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Previously Funded Grants

Since 1996, StopWaste has provided more than $9 million in funding to local organizations for innovative projects that decrease the amount of waste generated and sent to the county's landfills, and encourage the development, marketing and use of recycled products. The grants program is currently focused on funding waste prevention and reuse, refill and repair projects. Below is a searchable database of grant recipients from 2017 to 2023.

Reuse and Repair Grants
Grantee Project Locations Fiscal Year Amount Description
All Good Living Foundation Inc (AGLF) Alameda County FY22-23 $10,000

All Good Living Foundation's (AGLF) mission is to help the most vulnerable children in the Bay Area by providing the necessities for them to lead a happy and healthy life through the Do Good Community Closets, School Incentive Program, and Do Good Sports Club. Funds will be used to expand and improve Do Good Community Closets at the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) Office and six school sites. AGLF stocks community closets with donated essentials, that would otherwise be sent to the landfill, like clothes, shoes, and school supplies to help Alameda County Office of Education students and their families who are experiencing homelessness.

C & S Food Equipment Services, LLC (C&S) Alameda County FY22-23 $20,000

Established in 1999, C&S provides commercial kitchen equipment installation and repair services in Bay Area. Grant funds will be used to provide financial incentives for restaurant owners to repair equipment instead of purchasing new. In addition, funding will allow C&S to design and implement an apprentice program to ensure industry has trained staff to repair equipment.

Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL) Castro Valley, Dublin, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Pleasanton, San Leandro, Sunol, Union City FY22-23 $15,000

Community Resources for Independant Living (CRIL) is a peer-based disability resource organization that advocates and provides resources for people with disabilities to improve lives and make communities fully accessible. Funds will support the expansion of CRIL's reuse and repair program by allowing CRIL to rent additional warehouses to increase capacity and cover personnel time. These services would regularly be available at CRIL Hayward and offered once a quarter at CRIL Fremont and CRIL Livermore.

Digifli Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Hayward, Oakland, Piedmont, San Leandro FY22-23 $5,000

Digifli is an enterprise that converts refurbished LCD computer monitors purchased from local e-waste companies and turns them into electronic community bulletin boards. Alameda County non-profit organizations, local artists, and small business owners receive free monitors to promote events and business activities. Grant will provide funding for Digifli to expand their services to additional organizations and promotions of community-based events. Funds will support outreach efforts in Alameda, Oakland, and Hayward to locate new entities to sign up for free monitor systems as well as the option to select low-cost paid advertising plans.

EIKON Church of the Nazarene Alameda, Berkeley, Castro Valley, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Oakland, Piedmont, San Leandro, Union City FY22-23 $20,000

EIKON is a Hayward based church and nonprofit who works with World Vision to receive and redistribute home goods through a partner network of thirty-seven nonprofits across the Bay Area who use the goods to impact the homes and lives of the most vulnerable families and individuals in Alameda County. Funds will be used to cover the costs to transport returned goods from Costco in Tracy to Hayward facility as well as cover administrative costs for staff associated with improving internal tracking. Goods are distributed to partners at the Hayward facility and their new facility in Oakland.

Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Inc. Emeryville FY22-23 $10,015

The mission of Emeryville Celebration of the Arts is to foster an appreciation of the arts and artists of Emeryville, produce and coordinate community-based events and programs, and increase public awareness of the rich diversity of all forms of creative expression in Emeryville. Funding will allow the organization to cover the initial large startup costs to fabricate almost 800 totes and pouches manufactured with salvaged street banners that advertised previous annual art exhibitions. These upcycled products will generate income from their sales to the community.

Estudillo Produce and Deli Oakland, San Leandro FY22-23 $10,000

Estudillo Produce and Deli is a locally owned, independent grocer servicing San Leandro/East Oakland with fresh produce and groceries. Funds will help offset the cost to repair grocery store deli case rather than sending it to landfill and purchasing a new case. The grant would help support the California repair economy to significantly reduce carbon emissions and waste. Case study will be developed to monitor pre and post repair energy usage as well as provide thresholds to assess cost benefits of repair compared to purchasing new equipment.

Fixit Clinic Oakland FY22-23 $8,000

Fixit Clinic organizes community repair events in Alameda County and throughout the United States. Funds will pay for staff at Fixit Clinic to operate regularly scheduled community repair events (“Fix it Clinics”) at Circuit Launch Makerspace which specializes in electronics and robotics to expedite assessment, disassembly, troubleshooting, and repair. Holding regular Fixit Clinics at Circuit Launch is part of a broader effort to provide access to repair throughout Alameda County on a more regular basis.

Loved Twice Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Oakland, Pleasanton, San Leandro FY22-23 $10,000

Loved Twice believes every newborn baby deserves to have clothes for their first year of life—one of life’s basic necessities. Loved Twice provides clothing for newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing. Funds will be used to support Loved Twice to provide “wardrobes-in-a-box” that will keep babies clothed and warm for a year. Funds will help meet the increase in requests from social workers in Alameda County.

Make it Home Bay Area Alameda County FY22-23 $15,000

Make It Home Bay Area (MIHBA)’s mission is to furnish homes of families and individuals transitioning out of crisis or homelessness with donated, gently used, repurposed furnishings and household goods. Funds will be used to hire staff to increase furniture diverted from landfill and increase the number of Alameda County residents served.

Mannequin Madness Oakland FY22-23 $10,000

Mannequin Madness is an Oakland-based business that provides retailers with a financially beneficial and environmentally friendly way to discard their unwanted mannequins and store fixtures. Funds will be used to cover payroll expenses towards a marketing specialist, marketing funds, and incentives for social media campaigns to increase visibility in the maker/crafter community, and to inspire them to use repurposed mannequins for functional and decorative projects.

