competent legal representation, education, and advocacy. The City Council awarded the initial grant to The Oakland Immigrant Legal Representation and Rapid Response Network to provide legal and support services to protect Oakland families from separation due to deportation (Resolution No. 86572 C.M.S. adopted on January 31, 2017).
Centro Legal de la Raza was selected as the fiscal agent and grantee because, at the time, the City had an existing contract for a program that provided legal services for unaccompanied minors. Since then, the City Council has prioritized immigration and deportation support services through the budget adoption process at an annual appropriation of $150,000 for FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27 and has continuously awarded Centro Legal as the grantee.
Conservation Society of California
The Conservation Society of California was established in 1936 and has had a long-standing relationship with the Oakland Zoo, involved with fundraising and zoo projects. The non-profit entered into an agreement with the City to operate and manage the Zoo from 1982 to August 2017, when it was renamed the Conservation Society of California. The subsidy continues to assist with managing, operating, and improving the Zoo, provide essential support to the facilities and programs that benefit many Oakland residents, especially children and youth, and help to maintain and improve the quality of life in the city.
The City Council passed resolution No. 78872 C.M.S. on October 19, 2004, which authorized the agreement between the City of Oakland and the East Bay Zoological Society with an annual subsidy of $172,414. Amendment No. 1 incorporated the $500,000 per year increase in City subsidy in the FY 2005-07 policy budget only for a total amount not to exceed $672,414. The FY 2011-13 policy budget allocated $539,895 per year; the FY 2013-15 policy budget allocated $485,905 per year; the FY2015-17 allocated $364,429 per year; the FY 2017-19 policy budget allocated $439,336 over the two years; and the FY2019-21 policy budget reduced the allocation to the current amount of $171,414 per year for FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27. Passed on July 25, 2011, by the City Council, Resolution No. 83490 C.M.S. authorized the extension of the grant agreement to 30 years from 2009, expiring October 31, 2039.
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
The East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) is a non-profit that advances economic, racial, and social justice by building a just economy based on good jobs and healthy communities. EBASE focuses on addressing the root causes of economic injustice by developing strategic alliances among community, labor, and people of faith to build power and create change with low–income workers and communities of color.
The City Council awarded a grant to provide minimum wage education, outreach and enforcement support services for Measure FF, Oakland’s Minimum Wage Law (Resolution No. 87261 C.M.S. adopted on July 10, 2018). The grant was originally initiated in the City Council’s budget in FY15-17, where they had allocated $240,000 each fiscal year to be appropriated for outreach, education and enforcement support for the Minimum Wage & Sick Leave Law. The Jestin D. Johnson, City Administrator
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last biennial policy budget in FY 2023-25 allocated $283,000 in funding for each fiscal year. The latest biennial policy budget includes $200,000 in FY 2025-26 and $210,000 in FY 2026-27 from the Department of Workplace and Employment Standards for the Workplace Outreach & Education contract.
Eden I&R Inc.
Since 2003, Eden I&R was designated as the sole provider of 2-1-1 services, a free, accessible, three-digit telephone number that enables residents of the City of Oakland to easily access customized multilingual health, housing, and human services information and referral services for Alameda County. Eden I&R answers and refers, on average, 1,500 to 2,000 Oakland resident calls per month and provides the city and its elected officials with a monthly unduplicated client call report. The funding supports the agency’s operations and administration.
Eden I&R developed a leveraged funding plan that included having each of the 14 cities in Alameda County (contributions are on a per capita basis) contribute toward approximately one- third of the annual combined cities' cost where the County would match that amount, and the remainder would be covered by the private sector. Originally authorized by the City Council for $100,000 annually as a professional service in 2012, Resolution No. 83885 C.M.S. waived the competitive bid process for Eden I&R. On November 5, 2013, City Council Resolution No. 84685 C.M.S. authorized the City to enter into a grant agreement for $125,000, an increase of $25,000 for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG). It was reduced back down to $1,000,000 in FY 2015-17 and FY 2017-19 policy budgets. In FY 2019-20, it was increased to $175,000 and reduced back down to the amount of $100,000 in FY 2020-21. The last biennial policy budget included $90,318 in FY 2023-24 and $93,958 in FY 2024-25. The latest biennial policy budget includes $150,000 in FY 2025-26 and $100,000 in FY 2026-27.
Family Bridges
Family Bridges is a non-profit, multi-services, community-based organization serving the Asian American community in the East Bay for 50 years. In 2020, Family Bridges services to mono/bi- lingual Oakland seniors included delivering over 14,000 meals, providing more than 3,000 emergency food bags, 6,500 wellness and outreach calls, and monthly newsletters to keep seniors connected. This grant was established to increase the reach of Senior Programming in the Chinatown area of Oakland, where there is a high concentration of mono-lingual seniors. It intended to support operations at two Hong Lok senior centers on 10th Street and Lincoln Park in Oakland. Staff costs are 60% while operations are at 40%, with 25% of that paying for occupation costs.
