Contributions of any size may be made to any of the existing funds of the Community Foundation. These funds are the major source of grants which support the work of Sonoma County's diverse community benefit organizations. Community Foundation donors awarded over $12.4 million to Sonoma County community benefit organizations in 2007.

The Community Foundation administers over 350 funds. These serve a wide variety of charitable purposes and reflect the intent of our donors. Endowment funds are the backbone of the Community Foundation’s effectiveness, providing support for present and future needs and opportunities in perpetuity. The principal is carefully invested and the earnings payout is used for grants. Expendable (non-endowed) funds make grants from the earnings or principal.

COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS
These funds provide the most flexibility for the Community Foundation to address the changing needs of our communities. Through a competitive grants process, grants are made in broad fields of interest: Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Health and Human Services, along with Basic Human Needs and Ending Family Homelessness. The Healdsburg Area Fund and Sonoma Valley Fund also award grants in their local communities.

Community Endowment Funds
These provide the major resources used by the Community Foundation to make Discretionary grants. Since needs and opportunities evolve and change, our ability to respond effectively is maximized by having flexible funds. Legacy gifts are a primary way these funds grow.

• Community Endowment Fund
• Fund for Basic Human Needs
• Fund for Education
• Fund for the Arts
• Fund for the Environment
• Healdsburg Area Endowment Fund
• Sonoma Valley Endowment Fund

Field of Interest Funds
Individual donors may establish endowment funds to support their particular charitable interests. These are often created or added to by planned gifts which implement a donor’s legacy.

• Arnold and Dorothy Kelly Fund
• Barney H. and Dorothy O. Lieurance Endowment Fund
• Betty’s Fund
• Bruce Lalor Fund
• Catherine L. O’Brien Fund for the Environment
• Charl E. Rhode Fund for the Environment & Education
• Charles DeMeo Memorial Funds
• Cochran Family Fund
• David Michael Stone Memorial Fund
• Ding and Henry Arian Family Fund
• Disaster Relief Fund
• E. Johnnie Tarchini Endowment Funds
• Farm Worker Housing Fund
• Father Jerald F. Thomas Fund
• Furth Family Foundation
• Jean Forsyth Schulz Fund for the Environment
• Julia Grant Unrestricted Endowment Fund
• Marcia L. Anderson Memorial Fund
• Nancy Henshaw Fund
• Rainbow Fund
• Real Estate Housing Endowment Fund
• Remak-Mosenthal Fund
• Royce L. and Carolee Van Bebber Family Fund
• Russian River Community Trust Fund
• Salatko Animal Welfare Fund
• Sarah D. Rodgers Fund
• Sonoma County Seniors’ Fund
• Spectrum Hospice Fund for Palliative Care
• Wilma B. Kery Fund
• Women’s and Girls’ Endowment Fund

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
Donor and committee-advised funds allow individuals or organizations to establish a fund for charitable giving, make contributions to it at any time and advise the Community Foundation on grants to be made from the fund. All grants are approved or designated for approval by the Community Foundation's Board of Directors.

In addition to having full access to the Community Foundation's grantmaking assistance, donor services, investment and management expertise, donor-advisors also receive opportunities to participate in site visits and educational events.
List of Donor Advised Funds

ORGANIZATION FUNDS
Individuals or nonprofit organizations can establish these for a specific community benefit organization beneficiary. Organization endowment funds are particularly valuable in assuring long-term financial stability and independence.
List of Organization Funds

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDS
Individuals or groups of donors can establish funds to support an area of interest. Funds may have advisory committees. Community projects focus on a particular community project or activity.

List of Community Project Funds

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
These are endowment funds; interest payout is used to assist students with higher education. In some cases, donors and committees participate in the selection process.
List of Scholarship Funds

To learn more about the Community Foundation funds, contact Kay Marquet or call 707-579-4073