New Moons Ago Alameda County FY22-23 $5,000

New Moons Ago reduces fashion wastes collectively, by reconnecting people through upcycling pre-loved clothing. Funds would be used to develop patterns and customer base for personal upcycling pant-making project for population losing mobility as well as to make an adaptive fashion platform for people with limited mobility.

Oakland Unified School District Oakland FY22-23 $20,000

The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Student Tech Repair Internship program works to ensure that all students, families, and teachers have the necessary technology to be successful in school, while creating unique opportunities for student interns to build STEM skills and increasing local sustainability efforts with regards to electronic waste. Funds will be used to cover the costs of eight summer interns and part time OUSD staff oversight.

Omni Commons Oakland FY22-23 $10,000

Omni Commons is a collective of organizations that provide a broad spectrum of services to underserved, disadvantaged, and marginalized communities. Funds will allow Omni Commons to hold bi-weekly in-person community repair events to help Alameda County residents keep durable goods in service rather than being discarded or sent to an e-waste facility. These events will leverage the workspace, tools, and expertise already at Omni Commons to aid in repair of anything that is broken. Holding regular community repair events at Omni Commons is part of a broader effort to provide access to repair throughout Alameda County on a more regular basis.

Papa John's Pizza Hayward FY22-23 $3,500

Papa John's restaurant if BIPOC and woman-owned. Funds will be used to offset costs to repair equipment instead of landfilling and purchasing new items. Items to be repaired include: refrigerator, pizza warmer, signage, and electrical outlet.

PLACE Oakland FY22-23 $10,000

PLACE is a community hub that educates and empowers the community to experiment with and implement regenerative solutions to social and environmental challenges. PLACE offers sliding scale workshops and events. Funds will be used to provide community-based contractor stipends to provide sustainable income and scholarships to increase participation in programming around circular design skills including repair, mending, and maker-art made from salvaged materials. In addition, funds will be used to provide supplies and equipment repair in projects that operate using recovered and donated materials.

Re-Up Refills LLC Oakland FY22-23 $15,000

The ReUp Refill shop in Oakland allows customers to get bath, body, kitchen, and cleaning products in refillable containers, reducing waste from single-use plastics. Funds will be used to pilot two refill kiosks in Alameda County through a vertically integrated partnership offering both circular soap distribution as well as consumer-facing dispenser machines. The machines will be stocked with the best-selling products from its refill shop: laundry detergent, hand soap, and dish soap. Customers will use the machines to refill their own containers, thereby reducing plastic waste from single-use containers.

Rebuilding Together East Bay-North Oakland FY22-23 $10,000

Rebuilding Together creates community partnerships to rejuvenate neighborhoods through the rehabilitation of homes owned by low-income homeowners and non-profit facilities that serve low-income communities. Funds will be used to support the new Dorothy's Closet brick and mortar location in Berkeley which is a joint venture with Dorothy Day House in Oakland. Funding will assist to re-home donations, secure storage space for a secondary donation drop-off, and sorting facility. Items available at Dorothy's closet will be both distributed to those in need via vouchers at the store as well as sold at low cost to the local community.

ReUp by Kay Chesterfield Inc Oakland FY22-23 $20,000

Kay Chesterfield is a B-corp commercial re-upholstery facility. Funds will be used to create and implement training/apprentice program in re-upholstery and upholstery sewing to address the lack of professional upholsterers who can provide services. Currently, the industry does not have enough labor force to continue this important trade.

Rock Paper Scissors Collective Oakland FY22-23 $8,000

Rock Paper Scissors Collective is a volunteer-run organization that fosters creativity and collaboration in order to strengthen local communities and encourage sustainable practices and alternative models. Funds will support programming for art workshops available for a variety of participants including veterans, blind/deaf community members, as well as local youth.

Surplus Service Fremont FY22-23 $15,000

Surplus Service provides the highest and best end use of life solutions for e-waste, via refurbishment and reuse of electronics rather than recycling or sending them to the landfill. Currently they send 90% of computer hard drives to recycling due to lack of capacity to refurbish. This grant will provide funding for software and equipment to refurbish computer hard drives at a large scale - increasing the number of hard drives by 90% that could be refurbished. This will offer a new revenue stream and provide an opportunity for company to both sell used computers as well as donate them to communities in need.

Tech Exchange Oakland FY22-23 $20,000

Tech Exchange sources high quality decommissioned technology from contributing partners, refurbishes computers and distributes them to households across the Bay Area. Funds will be used for sustainable computer refurbishment and workforce development efforts for digital equity. Funding would support the placement of two Civicorps interns who will serve in Tech Exchange’s Oakland warehouse and a portion of intern stipends.

Teen Advocacy Going Strong (TAGS) Hayward, San Leandro FY22-23 $10,000

Teens Advocacy Going Strong (TAGS) is a nonprofit, second-hand clothing store and workspace dedicated to serving underserved teens and young adults ages 13-24 in the East Bay. Through TAGs, youth learn entrepreneurial and sustainable business skills while advocating for themselves and our environment. Funds will be used to help cover personnel expenses for their program coordinator and marketing coordinator, in addition to overhead, which will allow TAGS to expand job training and outreach to serve more local underserved teens and young adults in the community.

Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles Oakland FY22-23 $10,000

Uhuru receives high-quality donated furniture and sells at affordable prices in their Oakland retail shop. Grant funds will support program coordinator to manage training and work experience program for interns via partner work site programs. Interns will help stabilize their workforce to increase their free donation pick-up services of furniture and home goods to divert additional 51 tons of furniture and home goods from the landfill over 10 months.

Waterside Workshops Berkeley FY22-23 $10,000

Waterside Workshop’s ‘Street Level Cycles’ program is a youth job-training program that repairs and sells discarded bicycles, and provides a free do-it-yourself public bike repair shop. Funds will be used for interns to participate in the Street Level Cycles Waterside’s bicycle education and reuse program. Through innovative internship model, youth interns work alongside skilled instructors and learn professional bike repair by refurbishing used bicycles. Waterside’s interns consist primarily of youth who face barriers to employment, including foster youth, homeless youth, youth with learning disabilities, and youth who are at risk of dropping out of high school.

