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Creating Bridges for Strategic Solutions

In 2007, our Board of Directors endorsed a five-year (2007-2012) strategic plan. This plan embraces a new focus on inclusiveness and civic engagement for all with these objectives:

Pursuing an active community leadership model
Increasing our community impact through:
- engaging donors to support our leadership agenda
- adding more legacy gifts to our community endowment
- growing our unrestricted field-of-interest funds
Operational excellence in all of our core functions

Through responsive grantmaking and strategic initiatives, we tackle Sonoma County’s most challenging issues. We also understand that we cannot do this alone. Whenever possible, we initiate collaboration and partnerships to craft sustainable solutions.

In convening diverse groups, we better understand the complexity of each problem and work together to build a solid basis for lasting change. Our partners include community-benefit organizations, donors, government, civic and business leaders and experts in their particular field.

Our current Strategic Initiatives are:

For each initiative, we will keep you informed on:

How the issue affects Sonoma County
What the Community Foundation is doing to address the issue
How our partners are working to create positive change
How to get more involved through volunteering or other activities
Links to resources to help you learn more

Featured Program

With a history of connecting people to the land through public access and property stewardship, LandPaths recently opened a new kind of portal for alleviating our “nature deficit disorder.” When they took on Bayer Farm in the middle of Roseland, they asked, “Why aren’t we growing food on our parklands?” Their expanded vision combines the benefits of a rural farm and urban park. The six acres now provide needed green space, abundant food gardens, nature-based youth programs and an outdoor place for community celebrations. More…

Featured Initiative

"We are thrilled with this strong statement of leadership from the Community Foundation in directing significant resources toward an issue as fundamental and urgent as hunger," said David Goodman, Executive Director of the Redwood Empire Food Bank."And, the pursuit of fresh produce that addresses not only hunger but the health and well-being of the recipients is truly exciting for everyone involved: donors, The REFB, agencies and food recipients." More