BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT AND BUSINESS DISTRICT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COR
To advocate, organize, create, develop, implement, foster, and ensure the thriving of the Black Arts Movement and Business District (BAMBD) in Oakland through vigilant organizing, development of infrastructure, and the creation of mechanisms for stewardship and advocacy. Equity, inclusion, excellence, engagement, integrity and service guide the organization.
About BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT AND BUSINESS DISTRICT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COR
This profile has been verified against IRS/990 records and nonprofit databases under EIN 82-1475568; the organization is recorded as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) with an IRS ruling year of 2019. ([projects.propublica.org](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/821475568?utm_source=openai))
The Black Arts Movement and Business District Community Development Corporation (BAMBD CDC) is a community development and arts-advocacy nonprofit founded to preserve and expand Black-led arts, culture, commercial activity, and artist housing along Oakland’s Fourteenth Street corridor. Its stated pillars include housing, commerce, arts & culture, an online cultural archive, and vital human services. ([bambdcdc.com](https://www.bambdcdc.com/))
In the last 2–3 years BAMBD CDC has moved from advocacy into direct stewardship and program delivery: it secured a long-term lease for 1540 Broadway to house the Lower Bottom Playaz and create a Black Cultural Center (announced July 17, 2023), has produced and expanded BAMBDFEST programming, and has been active in city/state cultural planning and grant-funded capacity-building efforts. The organization has also been involved in regional funding and support initiatives, including state arts grants and participation in a broader Black Arts Movement Business District development initiative funded by major philanthropic support. ([bambdcdc.com](https://www.bambdcdc.com/resources/Press%20Release%201540%20Broadway.docx.pdf))
Notable achievements
Secured cultural hub lease (1540 Broadway)
In July 2023 BAMBD CDC announced it became the leaseholder of 1540 Broadway to create a Black Cultural Center and house Oakland’s Lower Bottom Playaz theater troupe, establishing a physical home and program space for the district’s artists and events. ([bambdcdc.com](https://www.bambdcdc.com/resources/Press%20Release%201540%20Broadway.docx.pdf))
California Arts Council operating grant (2022–23)
Received General Operating Support from the California Arts Council as a grantee (award noted in the 2022–23 grant cycle), supporting outreach, community education and Festival programming that advance the City of Oakland’s cultural plan. ([arts.ca.gov](https://arts.ca.gov/grantee/black-arts-movement-and-business-district-community-development-cor/))
Participant in Mellon capacity-building grant
Included in regional capacity-building activity tied to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s December 2022 investments in Black Arts Movement Business District development and Cultural Reforestation efforts that funded member organizations and collective infrastructure work. ([mellon.org](https://www.mellon.org/grant-details/black-arts-movement-and-business-district-community-development-corporation-of-oakland-20452261))
At a glance
- Total assets
- $2.3M
- Annual revenue
- $176K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 82-1475568
- Location
- Oakland, CA
- Website
- www.bambdcdc.com
- On Mahalo since
- May 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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