Key Implementation Partners
Oakland Goes Outdoors was intentionally designed to be a collaborative program that brings together the following organizations to equitably advance outdoor learning, environmental literacy and access to quality time outdoors for Oakland students.
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Oakland Unified School District
OUSD provides direct access to students, teachers and school sites. OGO has staff embedded within the district, allowing for ease of communication, coordination and continuity, as well as trust.
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Bay Area Wilderness Training
BAWT's Gear Library provides outdoor gear for OGO's trips, and their outdoor leadership trainings provide adults the skills to take youth outside positively and safely.
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Oakland Public Education Fund
The Ed Fund serves as OGO’s fiscal sponsor. They also provide the ability to administer smaller grants to school sites for trip expenses and stipends.
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San Francisco Foundation
SFF launched the Youth Access to Nature fund, through which OGO received pilot funding. The program’s primary support continues to be directed from a Donor Advised Fund held at the foundation.
Learn more about the people who make up this collaborative team here.
We also have a number of programmatic partnerships with park agencies and service provider organizations,
which you can learn more about here.
We want to offer a special thank you to the Riddell Family!
In 1995, Kathryn and Robert Riddell established a donor advised fund at the San Francisco Foundation. The Riddell's main interests — youth and the environment — motivated their children, Jim and Cindy, to continue their legacy. As a result, they partnered with SFF, OUSD, and BAWT to launch Oakland Goes Outdoors during the 2018-2019 academic year. (Learn more about our history here)
They have continued to provide funding support and advisory input ever since. Without their transformational partnership, OGO would not exist.
Learn more about how the Riddell's incredible vision and generosity has seeded our work at OGO!
Jim Riddell and Cindy Riddell Dunham share about their family's investment in and commitment to increasing youth access to nature in the Bay Area, specifically explaining how Oakland Goes Outdoors was created. (Footage courtesy of the San Francisco Foundation)
Our program also receives funding through the Outdoor Equity Grants Program, created through AB209, and administered by California State Parks, Office of Grants and Local Services.