The City of Oakland’s Comprehensive Plan for Seniors, originally developed in 1987, recommended that the City provide additional services to elderly groups with special needs, including diverse populations. The Plan also recommended that the City should develop and support a network of senior centers. The City Council responded to these recommendations and to the needs of seniors in the Chinatown neighborhood by authorizing funds in the FY 2002-03 budget for the Hong Lok Senior Center to serve seniors residing in the Chinatown community.
The FY 2003-05, 2005-07, and 2007-09 policy budgets included an annual appropriation of $100,000 for the operations of a senior center in the City’s Chinatown District. The amount was reduced to $80,000 in the FY 2011-13 policy budget and reduced further to $79,680 with the FY 2013-15 budget until the FY 2023-25 budget. The latest biennial policy budget increased the amount to $100,000 in each fiscal year for FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27.
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Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park is a non-profit dedicated to promoting understanding, historic healing, and community amid change and diversity. Peralta Hacienda uses the annual City allocation to support its youth and community programs, coordinate volunteers for site stewardship and maintenance, repairs, and development of the historic house and grounds. They hold year-round outdoor environmental education programs, regular festivals and events, create museum exhibits, organize monthly park clean-ups, and during the pandemic, create learning hubs for children, increase free food distribution programs, and offer online lectures.
The City has partnered with Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park since 2003 through direct grants from past City Councilmember priority project funds or pass through for state grants. The FY 2013-15, FY 2015-17, and FY 2017-19 policy budgets allocated the current amount of $45,900 per year. The last biennial policy budget increased the allocation to $130,000 in FY 2019-20 and to the amount of $70,000 in FY 2020-21. The last biennial policy for FY 2023-25 budget allocated its current amount of $45,900 per fiscal year for FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27.
Oakland Children’s Fairyland Inc.
Children’s Fairyland is an educational, historical, scientific, cultural, and public park for young children. Oakland Children’s Fairyland, Inc. was a not-for-profit organization to manage and operate the theme park. The City’s annual investment supports facilities maintenance and repairs, which includes staffing, supplies, equipment, and projects that maintain the integrity, safety, and beauty of the park.
The City Council approved FY 2013-15, FY 2015-17, and 2017-19 policy budgets included an annual appropriation of $136,500. Resolution No. 87723 C.M.S. passed on May 16, 2019, authorized the agreement for continued operation and management for a 15-year term expiring December 31, 2034. Per the terms of the agreement, the City will pay an annual subsidy in an amount not to exceed $200,000 plus an annual cost of living adjustment. The FY 2025-27 budget provides an allocation of $229,861 for each fiscal year.
Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc.
Spanish Speaking Unity Council is a non-profit Social Equity Development Corporation with a 55-year history in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. Their mission is to promote social equity and improve quality of life by building vibrant communities where everyone can work, learn, and thrive. The grant was established to increase the reach of Senior Programming in the Fruitvale area, where there is a high concentration of mono-lingual seniors, specifically to support the operations of the Fruitvale-San Antonio Senior Center building at the Fruitvale Transit Village. Staff costs are 60% while Operations are at 40%, with 25% of that paying for Occupation costs.
The City of Oakland’s Comprehensive Plan for Seniors, originally developed in 1987, recommended that the City provide additional services to elderly groups with special needs, including diverse populations. The Plan also recommended that the City should develop and support a network of senior centers. When the City partnered with the Spanish Speaking Unity Jestin D. Johnson, City Administrator
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Council of Alameda County, Inc. to develop the Fruitvale Transit Village, there was agreement that the site would include a senior center to serve the diverse mono/bi-lingual seniors living in the Fruitvale-San Antonio neighborhood.
The City Council approved FY 2003-05 policy budget included an appropriation of $240,000 to cover start-up expenses, service costs, common area maintenance charges, operation and maintenance, and all furniture fixtures and equipment. Between 2005 and 2007, the City provided a $200,000 annual appropriation. The City Council approved biennial budgets in FY 2007-09 increased the grant to $220,000 per year; the grant was reduced to $198,000 in 2010 and reduced further to the amount of $175,296 with the 2013-15 budget. The latest biennial policy budget increased the grant amount to $475,296 in each year for FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27.
Vietnamese Community Development, Inc. of the East Bay
This grant was established primarily through the advocacy of a former councilmember to support Vietnamese Senior Centers due to perceived insufficient support for this cultural/language group. Initially one grant, and then split between the two Vietnamese community centers, the funding has been reduced beginning in FY 2025-26 to fund one community center.
The Oakland Vietnamese Senior Club operates at least 2 days per week during the contract year between 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. The organization provides nutritious meals, educational workshops that provide senior participants with information about health, social, senior service, and other relevant topics, special events/field trips, and individual counseling sessions. The grant is used for operations and management to secure and maintain a rental facility.