Wonderfil PBC Livermore, Newark, Pleasanton FY22-23 $20,000

Wonderfil facilitates creating a scalable and cost-effective refill vending machines for liquid and cream products which reduces the demand for plastic packaging for these items. Funds would be used to conduct outreach and place Wonderfil kiosks in the South and East areas of Alameda County. Refill kiosks would be placed in stores, apartment buildings, laundromats, and schools to dispense laundry detergents, liquid soaps, and other cleaning products into refillable containers.

California Product Stewardship Council Alameda County FY21-22 $20,000

CPSC is leading several solar panel recovery projects and policy development in California that expand circular solar energy systems with reduced cost-burden on local government. Funds will allow CPSC to work with Alameda County based solar panel collectors and installers to better understand the barriers and opportunities to installing recovered solar panels in Alameda County and the Bay Area. CPSSC will deliver a final report that provides planning departments and installers with certification protocols to allow for recovered solar panel to be installed for a second life verses being recycled or landfilled.

E-Waste and Solar Recycling Center Union City FY21-22 $20,000

E-Waste and Solar Recycling Center was founded in 1997 with the sole purpose of reuse & recycling of E-Waste, Solar-Panels, Lamps & Batteries. Funds will allow them to further expand their solar panel collection and reuse operation while coordinating with StopWaste and CPSC to develop policy and certification protocols to improve the opportunities for solar panel reuse in the Bay Area.

Eikon Church of the Nazarene Alameda County FY21-22 $20,000

EIKON is a Hayward based church and nonprofit who works with World Vision to receive and redistribute home goods through a network of thirty-seven nonprofits across the Bay Area who use the goods to impact the homes and lives of the most vulnerable families and individuals in Alameda County. Funds will help subsidize shipping costs for Infinite Christmas, a program that takes 6.6 semi truck loads of home goods including shelf stable food, diapers and appliances which are saved from going to a landfill and are empowering peoples lives. Distribution via EIKON's Hayward sites puts in them into the homes and living spaces of the most vulnerable individuals and families in Alameda County.

Kala Art Institute Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland FY21-22 $11,500

Kala’s mission is to help artists sustain their creative work over time through its artist residencies, and to engage the community through exhibitions, public programs, and education. Kala’s artist residency and art classes are unique because of the array of equipment and technology we have specializing in printmaking. Funds will enable Kala to repair bulky, specialized printmaking equipment in a sustainable way to keep large items out of the landfill and in circulation in Kala's studio. Over 500 artists each year will have access to this specialized equipment once repaired.

LIFE ElderCare Fremont, Newark, Union City FY21-22 $10,000

LIFE ElderCare's mission is to empower the aging to live with independence AND interdependence by nourishing mind, body and spirit. Funding for this project will allow LIFE to replace over 100,000 single use plastic bags each year with durable reusable bags for the delivery of their Meals on Wheels food program. This is this start of a new process of equivalent efficiency plus added sustainability at their Tri-Cities sites and enables them to support other MOW programs in replicating the model.

Loved Twice Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore FY21-22 $10,000

The mission of Loved Twice is to clothe newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing for the first year of life. Funds will be used to collect, sort, redistribute and coord

MAKE IT HOME BAY AREA Alameda FY21-22 $20,000

Make It Home’s mission is to furnish homes of families and individuals transitioning out of crisis or homelessness with donated, gently used, repurposed furnishings and household goods. Funding will allow Make it Home to better serve Alameda County clients by securing a new furniture storage site in Alameda County as well as hiring an additional staff member. The new employee will manage all the logistics involved in responding and coordinating the furniture donations for the new storage unit and the curated shipments for the clients. By having a warehouse closer to Alameda County donors and clients, they could dramatically increase the amount of furniture donated and repurpose it for local needs.

Oakland Indie Alliance Oakland FY21-22 $7,500

Oakland Indie Alliance (OIA) is a community of more than 400 small-scale entrepreneurs - OIA helps and supports small businesses to thrive. Funds will be used to facilitate the reuse and repair of a variety of equipment among small business community. Activities will include orchestrate marketing, communication and outreach among members that have useful equipment or supplies that they would like to donate and to connect them with other small businesses in need. In addition, OIA will provide outreach and one on one interactions to their community regarding StopWaste initiatives including reusable food ware promotion to eating establishments, 1383 educational information and other initiatives during the year.

Puretergent, Inc. Oakland FY21-22 $7,375

Oakland based Puretergent manufactures cleaning products that are readily biodegradable, grey water safe and hypoallergenic, in refillable packaging that eliminates single use plastic waste, with circular distribution. Funding will allow Puretergent to purchase motorized rotors and pumps to increase production batch efficiency by four times allowing them to expand their inventory for use by local refill shops.

Re-Up Refills Oakland FY21-22 $11,000

The Re-Up Refill Shop offers a range of ecological bath, body, cooking, food, kitchen, and cleaning products in refillable containers, reducing waste from single-use plastics. Grant funds are to purchase refrigeration equipment so the shop can create a new zero waste dairy department utilizing local purveyors. In addition, project will include partnering with Mandela to offer CSA pick up at the shop, expanding Mandela's customer base for local BIPOC farmers.

Resource Area For Teaching Alameda County FY21-22 $10,000

RAFT’s mission is to help educators transform a child’s learning experience through hands-on education to one that inspires the joy and discovery of learning. Funds to support the collection of donated materials from Alameda County companies to be repurposed into creative reuse materials and STEAM Project Kits for educators and students in Alameda County. RAFT will provide standards-aligned, hands-on STEAM learning materials and support to underserved students in Alameda County.

