Cedric Brown
Cedric Brown
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Overview
Cedric Brown is the Managing Partner, overseeing programs and philanthropic partnerships as well as day-to-day operations. He brings over 20 years of experience as an educator and funder, working with the Kapor Foundation, SF Foundation, SF Education Fund, Switzer Foundation, SF Cultural Equity Grants, and Level Playing Field Institute among others. Cedric is the co-founder of the College Bound Brotherhood, which aims to serve 5000 African American young men on the path to a college degree. He has served as a board/committee member of Color of Change.org, Northern California Grantmakers, Funders Committee for Civic Participation, Council on Foundation’s Family Philanthropy Committee, and Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy. Cedric received an ABFE Emerging Leader in Philanthropy Award and was profiled as a San Francisco Chronicle Changemaker. Cedric holds degrees from the University of North Carolina and Stanford University and executive certificates from Georgetown and Rutgers universities. A native North Carolinian, Cedric practices the diplomatic arts of a Southern gentleman.