These agencies initially received $49,361 through the City of Oakland Set-Aside grant program in 2004. The City Council approved a $60,000 allocation in the FY 2007–09 Policy budget. In the FY 2009–11 budget, this allocation was reduced to $54,000, and by FY 2015–17 it was further decreased to $36,720.The FY 2025-27 budget provides an allocation of $18,360 for both fiscal years.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for these agreements is included in the FY 2025-27 Adopted Budget in various departments and across multiple funds, including the General Purpose Fund (1010). A total appropriation of $1,610,831.00 For Fiscal Year 2025-26 And $1,620,831.00 For Fiscal Year 2026-27.
Detailed funding for the grant agreements are available from the FY 2025-27 Adopted Budget in the following funding codes provided in Table 2 below.
Jestin D. Johnson, City Administrator
Subject: FY 2025-27 Biennial Grants
Date: December 29, 2025 Page 7
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Table 2: FY 2025-27 Funding Sources
Agency Fund Organization Project Program FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 Camps in
Common
1010 -
GPF
503260 –
Feather River
Camp
1000012 - DP5000
Administrative
Project
NB06 –
Feather River
Camp
70,000 70,000
Centro Legal de
la Raza
1010 –
GPF
90591 –
City-Wide
Activities
1003464 –
Immigrant Legal
Services
IP50 –
Citywide
Activities
150,000 150,000
Conservation
Society of
California
1010 –
GPF
509320 –
Special
Programs
1000814 –
Oakland Zoo
Subsidy
NB02 –
Contract
Management
171,414 171,414
East Bay Alliance
for a Sustainable
Economy
(EBASE)
1010 –
GPF
67211 –
Workplace
Standards
1000123 –
Measure FF
Education
IP70 –
DCP
Administration
200,000 210,000
Eden I&R, Inc. 1010 –
GPF
75651 –
Senior Aide
Program
1007119 –
Eden I&R
YS14 –
Empowering
Seniors &
People with
Disability
150,000 100,000
Family Bridges,
Inc.
1010 –
GPF
75631 –
Senior Center
1001366 –
Family Bridges
YS14 –
Empowering
Seniors &
People with
Disability
100,000 100,000
Friends of Peralta
Hacienda
Historical Park
1010 –
GPF
90593 –
Cultural Assets
1000616 –
Hacienda Peralta
Subsidy
NB02 –
Contract
Management
45,900 45,900
Oakland
Children's
Fairyland, Inc.
1010 –
GPF
90593 –
Cultural Assets
1000815 –
Fairyland Subsidy
NB02 –
Contract
Management
229,861 229,861
Spanish
Speaking Unity
Council of
Alameda County,
Inc.
1010 –
GPF
75631 –
Senior Center
1000313 –
Fruitvale Senior
Center
YS14 –
Empowering
Seniors &
People with
Disability
475,296 475,296
Vietnamese
Community
Development
Incorporated of
the East Bay
1010 –
GPF
75631 –
Senior Center
1000319 –
Vietnamese Comm
Dev
YS14 –
Empowering
Seniors &
People with
Disability
18,360 18,360
TOTAL 1,610,831 1,570,831
PUBLIC OUTREACH / INTEREST
This item did not require additional public outreach other than what was already conducted during the FY 2025-27 budget process.
Jestin D. Johnson, City Administrator
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Date: December 29, 2025 Page 8
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February 10, 2026
COORDINATION
The Finance Department worked with the City Administrator’s Office, Department of Workplace and Employment Standards, Human Services Department, and the Oakland Parks, Recreation, and Youth Development Department in preparing the grants allocated in the FY 2025-27 Adopted Biennial Budget.
SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES
Economic: There are significant economic impacts for the entities that will receive grants.
Environmental: There are no direct environmental opportunities associated with this report.
Race & Equity: Funding is a significant tool for improving social equity outcomes for Oakland residents.
Jestin D. Johnson, City Administrator
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Date: December 29, 2025 Page 9
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February 10, 2026
ACTION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Staff Recommends That The City Council Adopt A Resolution 1) Awarding Grant Agreements To Camps In Common, Centro Legal De La Raza, Inc., Conservation Society Of California, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE), Eden I & R, Inc., Family Bridges, Inc., Friends Of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Oakland Children's Fairyland, Inc., Spanish Speaking Unity Council Of Alameda County, Inc., And Vietnamese Community Development Incorporated Of The East Bay In A Total Amount Not To Exceed $1,610,831.00 For Fiscal Year 2025-26 And $1,570,831.00 For Fiscal Year 2026-27.
2) Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate And Enter Into Grant Agreements With The Grantees For Fiscal Years 2025-27 With The Authority To Extend The Terms Without Increasing The Amount Of The Grant Awards
For questions regarding this report, please contact Bradley Johnson, Director of Finance, at 510- 238-6119.
Respectfully submitted,
BRADLEY JOHNSON
Director of Finance
Finance Department
Prepared by:
Daniel Mariano, Budget and Management
Analyst, Budget Bureau
Attachments (1):
Attachment A: Third Party Grants Agreements List