Tech Exchange Alameda, Emeryville, Oakland FY21-22 $20,000

Funding will support Tech Exchange’s sustainable computer refurbishment and workforce development efforts as they work toward the vision of digital equity. Specifically, funding from StopWaste would underwrite the stipends of two Civicorps interns for two 6 month internships who will serve in Tech Exchange’s warehouse at the heart of our reuse operation.

TEEN ADVOCACY GOING STRONG (TAGS) San Leandro FY21-22 $10,000

TAGS is a nonprofit, second-hand clothing store and workspace dedicated to serving underserved teens and young adults ages 13-24 in the Bay Area. Through TAGs youth learn entrepreneurial and sustainable business skills while advocating for themselves and our environment. Funding will allow TAGS to hire 2 additional part time teen staff members to increase clothes salvaged for resale.

The Crucible Oakland FY21-22 $15,000

Funds will allow two interns to join The Crucible’s Bike Shop which specializes in supporting community members to build, repair, and recycle bikes. Interns will partner with Mandela Grocery Coop to fabricate delivery bikes carts for local grocery delivery as well as work in the Earn-a-Bike program where local youth work with the interns to fix two donated bikes where youth retain a bike to keep and the other is donated to fundraise for the program. Program diverts 500+ bikes from landfills, and provides residents with carbon-free, equitable transportation.

Waterside Workshops Berkeley FY21-22 $10,000

Waterside Workshops engages youth and the community through hands-on learning in bicycle mechanics, wooden boatbuilding, and outdoor education. Waterside is a safe place for youth to feel heard, gain confidence, develop work skills, and access the tools and resources needed to lead healthy, sustainable lives. Street Level Cycles sources and reuses discarded bicycles in our youth job-training program and provides a free do-it-yourself public bike repair shop. Rebuilt bicycles provide green transportation for low-income youth and adults, and support our free education programs. StopWaste.org funding will support staff for operations and youth instruction

2 A Good Cause, Inc. Alameda County FY20-21 $15,000

2 A Good Cause, Inc., was established in 2006 to help non-profit organizations meet their needs through creative reuse and repurposing; helping local nonprofits connect with businesses in order to meet their short and long term needs in both goods and service. Funds will be used toward the purchase of a box van to increase the collection and redistribution of goods and materials that would have otherwise ended up in landfill.

African People's Education and Defense Fund Alameda County FY20-21 $6,000

The African People's Education & Defense Fund (APEDF) develops and institutionalizes programs to defend the human and civil rights of the African (black) community. Funds will be used to secure warehouse space to house furniture which will be transformed into beautiful redesigned items to be sold at the Uhuru furniture store in Oakland.

Bio-Link Depot Inc. Alameda County FY20-21 $8,500

BioLink Depot is a unique organization that provides millions of dollars worth of donated laboratory equipment and supplies for free to educators and researchers, to promote scientific training for students. Funding will be used to purchase specialized testing equipment to ensure donated items are in excellent working condition prior to distribution to educators in need.

California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC) Alameda County FY20-21 $5,000

CPSC's vision is that producers have the primary responsibility to establish, fund, and manage end-of-life systems for their product. Grant funding will expand StopWaste’s Re:Source database to incorporate textile reuse and repair opportunities to divert a variety of textiles from the landfill.

Center for Environmental Health Alameda County FY20-21 $20,000

The Center for Environmental Health's (CEH) mission is to protect people from toxic chemicals by working with communities, consumers, workers, government, and private sectors to demand and support business practices that are safe for public health and the environment. Funds will be used to create an audit of potential reusable foodware infrastructure in Alameda County school districts, host webinars on implementing reusables, connect schools to each other to share reusables best practices, create and distribute reusable foodware case studies to move Alameda County school districts toward committing to transition to reusable foodware.

Civicorps Oakland FY20-21 $10,000

Civicorps is a West Oakland-based nonprofit whose mission is to re-engage young adults, ages 18-26, to earn a high school diploma, gain job skills, and pursue college. They offer training in Environmental Management and Recycling as well as operate East Bay's only charter school designed to serve the needs of young adults. Funds will go toward paying 50% of internship wages for a Civicorps member to learn computer refurbishment skills. Internships are through their Conservation Career Pathways project at the Oakland Tech Exchange computer refurbishment center.

Clean Water Fund Berkeley FY20-21 $20,000

ReThink Disposable, a program of Clean Water Fund, prevents waste before it starts by working with local governments, businesses, institutions, and consumers to switch from single-use disposable packaging to reusable foodware.  Funds will allow ReThink to partner with Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), to replace harmful single-use foodware with non-toxic reusables to be used during daily food service, focusing initial efforts at BUSD elementary schools.

Community Impact LAB Alameda County FY20-21 $10,000

Community Impact LAB strives to be a force for action and to expand opportunities that everyone, especially women and children, need to be impactful. Funds will support collection of donated textiles, fabric, toys, and baby supplies annually through the Baby Box and Baby Shower Programs, offered to vulnerable populations.

Fixit Clinic Alameda County FY20-21 $5,000

Fixit Clinic organizes community repair events in Alameda County and throughout the United States. Funding will allow Fixit Clinic to continue to provide support to the many local Fix It Clinics in Alameda County to be held both in person and online.

Help Berkeley Inc. Albany, Berkeley FY20-21 $10,000

Help Berkeley (HB) is a nonprofit, grassroots, frontline organization whose mission is to deliver affordable, subsidized and free meals to seniors and others at-risk for COVID 19. Funds will be used to partner with reusable foodware service provider to develop, implement and refine reusable foodware pilot for recipients of meals.

Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corp Oakland FY20-21 $10,000

Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corp provides comprehensive after school programming, designed to provide the essential scaffolding a child needs to navigate the school community.  Funding will be used to purchase used bikes, as well as build bikes from scratch, to develop a bike lending and repair enrichment program where students will be exposed to new skills and career potential in repair and reuse.

