This work is a love letter to the city my family calls home… an Oakland living into its beauty with the many cultures that migrate and land here vibrating with belonging.
— Melecio Estrella, BANDALOOP Artistic Director

As a 34 year old Oakland-based arts non-profit the support of our donor community is critical to our ongoing strength as public artists in the Bay Area and beyond.

Fly with us.

Without individual support from donors like you our work would be available only to the highest bidder. At a time when Oakland is slashing its cultural budget and the arts are under attack at a national level, the power of the people is more important than ever in giving cultural vibrancy wings and empowering artists as the headwinds of our democracy.

Your gift supports:

  • 24+ Free and public events

  • 60+ Artists in creation and presentation of new work

  • Artist Residency in Downtown Oakland for thousands of locals and visitors to experience daily awe

DONATE BY CHECK

Mail your donation check with your address, phone, and email for confirmation, to:

BANDALOOP
1601 18th Street
Oakland, CA 94607 USA
Tel: 415-421-LOOP (5667)

Questions? Contact jeanne@bandaloop.org

BANDALOOP performances are 100% free to attend thanks to the support of our lead funders. Our community-based programs promote our local creative economy and provide family-friendly and fully-accessible arts events for tens of thousands of attendees globally.

Your contributions directly support our many Bay Area-based Artists and allows our locally-grown, globally-known creative work to soar.

Join us as a donor and amplify the awe, joy, resilience, and freedom that is uniquely vertical dance.



MAKE A PLANNED GIFT TO BANDALOOP

  • Matching Gifts – Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match charitable contributions made by their employees.

  • Appreciated Assets – Donate stocks, bonds, or real estate to fund a planned gift, and avoid substantial capital gains taxes on these assets.

  • The Pension Protection Act of 2006 – If you are age 70 ½ or older, you can donate from your IRA without paying federal income taxes on the distribution.

  • Life Insurance Policies – When your policies are no longer critical to your family’s well-being, use them to support BANDALOOP’s work.

  • Retirement Plans – Reduce taxes on your tax-deferred IRA & 401K plans by naming BANDALOOP as a beneficiary.

  • Trusts – A charitable lead trust will generate funding for BANDALOOP.

  • Bequests – Through your will or living trust you can gift to BANDALOOP a fixed amount or a percentage of your estate.


WE THANK OUR FUNDERS

The City of Oakland, New England Foundation for the Arts, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Fleishhacker Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, New Music USA, CA Arts in Parks, Rubicon Point Partners, Morrison Foerster, Radium Presents, srmERNST development partners, Commercial Bank of CA, Lapine Group, Uptown/Downtown Community Benefit District, and generous individuals.

 

OUR LOCAL BAY AREA PARTNERS


FOUNDATIONS

Bloomberg Philanthropies
California Arts Council
Creative Work Fund
Dance/USA
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
East Bay Community Foundation Fund for Artists
MAP Fund
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
New England Foundation for the Arts
New Music USA
National Endowment for the Arts
National Performance Network Creation Fund
ParksCA
San Francisco Arts Commission
The American Express Foundation
The City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program
The Gerbode Foundation Choreographer’s Commission
The Fleishhacker Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation
The National Dance Project
The Wattis Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
US Artists International


GIFTS IN KIND

Morrison Foerster LLP
TMG Partners
Prescott Properties / srm Ernst


INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Christopher Seiwald
Chris & Jana Pasteña
Joe Ernst
Sheila & Andrew Dailey
Brian Ripley
Rika Iino
Bette & Bob Epstein
RSC Insurance Brokerage Inc
John Dunham
Thomas Cavanagh
Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation
Laura Dorman
Edee & Guy Ben Ari
Nik Dehejia
Dr. Onna Lo & Sat Darshan Khalsa
Bill & Jan Collins
Cristy Johnston Limon
Dana Buntrock
Katherine Tomassi
Jocelyn Soriano & Lowell Haky
Amelia Rudolph
Kat Nouri
Marjorie Heinrich
Michelle Lee
Mary Bucher
Charles Brack
Cheryl Morris
Marcia Fick
Kevin Pacotti
Martin Higgins
Owen Modica
Vivian Lee Nyitray
Terri Trotter
Sarah Baltazar
Cari Cohorn
Carolyn Choy
David Dailey
Mieko Hatano
Regina Dick-Endrizzi
Stephan Snider
Cari Cohorn
Christopher Clay
Jenny Rudolph
David Mack
Patricia F Shanks
Andrew Jones


Council member Carroll Fife
Daniel Clifford
Erin Downing
J Hammond
John Donovan
Karen Chen
Melecio Estrella
Melissa Higgins
Peter Mayfield
Rashanda Udekwu
Roberto Bedoya
wai kan
Charles Slender-White
Alexa Glockner
Maya Woodson Turman
Naveen Chandra
Hans Florine
Amanda Moran
Beth Ward
Bruzette McDaniel
Chisa Yamaguchi
Christine Keith
Elizabeth Musbach
Elizabeth & Bernard Lilly
Jennifer Becker
Nina Haft
Rebecca Solnit
Sandra Price
Tara Pilbrow
Kim Epifano
Louise Swig
April Newman
Carol Hart
Emilio Garcia-James
Hildy Feen
Norman Bookstein
Pete DePaschalis
Rebecca Johnson
Shawna Wolverton
Taylor Lawrence
Aileen Moffitt
Christopher Dutra
Sid Sun
Janet Linder
Mary Hammond
Angela Riewe 
Alike Sampson