About Us - RCF Connects - Richmond Community Foundation

RCF Connects envisions an equitable society where all communities and the people who live in them are able to thrive, build and share power and reach their full potential. How do we do that? Through connection and collaboration with community partners, residents and local governments to identify and address community issues that maintain inequities and share information and resources to increase access to opportunities. We center community-driven solutions, build shared and equitable power, and co-create within inclusion, belonging, and connectedness that shifts traditional philanthropy to transformational philanthropy.

Our ultimate goal is to create and support systems built on equity and justice, free from racism, bias and discrimination.

OUR CHEERLEADERS

What people say about us . . .

Frances Raeside of LaCheim gives this testimonial . . .The support La Cheim has received from Richmond Community Foundation has been and continues to be transformative for our agency. As, grantees, we received training tools we needed to improve our understanding of cultural differences, to strengthen our clinical skills, and to reach more people in need. Now, through the Community Leadership Institute, RCF is lifting La Cheim to a whole new level of organizational competence, helping to ensure our ability to serve the Richmond and Bay Area community with compassion, integrity and effectiveness into the future.

Tiffany Harris from Bay Area Girls Club said in her testimonial . . .
The Community Leadership Institute is not only a one-time workshop, it is an ongoing program that has given incredible support through the resources, communication and networking it provides. Thank you RCF for this opportunity.

John A. "Jack" Calhoun from National League of Cities stated in his testimonial . . . So rare in my years with the foundation community have I seen a combination of proximity to the grit, to the rough stuff, the voices, to street, (and not just proximity, but willingness to get dirty, to engage), to help craft solutions anchored in real, headed for hope. I mean it. The laughter of the kids outside the RCF office is a metaphor: their voices, your mission.

Jasmine Tarkoff of Multi-faith ACTION Coalition says . . .RCF Connects has been extremely pivotal and integral in collective impact work: knowing who should be at the table, bringing diverse partners together, and insisting on the effectiveness of the collaborative model.