Loved Twice Alameda County FY20-21 $10,000

Loved Twice believes every newborn baby deserves to have clothes for their first year of life—one of life’s basic necessities. Loved Twice provides clothing for newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing. Grant funds will be used to collect gently-used baby clothes, sort the garments into boy and girl wardrobes-in-a-box, and distribute them exclusively through social workers in hospitals, shelters, and clinics.

Make It Home Alameda County FY20-21 $10,000

Make It Home’s mission is to furnish homes of families and individuals transitioning out of crisis or homelessness with donated, gently used, repurposed furnishings and household goods. Fund will be used to coordinate with Alameda County Social Service agencies, offset costs to transport and furnish homes to those in need in Alameda County.

Mannequin Madness Alameda County FY20-21 $10,000

Mannequin Madness provides retailers with a financially beneficial and environmentally friendly way to discard their unwanted store fixtures and mannequins that would otherwise go to landfill. Funds will be used to increase materials collected for reuse and resale and increase capacity to reach non-English speaking communities in Alameda County to create a new customer base.

Muir Products Alameda County FY20-21 $17,000

Muir Products builds automated dispensers that streamline the dispensing of products which simplifies the customer refill process. The automated system will make it easier for Alameda County residents to reduce their reliance on single-use plastics by providing streamlined systems to refill their own containers at local shops. Funds will be used to pilot two refill systems at local refill entities: Fillgood in Albany and ReUP Refill in Oakland.  

Rebuilding Together East Bay-North Alameda County FY20-21 $10,000

Rebuilding Together creates community partnerships to rejuvenate neighborhoods through the rehabilitation of homes owned by low-income homeowners and non-profit facilities that serve low-income communities. Funding will go towards the purchase of a new box van that will increase materials collected for reuse and repair instead of sending to landfill/recycling.

Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) Alameda County FY20-21 $10,000

The Resources Area for Teaching (RAFT) provides materials, kits, and curriculum for students and teachers using salvaged and reusable materials donated by companies and manufacturers. Grant funds will provide 2,500 activity kits and online education curriculum to support learning for Title 1 schools. In addition, funds will help secure and collect material donations from Alameda County manufacturers for reuse in their large warehouse and educational kits. 

Robot Garden Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton FY20-21 $5,000

Robot Garden is a non-profit makerspace located in Livermore that facilitates informal STEM learning opportunities including repair through classes and outreach events. Funds will be used to recruit and train high school students to repair products with a primary emphasis on electronics repair and reuse. Students will become repair coaches at Fix it Clinics in the Tri Valley area over the course of the school year.

RRRcomputer.org Hayward FY20-21 $15,000

RRR's mission is to promote digital inclusion through the repurposing of computing devices for the next generation. Funding will enable RRR to provide 50 reclaimed high-quality MacBook laptops; provide coding classes and technical support to students from disadvantaged backgrounds at Hayward's Tennyson High School.

Sparkl Reusables Oakland FY20-21 $20,000

Sparkl Reusables provides a reusable foodware system to eating establishments in the Bay Area. Funding will be used to partner with the City of Oakland, Cocina Del Corazon, and others to convert bulk meal delivered in disposables to reusables. Sparkl’s initial focus will be on meals delivered to immigrant families in Oakland.

The Friends of the Oakland Public Library (Friends) Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont FY20-21 $10,000

Friends of the Oakland Library's mission is to advance the role of the Oakland Public Library as a vital community resource. Funds will be used to assist Friends in the continued collection, sale and redistribution of used books and will help offset loss of revenue due to store closure as a result of Shelter in Place orders.

The Plant Exchange Alameda County FY20-21 $10,000

The Plant Exchange's mission is to divert large amounts of usable plants from the landfill /organics stream by developing partnerships with retail/wholesale distributors and contractors who provide The Plant Exchange with donations of unused plants. Funds will be used to offset costs of facility expansion which will allow for increased inventory and provide additional space for new tenants working in the reuse and repair industry. 

Three Stone Hearth LLC Alameda County FY20-21 $15,000

Three Stone Hearth is a sustainable model for community-scale food preparation. Since its founding in 2006, they have packaged their food in returnable, reusable packaging. Funds will be used to continue this effort by improving cleaning and sanitation of reusable foodware as well as developing processes to increase their meal delivery customer returns of their reusable foodware.

Transition Berkeley Berkeley FY20-21 $5,000

Transition Berkeley's mission is to bring community together to build a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient future for Berkeley. Funds will be used to continue offering the Reuse and Repair class to both Berkeley Independent and Berkeley Technology High Schools.  Curriculum focuses on waste stream education, product design for reuse, circular economy, and repair.  Class will provide practical hands-on learning about how to diagnosis and repair electronics, small appliances, bicycles, clothing, and furniture.

Waterside Workshops Alameda County FY20-21 $10,000

Waterside Workshop’s Street Level Cycles program is a youth job-training program that repairs and sells discarded bicycles, and provides a free do-it-yourself public bike repair shop. Rebuilt bicycles provide green transportation for low-income youth and adults, and bicycle sales help support their free education programs. Funds will support staff for operations and youth instruction.

African People's Education and Defense Fund, Inc. Oakland FY19-20 $10,000

The African People's Education & Defense Fund (APEDF) develops and institutionalizes programs to defend the human and civil rights of the African (black) community. Funds will be used to sponsor workshops to train volunteers to transform reclaimed furniture into beautiful redesigned items to be sold at the Uhuru furniture store in Oakland.

Alameda Natural Grocery / East Bay Natural Grocers Alameda FY19-20 $10,000

East Bay Natural Grocers, Inc. is comprised of three locally owned, independently operated and certified green food retailers, including two natural foods stores and one food service operation. Funds support a pilot project to implement reusable food containers for the transportation of hot and cold foods from their eatery Tomato, as well as for bulk and baked goods. Project will commence when County Health Order allows bulk food and buffet service.

