At Community Foundation Sonoma County, we are invested in the promise of Sonoma County and believe in the power of philanthropy to change communities. While many know us for our grantmaking programs, we also go beyond grants to play a wide variety of roles in creating philanthropic solutions to our region’s most pressing issues.
Our Community Impact
Helping Donors Grow Their Philanthropy
- CFSC has assets of more than $200 million in over 400 charitable funds created by individuals, families, community-based organizations, and businesses.
- Since inception, CFSC has awarded grants totaling more than $300 million to charitable organizations throughout the county working in the arts, education, environment, health and human services, housing, and other nonprofit sectors.
- Learn more about our philanthropic services for donors
Our Grantmaking
- In addition to giving through a donor advised fund, donors can give directly to one of our Community Impact funds, which are stewarded by the grantmaking experts on our Community Impact Team.
- Our Community Impact grant programs seek to address the most pressing needs of our community.
- Programs focus on a wide variety of community needs, including: animal welfare, arts & culture, education, the environment, and health and human services.
- Learn more about our grant programs
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Community Resilience & Recovery
- Launched the Sonoma County Resilience Fund in 2017, Sonoma County’s only long-tern disaster recovery fund.
- Resilience Fund focus areas include helping people impacted by disaster, healing the long-term impacts of trauma, creating housing solutions for our community, climate resilience, and community preparedness.
- Our resilience grants total more than $19 million poured back into local nonprofits working to help our community to heal.
- Learn more about our Sonoma County Resilience Fund
Beyond Grantmaking
- Resilient Organizations: We lean into supporting the resilience of local nonprofits through capacity building and partnership in addressing unique operational challenges.
- Dolly Parton Imagination Library: In partnership with First 5 Sonoma County and many others, we are working to bring reading opportunities to Sonoma County's young children.
- Coffee with Community: We strive to learn about, with, and for our community. We host gatherings to bring community leaders together to share knowledge, learn about our grantmaking programs, and explore ways to work collaboratively.
- Community Collaboration: We serve in leadership roles within community initiatives such as: Community Organizations Active in Disaster, Sonoma Environmental Education Collaborative, and the Great Communities Collaborative.
