Ongoing Causes

Teacake Bake Shop recognizes the importance of giving back to our communities. We have a special interest in children’s causes and have dedicated our philanthropy around these needs.

We have partnered with Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland and have designed a children's cupcake box in which 50% of proceeds will go to support Children’s Hospital Foundation causes.

In addition, Teacake Bake Shop partners with local children's organizations such as MOCHA (The Museum of Children's Art) to provide baked goods for their benefit event in exchange for children's art which we will display at our retail stores. MOCHA strives to use hands-on teaching for children to develop their skills through art and puts an emphasis on reaching children from low-income communities.

Teacake BAKES (Baking A Kind Equal Society)

Teacake BAKES is a program that one of our Teacake team members dreamed up. Because individuals have different causes and beliefs they support, we encourage our team to support their own causes. With Teacake BAKES, our team members take turns baking up special, original treats that are sold at our retail store. ALL proceeds from the sales of those items are donated to the charity/cause of their choice. So far, we have donated to the following organizations:

African People's Solidarity Committee
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
CancerCare
Oakland Public Library
Heifer International
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Christopher Rodriguez Foundation
City of Hope
Hopalong Animal Rescue
Alameda County Food Bank

Other Giving

Teacake Bake Shop is proud to support other local causes with monetary and product donations. Some of the causes that we have supported include:

Alameda County Food Bank
Bay Area Rescue Mission
California State Parks Foundation
The Avon Foundation
Special Olympics (Northern California)
Lincoln Child Center
Just Cause Oakland
Deaf Counseling, Advocacy, and Referral Agency
The Link to Children
Adopt a Special Kid
Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute
Lafayette Art & Science Foundation
Tzu Chi Foundation Sichuan Earthquake Fund
Critical Resistance
Womens' Cancer Resource Center
Ronald McDonald House at Stanford
Hillcrest School
CALICO (Child Abuse Listening, Interviewing and Coordination Center)
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
Moving Forward Education
St. Vincent De Paul Society
Osher Marin Jewish Community Center
Bare Magazine
Girls Moving Forward
Ala Costa Center
Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa County
Richmond Ermet AIDS Foundation
Highlands Preschool
Pediatric AIDS Foundation
St. Baldricks
Jack McGovern Coats Disease Foundation
Benicia High School
Alhambra High School
Wagner Elementary School
Bentley School
Happy Valley School
Woodside Elementary
Lafayette School Mentoring Project
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo
St. Mark's School
Prospect Sierra School
Regent of University of CA, Berkeley, Business School
Mills College
Emery Ed
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
Heyday Books
Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church
Acalanes High School
John Muir Elementary School
Lincoln Child Center