California Product Stewardship Council Alameda County FY19-20 $5,000

The California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC) is a nonprofit organization working to create a shift in California’s product waste management system to one that relies on producer responsibility in order to reduce public costs and drive improvements in product design. Grant funds will be used to conduct research relating to potential opportunities and infrastructure for the reuse of solar panels in Alameda County and the Bay Area.

Civicorps Oakland FY19-20 $20,000

Civicorps is a West Oakland based nonprofit whose mission is to re-engage young adults, ages 18-26, to earn a high school diploma, gain job skills, and pursue college. They offer training in Environmental Management and Recycling as well as operate East Bay's only charter school designed to serve the needs of young adults. Grant award will provide funds to pay 50% of internship wages for two Civic Corps members to learn computer refurbishment skills. Internships are through their Conservation Career Pathways project at the Tech Exchange computer refurbishment center.

Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda and CASA Youth Alameda FY19-20 $10,000

CASA is a community-wide coalition dedicated to raising awareness, mobilizing community action, and facilitating the implementation of programs to achieve the goals of the City of Alameda’s Climate Action and Resiliency Plan and to increase community sustainability and well-being. Funds will support CASA and CASA Youth to develop and pilot a Reusables To-Go Pilot Program to dramatically reduce disposable food ware waste in Alameda’s downtown Park Street district.

Corporate eWaste Solutions Alameda County FY19-20 $15,000

Corporate eWaste Solutions is a Hayward based certified electronics reuse and recycling provider. Reuse and Repair grant funds will allow the repair and refurbishment of lightly damaged laptops which would normally be recycled. These laptops will be donated to Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay to distribute to low income families in Alameda County.

East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse Alameda County FY19-20 $10,000

The mission of The East Bay Depot is to divert waste materials from landfills by collecting and redistributing discarded goods as low-cost supplies for art, education, and social services at the Oakland based Depot Store. Grant funds will provide operating support to collect, store, and redistribute materials for the Depot Store.

Ecology Center Berkeley FY19-20 $15,000

The Ecology Center’s mission is to inspire and build a sustainable, healthy, and just future for the East Bay, California, and beyond. They transform the ideals of sustainability into everyday practice. Grant funds for expansion and continuation of the Reusable Cup Pilot, implementing the Vessel Reusable Cup system into additional cafes and eating establishments in Alameda County. Project will commence when County and City Health orders allow project activities.

Fixit Clinic Alameda County FY19-20 $10,000

Fixit Clinic organizes community repair event in Alameda County and throughout the United States. Funding will allow Fixit Clinic to respond to the rapidly evolving social and economic changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic disruption by migrating to online community virtual repair events. Fixit Clinic will also provide their “Rapid Response Repair” program to Alameda County municipalities, medical facilities, and schools to support repair and maintenance of large scale equipment and property.

Hively Alameda County FY19-20 $10,000

Hively believes that every family should have the resources and support to ensure that children get the best start possible including counseling and other resources they need to thrive. Grant funds will be used to expand and improve their Oakland and Pleasanton based program that collects big box store returns as well as gently used household items and clothing donations for redistribution to families in need.

Kala Art Institute Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland FY19-20 $10,000

Kala Art Institute's mission is to help artists sustain their creative work over time through artist residencies and to engage the community through exhibitions, public programs, and education. Funds will be used to repair large scale printmaking and digital equipment to prevent the items from being recycled and/or landfilled, as well as purchase an industrial washer/dryer so they can switch to reusable rags.

Loved Twice Alameda County FY19-20 $10,000

Loved Twice believes every newborn baby deserves to have clothes for their first year of life—one of life’s basic necessities. Loved Twice provides clothing for newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing. Grant funds will be used to collect gently-used baby clothes, sort the garments into boy and girl wardrobes-in-a-box, and distribute them exclusively through social workers in hospitals, shelters, and clinics.

MedShare Alameda County FY19-20 $20,000

MedShare is a nonprofit humanitarian aid organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people, communities and our planet by sourcing and directly delivering surplus medical supplies and equipment to communities in need around the world. Grant funds will support their Biomedical Equipment Lab which will prevent functioning medical equipment from ending up in landfill by testing, refurbishing, and repairing equipment to be distributed locally and internationally to those in need to save lives.

Oakland First Fridays Oakland FY19-20 $10,000

Oakland First Fridays is an immersive art and community experience on the first Friday of each month. This event includes artist collectives, street artists, local culinary artisans and beverages as well as food trucks. Funds encumbered to support reusable infrastructure at First Friday events when County Health Order allows for large group activities to resume.

Orta Kitchen Garden Alameda FY19-20 $10,000

Orta's mission is to help people grow their own plants from seeds and cuttings which reduces plastic waste from nursery pots and provides a successful, satisfying zero-waste experience. Grant funding will allow Orta Kitchen to build a trimming machine that will reduce waste and increase labor productivity by streamlining production and operations, reducing labor costs, and creating greater organizational capacity.

Re-Up Refill Shop Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont FY19-20 $15,000

The ReUp Refill shop in Oakland allows customers to get bath, body, kitchen, and cleaning products in refillable containers, reducing waste from single-use plastics. Funds will allow the shop to purchase a pre-owned electric bike for sustainable deliveries and refurbish a used shipping container to provide storage of large scale inventory items such as 55 gallon drums.

Resource Area For Teachers (RAFT) - Alameda County FY19-20 $10,000

RAFT provides materials, kits, and curriculum for students and teachers using salvaged and reusable materials donated by companies and manufacturers. Grant funds will provide 2,500 activity kits and online education curriculum to support remote learning for Title 1 schools. In addition, funds will help secure and collect material donations from Alameda County manufacturers for reuse in their large warehouse and educational kits.

