What Restore Oakland Inc does

Restore Oakland Inc. is an independent 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 2018 and co-located with Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Restaurant Opportunities Centers United in a community-owned building at 1419 34th Ave in Oakland's Fruitvale district. The organization operates as a community hub advancing three interlocking program areas: healing justice, restorative economics, and permanent community spaces. Its 'core technology' is a Restorative Economics and Healing Justice framework developed by Nwamaka Agbo, operationalized through facilitated programs including the PATH Program (restorative justice-based conflict resolution), HOPE Circles (weekly healing circles for systems-impacted people), the REAL People's Organizing Collective (membership-based political home for East Bay small businesses), and the REAL People's Fund (a $10M community-governed non-extractive lending program). It also operates the Peace Room as a meeting and event space, and serves as the backbone organization for the Care First Community Coalition advocating decarceration and community-based mental healthcare.

The organization serves primarily formerly incarcerated and systems-impacted individuals, BIPOC small business owners and worker cooperatives in the East Bay, family members of incarcerated people, BIPOC mental healthcare workers, and allied community-based organizations. Its revenue model relies on individual donations (via ActBlue), foundation grants, sliding-scale fees for PATH and training services ($0–$2,500 based on organizational budget), and Peace Room space rental; it is not a venture-backed or commercial entity. The go-to-market motion is community-led organizing through membership programs (HOPE, RPOC), coalition partnerships with APEN, ALC, RJOY, and Community Resource Initiative, and grassroots events rather than traditional sales or marketing channels. Notable policy outcomes include $69M reallocated from jail expansion to mental health and housing, 80% of $1.4B Measure W secured for housing solutions, and stopping the $81M Santa Rita Jail expansion, signaling strong policy influence in Alameda County.

Name

Restore Oakland Inc

Legal name

Restore Oakland Inc

Website

https://restoreoakland.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Restore Oakland Inc is a 501c3 nonprofit community hub in Oakland's Fruitvale district that delivers healing justice, restorative economics, and organizing programs for BIPOC entrepreneurs, formerly incarcerated residents, and community-based organizations across the East Bay.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Development Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (81341), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Reentry & Justice-Involved Support Services (BPAGAEAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Development & Neighborhood Revitalization (CDBG, Place-Based Initiatives) (BPAIANAE)

Keywords

• Community organizing services
• Healing justice programs
• Restorative justice services
• Community economic development
• Nonprofit community hub

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Restore Oakland is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that relies on donations (through ActBlue platform) and likely grant funding to support operations and programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Restore Oakland Inc. operates a community hub in Oakland's Fruitvale district that delivers healing justice, restorative economics, and community space programming. Its core offerings include the PATH Program (restorative justice conflict navigation), HOPE Circles (weekly community healing circles), Healing Justice Training (sliding-scale restorative practices training), the REAL People's Fund ($10M community-governed non-extractive lending program for BIPOC entrepreneurs), and the REAL People's Organizing Collective (membership-based political organizing for small businesses). The organization also rents affordable meeting space through its Peace Room and serves as backbone organization for the Care First Community Coalition advocating decarceration.

Product overview

Restore Oakland Inc operates as a community hub offering a portfolio of interconnected healing justice and restorative economics programs. Core offerings include the Peace Room (physical space for restorative circles), the PATH Program (conflict navigation using restorative justice), HOPE Circles (weekly community healing gatherings), and the REAL People's Fund ($10M community lending program). The REAL People's Organizing Collective mobilizes BIPOC businesses for economic justice campaigns. Additional services include Solidarity Circles, Learning Labs, Togetherness mixers, and Healing Justice Training programs. The Care First Community Coalition serves as the backbone organization for decarceration advocacy. This is a single-organization community space model, not a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PATH Program: Practicing Accountability, Transformation, & Healing - a program that helps community members navigate conflict and heal from harm using restorative justice principles and trauma-informed care
• HOPE Membership
• REAL People's Fund
• REAL People's Organizing Collective (RPOC)
• Care First Community Coalition
• HOPE Circles
• Healing Justice Training

Products and services

• Peace Room (Community Space Rental) Affordable meeting and event space for healing justice circles, community building, and restorative justice initiatives, designed to support community dialogue and healing. Capacity for 20 people on the second floor with elevator access, located in the Fruitvale district.
• PATH Program (Practicing Accountability, Transformation & Healing) A conflict navigation and harm healing service using restorative justice principles and trauma-informed care to help community members resolve conflicts without relying on police or punishment. Sliding scale pricing for organizations ($0 to $2,500 by tier) and free access for individual working-class community members.
• HOPE Circles (Healing, Organizing & Political Education) Weekly community circles held every Wednesday 6:30-8pm at Restore Oakland's Peace Room, building solidarity and collective care among formerly incarcerated individuals, systems-impacted people, mental health crisis survivors, and frontline care workers. Also held in partnership with RJOY and Community Resource Initiative.
• REAL People's Fund A $10M community-governed non-extractive lending program providing capital access to BIPOC entrepreneurs in East Bay communities as part of the restorative economics framework. Aims to democratize financial systems and shift decision-making power back to community.
• REAL People's Organizing Collective (RPOC) A membership-based political home for small businesses and cooperatives organizing for commercial affordability, cooperative development, and community safety rooted in care. Provides regular gatherings for 200+ businesses to share resources and strategize on neighborhood safety.
• Solidarity Circles Heart-centered spaces connecting small business owners to share experiences, build narrative power, and identify collective solutions through the entrepreneurial journey.
• Togetherness (Small Business Mixers) Rotating small business mixer events in partnership with local businesses, turning Oakland storefronts into spaces for connection and collective power building.
• Learning Labs Political education sessions developing shared understanding of systems causing inequities and sharpening strategic analysis for influencing decisions and shifting power.
• Healing Justice Training Sliding-scale training offerings including 'Intro to Restorative Practices & Circle-Keeping' and 'Holding Healing Circles & Practicing Accountability' for BIPOC-led grassroots organizations. Also includes 20 Alameda County residents trained as restorative justice circle-keepers.
• Care First Community Coalition A collective of mental health advocates, abolitionist organizers, and survivors of incarceration working to decarcerate Santa Rita Jail and implement healing justice-centered solutions, with Restore Oakland serving as backbone organization providing strategic leadership and infrastructure.

