by Caitlin Childs | Jan 24, 2022 | Basic Human Needs, Community Issues, Featured Stories, Foundation News, News for Nonprofits
Living in Sonoma County is expensive. The high cost of living makes it challenging for low- income residents to cover their basic human needs—a situation made worse by the compounding effects of the wildfires, coronavirus pandemic, and subsequent inflation. Families...
by Caitlin Childs | Jan 20, 2022 | Community Issues, Featured Stories, Foundation News, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE New study on local well-being, inequities to be unveiled at Jan. 26 launch event for Portrait of Sonoma County SANTA ROSA, CA — A detailed look at the well-being of people living in Sonoma County will be released to the public on Jan. 26 in an online...
by Diana Ortiz | Jan 7, 2022 | Featured Stories, Growing Philanthropy, Our Staff
Welcome to our new Community Impact Intern, Yessenia Resendiz. Yessenia joins the Community Foundation as part of our internship program. This internship program was launched in 2020 with support from 10,000 Degrees, a college success organization supporting...
by Diana Ortiz | Oct 25, 2021 | Donor Newsletter, Featured Stories, Nonprofit Newsletter, Our Staff
Today we’re honored to celebrate Elly Grogan’s work at the foundation as we say goodbye to having her on board with us full-time. Elly first joined Sonoma Community Foundation in May of 2014. Her passion and dedication to supporting our community led her to hold...
by Caitlin Childs | Oct 21, 2021 | Annual Report, Donor Newsletter, Featured Stories
During a year characterized in so many ways by tragedy, change, and heartbreak, Sonoma Community Foundation has responded to what feels like never-ending cycles of disaster brought on by seasons of wildfires and a pandemic. At the same time, we’ve witnessed daily...
by Caitlin Childs | Oct 20, 2021 | Annual Report, Donor Newsletter, Featured Stories, Sonoma Valley Fund
Sonoma volunteer and generous community donor Whitney Evans grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, the birthplace of the very first community foundation, which might help explain his love for the community foundation model. “I spent the first 50 years of my life in...
