Rooted in Oakland.

Elevate Oakland (formerly 51Oakland) was founded in 2011 by a group of acclaimed artists and creative professionals with a similar mission to provide inspiration and mentorship to Oakland’s youth with the goal of bolstering students engagement in school and all around mental health. Our founders have deep ties to the Oakland community and have seen firsthand the challenges that its public schools face. Since our founding, we’ve come to serve over 3000 students in more than 30 schools across the Oakland Unified School District annually. We are one of the few local non-profits providing arts and music programming to Oakland’s students during the school day.