The annual Oaklandish Innovator Awards is a grant to “recognize local programs that exemplify the values of innovation and progress in all areas of civic life.” The grants appear to give financial support of some kind to the winners and partner with events and awareness campaigns.
Oakland Innovators Award Winners
2015
- Omni Commons
- Destiny Arts Center
- Mamacitas Cafe
- Cat Town
- International Black Women’s Film Festival
- Bay Area Spartan Midgets
- Zoo Labs
2012
- Khadafy Washington Foundation
- Town Park
- Caught in the Crossfire
- 25th Street Collective
2011
- Oakland Art Murmur
- Oakland Local
- Brett Cook Reflections of Healing
- Agricultural Institute of Marin
- My Yute Soccer
- 38th Notes
- Oakland Digital Arts & Literacy Center
- Youth Radio
2010
- The Bikery
- Planting Justice
- Dimond’s Hidden Jewels Mural
- Oakland Urban Paths
- Oakland Underground Film Festival
- Oakland Leaf
- Children’s Fairyland
- Walk Oakland Bike Oakland
2009
- Kung Fu Grocery
- Bay Area Girls Rock Camp
- Town Park
- Cycles of Change
- Just Cause Oakland
- Youth Spirit Artworks
- Scraper Bikes
- Favianna Rodriguez
2008
- The Oakland Food Connection
- Bay Area Video Coalition
- Youth Spirit Art Works
- People’s Grocery
- Ella Baker Center
2007
- On the Bricks
- Digital Underground Story Telling for Youth
- SpaceShare
- WAGES: Women’s Action to Receive Economic Security
- East Bay Asian Youth Center