Surplus Service Alameda County FY19-20 $15,000

Surplus Service provides the highest and best end of life solutions for e-waste, via refurbishment and reuse of electronics rather than recycling or sending them to the landfill. Funds will be used to expand their BioMed group to refurbish medical equipment that may have otherwise been landfilled or recycled. Adding the capability of refurbishing medical equipment to their existing operation will divert thousands of pounds from landfill and recycling streams.

The Crucible Alameda FY19-20 $5,000

The Crucible inspires creative exploration with hands-on arts education and experiences for people of diverse ages and backgrounds. Grant funds will be used to purchase an industrial washing machine and dryer which will allow them to clean welding jackets, rags, tablecloths, and ceramics class textiles onsite, instead of sending them to landfill.

The Plant Exchange Alameda County FY19-20 $5,000

The Plant Exchange's mission is to divert large amounts of usable plants from the landfill or organics stream by developing partnerships with retail/wholesale distributors and contractors who provide The Plant Exchange with donations of unused plants. Funds will be used to support ongoing operations for donated plant pickups.

Transition Berkeley Berkeley FY19-20 $10,000

Transition Berkeley's mission is to bring community together to build a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient future for Berkeley. Funds will be used to work with Cal Berkeley's Engineers for a Sustainable World Students to develop curriculum focused on repair for Cal students, including waste stream education, product design, circular economy, and repair. Class will provide practical hands-on learning about how to diagnosis and repair electronics, small appliances, bicycles, clothing, and furniture.

Waterside Workshop Alameda County FY19-20 $10,000

Waterside Workshop’s ‘Street Level Cycles’ program is a youth job-training program that repairs and sells discarded bicycles, and provides a free do-it-yourself public bike repair shop. Rebuilt bicycles provide green transportation for low-income youth and adults, and bicycle sales help support their free education programs. Funds will support staff for operations and youth instruction.

Bay Area Redwood Hayward Hayward FY18-19 $15,000

Bay Area Redwood diverts trees from urban environments and creates upcycled wood products including live-edge slabs, beams, siding and tables. Funds used for storage and expand operational capacity.

California Shakespeare Theater Berkeley FY18-19 $8,500

Cal Shake creates exemplary productions of works, both old and new, interpreted in vital and urgent ways. They seek to both teach and learn through art—not simply about the theater but about our world. Grant funds used to build reusable stock set pieces that will reduce the amount of construction waste sent to landfill.

Community Impact Lab San Leandro FY18-19 $15,000

Community Impact Lab strives to be a force for action and to expand opportunities that everyone, especially women and children, have to be impactful. Grant funds to support collection of donated textiles, fabrics, toys and baby supplies annually through the Baby Box Program, offered to vulnerable populations. Project includes repair and repurpose of damaged goods for donation and retail purposes.

East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse Oakland FY18-19 $10,000

The mission of The Depot is to divert waste materials from landfills by collecting and redistributing discarded goods as low-cost supplies for art, education, and social services in the Depot Store. Funds to expand and implement the Estate Reuse Service program that provides Alameda County residents dealing with challenging life transitions with a convenient resource to responsibly dispose of personal property.

Ecology Center Berkeley FY18-19 $45,000

The Ecology Center’s mission is to inspire and build a sustainable, healthy, and just future for the East Bay, California, and beyond. They transform the ideals of sustainability into everyday practice. Grant funds to promote and implement a Reusable Foodware Pilot to develop a replicable reusable cup pilot to further reduce single-use disposable food ware, and create a model for city-wide and regional adoption.

Filljoy LLC Alameda, Oakland FY18-19 $15,000

Filljoy's mission is to reduce single-use plastic, packaging and product waste in retail environments. Filljoy is a technology solution that simplifies and encourages bulk shopping by utilizing apps available on smartphones. Filljoy’s innovative technology solution makes it easier for customers to shop with their own reusable containers. Funding to pilot Filljoy software/kiosks at three Alameda County grocery stores that offer bulk purchasing options.

GO Box SF Bay Oakland FY18-19 $9,500

GO Box offers reusable foodware containers in place of single use disposal items via an smartphone app. Funding to conduct outreach and secure food truck vendors to pilot Go Box services at Oakland's First Friday event.

Habitat for Humanity ReStore Oakland FY18-19 $10,000

Habitat ReStores accept donations of used and salvaged home improvement items sold to the public at a discount. Proceeds are used to help build strength, stability, self-reliance and shelter in local communities. Funds used for communications/outreach campaign to promote the ReStore and the variety of salvaged, donated and reused items for sale. Campaign will encourage people to visit the Restore as well as educate residents about the importance of reuse and donations.

Hively (formerly Child Care Links ) Pleasanton FY18-19 $15,000

Hively believes that every family should have the resources and support to ensure that children get the best start possible including counseling and other resources they need to thrive. Grant funds used to expand and improve their Pleasanton-based program that collects big box store returns as well as gently used household items and clothing donations for redistribution to families in need.

Loved Twice Berkeley FY18-19 $10,000

Loved Twice believes every newborn girl and boy deserves to have clothes for their first year of life—one of life’s basic necessities. clothing newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing for the first year of life. Grants funds assist Love Twice to collect gently-used baby clothes, sort these precious garments into boy and girl wardrobes-in-a-box, and distribute them exclusively through social workers in hospitals, shelters, and clinics.

MedShare San Leandro FY18-19 $20,000

MedShare recovers and reuses medical supplies from Bay Area Hospitals and redistributes them both in the Bay Area and abroad. Funds to develop a Biomedical Equipment Lending Library which will increase donations from hospitals and manufacturers to MedShare.

Rebuilding Together East Bay-North Berkeley FY18-19 $10,000

Rebuilding Together creates community partnerships to rejuvenate neighborhoods through the rehabilitation of homes owned by low-income homeowners and non-profit facilities that serve low-income communities. Funds used to train and supervise 500 volunteers and 30 clients yearly to salvage reusable building materials instead of sending to landfill/recycling.

Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) Alameda County FY18-19 $10,000

RAFT provides materials, kits and curriculum for students and teachers using salvaged and reusable materials. Grant funds used to secure and collect material donations from Alameda County manufacturers for reuse in their large warehouse and educational kits.

Reuse Alliance Inc. Alameda County FY18-19 $20,000

The Alliance promotes the social, environmental and economic benefits of reuse through advocacy, data collection projects, and community building services that strengthen the reuse community.Funds used to expand the Agency's database of Alameda County reuse enterprises and their activities to improve upcycling infrastructure in Alameda County.

Surplus Service (SS) Fremont FY18-19 $15,000

Surplus Service provides the highest e-waste recycling solutions that lead to higher sustainability reuse and disposal of electronics rather than simply recycling them or sending them to the landfill. Funds will help SS reuse instead of recycle hard disk drives (HDD) by wiping the HDDs coming into facility instead of sending them to shredders. This allows HDDs to be utilized for their full life span.

Upstream Alameda County FY18-19 $20,000

Upstream is a national non-profit organization sparking innovative solutions to plastic pollution and our throw-away culture. They create opportunities, develop tools and invite business leaders, policy makers and culture hackers to join us in changing the world. Funds used to coordinate regional activities around reusable food ware opportunities for implementation countywide.

Urban University (UU) Oakland FY18-19 $10,000

UU mission is to improve the socioeconomic status of impoverished individuals by providing employability training, coaching and employment opportunities in their salvaged goods store. Funds used to help offset operational costs.

Waterside Workshops/Street Level Cycles Berkeley FY18-19 $10,000

Street Level Cycles is a community bicycle shop that utilizes donated and discarded bicycles to teach youth valuable job skills in how to rebuild bicycles using salvaged bicycle partts and materials. Funding to help offset costs of staffing and rent.

California Product Stewardship Council Alameda County FY17-18 $15,000

California Product Stewardship Council's mission is to support a change in California’s product waste management system to producer responsibility in order to reduce public costs and drive improvements in product design that promote environmental sustainability. Grant funds used for outreach of The Refuel Your Fun campaign which promotes refillable 1 lb. propane cylinders in place of non refillable/recyclable ones.

East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse Oakland, Alameda County FY17-18 $10,000

The mission of The Depot is to divert waste materials from landfills by collecting and redistributing discarded goods as low-cost supplies for art, education, and social services in the Depot Store. Funding used to promote their Estate Reuse Services—a personalized estate clearance program designed to provide Alameda County residents dealing with challenging life transitions with a convenient resource to ecologically dispose of personal property.

Grateful Gatherings Alameda County FY17-18 $10,000

Grateful Gatherings’ mission is to improve lives by providing gently used furniture and household goods to be reused for low-income families transitioning out of homelessness, crisis, and poverty. Funds used for staffing to develop and expand all gathering events.

Loved Twice Berkeley FY17-18 $10,000

Loved Twice believes every newborn girl and boy deserves to have clothes for their first year of life—one of life’s basic necessities. Love Twice provides clothing for newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing. Grant funds used to collect gently-used baby clothes, sort the garments into boy and girl wardrobes-in-a-box, and distribute them exclusively through social workers in hospitals, shelters, and clinics.

MedShare Alameda County FY17-18 $20,000

MedShare recovers and reuses medical supplies from Bay Area Hospitals and redistributes them both in the Bay Area and abroad. Funds supported MedShare's Medical Supply Recovery Program including general operating expenses needed to pick up supplies at over 50 hospitals, as well as other related logistics costs.

Oakland Public Education Fund/Tech Exchange Oakland FY17-18 $10,000

​Tech Exchange sources high quality decommissioned technology from contributing partners, refurbishes computers and distributes them to households across the Bay Area. TheirTech For All solution is designed to supply everything needed to support digitally disconnected residents with technology access. Funds used to support the purchase of a used truck to implement and grow successful electronic reuse program.

Waterside Workshops Berkeley FY17-18 $15,000

Street Level Cycles reuses discarded bicycles in their youth job-training program which repairs bikes for sale as well as a free do-it-yourself public bike repair shop. Rebuilt bicycles provide green transportation for low-income youth and adults, and bicycle sales help support our free education programs. StopWaste funding supports staff for operations and youth instruction.

East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse Oakland FY16-17 $15,000

The mission of The Depot is to divert waste materials from landfills by collecting and redistributing discarded goods as low-cost supplies for art, education, and social services in the Depot Store. Funds used to conduct targeted business outreach in Alameda County to help expand the East Bay Depot’s donation solicitation activities to include more businesses, corporations and manufacturers.

Habitat for Humanity Restore Oakland FY16-17 $15,000

Habitat ReStores accept donations of used and salvaged home improvement items sold to the public at a discount. Proceeds are used to help build strength, stability, self-reliance and shelter in local communities. Funds used to increase warehousing facility to support growing influx of donated materials.

Loved Twice Berkeley FY16-17 $15,000

Loved Twice believes every newborn girl and boy deserves to have clothes for their first year of life — one of life’s basic necessities. Love Twice provides clothing for newborns in need with quality reused baby clothing. Grant funds used to collect gently-used baby clothes, sort the garments into boy and girl wardrobes-in-a-box, and distribute them exclusively through social workers in hospitals, shelters, and clinics.

ReUse People Oakland FY16-17 $15,000

ReUse People reduces the solid waste stream and changes the way the built environment is renewed by salvaging building materials and distributing them for reuse. Funds were used for outreach and advertisements to attract new customers and sell more salvaged building materials for reuse at the newly expanded site shared with Habitat for Humanity.

Waterside Workshops/Street Level Cycles Berkeley FY16-17 $15,000

Street Level Cycles is a community bicycle shop that utilizes donated and discarded bicycles to teach youth valuable job skills in how to rebuild bicycles using salvaged bicycle parts and materials. Funding to help offset costs of staffing and rent.

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