Quantifiable outcome

• $19.2M won for mental health and housing to prevent incarceration
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ella Baker Center for Human RightscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Co-owner of the Restore Oakland Building and co-founder of Restore Oakland Inc. Provides strategic leadership and grassroots organizing infrastructure. Served as founding partner of Restore Oakland.
• Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC the Bay)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Co-owner of the Restore Oakland Building and co-founder of Restore Oakland Inc. Bay Area chapter of national restaurant workers organization.
• Designing Justice + Designing Spaces (DJDS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Black-led architectural firm led by Deanna Van Buren and Shelley Davis Roberts that led architectural design for the Restore Oakland Building. Committed to addressing root causes of mass incarceration through design for peace-making.
• Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership providing training and technical assistance to local AAPI organizers and community members. Restore Oakland disseminates restorative practices, healing justice frameworks, and political education about mass incarceration. Collaboration includes multilingual interpreters and bilingual Healing Justice Glossary.
• Asian Law Caucus (ALC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in ongoing collaboration providing training and technical assistance to local AAPI organizers. Restore Oakland provides healing justice training and political education support.
• REAL People's FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRestore Oakland is a lead partner of the REAL People's Fund, a $10M community-governed lending program led by East Bay grassroots movements. Democratizing financial systems and shifting power of financial decision-making back to community.
• Care First Community CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRestore Oakland serves as the backbone organization providing strategic leadership, dedicated grassroots organizing staff, and infrastructure support to this collective of mental health advocates, abolitionist organizers, survivors of incarceration, and faith leaders.
• Causa Justa::Just Cause (CJJC)minorOthersTenant organization in the Restore Oakland Building.
• Reem'sminorOthersRestaurant tenant operating in the Restore Oakland Building's restaurant space, providing affordable meals and hosting classes and events.
• RJOY (Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for healing circles including Freedom Circle and QTPOC Circle. Restore Oakland connects members to additional circle offerings through this partnership.
• Community Resource InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for community healing circles held on Tuesdays. Collaboration to provide healing spaces for system-impacted community members.
• Sogorea Te' Land TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRestore Oakland strives to build solidarity and reciprocity with the Ohlone communities whose unceded land they occupy, and directs community members to support Sogorea Te' Land Trust's revolutionary work.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Emerging players

• La Cocina: San Francisco-based nonprofit kitchen incubator supporting BIPOC food entrepreneurs; comparable target population and program model (Restore Oakland board member Geetika Agrawal was former Program Director) and similar community-rooted approach.

Direct peers

• Anti-Recidivism Coalition: California-based nonprofit led by formerly incarcerated individuals advocating for decarceration and reentry support; closely comparable mission and advocacy on alternatives to incarceration.
• Causa Justa :: Just Cause: Oakland-based tenant and immigrant rights organization housed in the Restore Oakland Building. Directly comparable as a Bay Area grassroots organizing group focused on racial and economic justice for BIPOC communities.
• Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY): Oakland-based restorative justice nonprofit offering healing circles and youth diversion programs; direct programmatic peer in restorative justice and community-based alternatives to incarceration.
• Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN): Bay Area AAPI-led environmental and economic justice organization that is a strategic partner of Restore Oakland; closely comparable community organizing model targeting BIPOC constituencies in the East Bay.
• Ella Baker Center for Human Rights: Co-founder and co-owner of the Restore Oakland Building. Mission-aligned Oakland nonprofit focused on criminal justice reform, healing justice, and economic justice for systems-impacted people — directly comparable advocacy model and shared leadership infrastructure.
• Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC): Co-founder and co-owner of the Restore Oakland Building; national nonprofit advancing workplace justice for restaurant workers. Highly comparable as a co-equal anchor of Restore Oakland's place-based organizing model.

Others

• East Bay Community Foundation: Regional foundation that funds community organizing and movement building in the East Bay; not a direct peer but a major funder and governance connection (Restore Oakland board member works there as Senior Program Officer).

Broad incumbents

• Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO): National nonprofit providing employment services to people returning home from incarceration; comparable population focus but with a workforce-development rather than community-organizing orientation.
• The Fortune Society: Long-established New York-based nonprofit providing reentry, housing, and advocacy for formerly incarcerated people; comparable reentry and alternatives-to-incarceration model at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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