by Caitlin Childs | Oct 18, 2022 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
In March 2020, everything changed. Nearly overnight, the nonprofit organizations that act as Sonoma County’s safety net faced a crisis like no other: how to help the thousands of people who suddenly lost jobs or faced other economic hardships survive the...
by Caitlin Childs | Sep 29, 2022 | Featured Stories, Foundation News, Our Staff
Community Foundation Sonoma County is thrilled to welcome Susan Price as our new Senior Philanthropic Advisor. Susan Price stepped into the nonprofit field after receiving her Master of Arts degree in Leadership in Culture, Ecology, and Sustainable Community from...
by Caitlin Childs | Aug 22, 2022 | Community Issues, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
In 2014, we helped develop The Portrait of Sonoma, a groundbreaking study which collected and interpreted census data to illuminate issues of inequity. Using the American Human Development Index (HDI) measurements of health, wealth, and education, the study compares...
by Caitlin Childs | Aug 10, 2022 | Annual Report, Featured Stories, Foundation News, Growing Philanthropy, Notes from our CEO
Since joining the Community Foundation Sonoma County as interim CEO in February of 2022, I’ve been grateful to have had the opportunity to work with the dedicated and talented staff, meet our donors, and work with our board as we seek our next permanent CEO. I’ve also...
by Caitlin Childs | Aug 9, 2022 | Annual Report, Donor Newsletter, Featured Stories, Growing Philanthropy, Our Donors
“Are you familiar with the Jewish religion? Do you know what ‘tikkun olam’ means?” Carol Newman asks. “It means, ‘to repair the world.’ It’s a mitzvah, a good deed.” Her husband, Barry Sovel, adds, “It’s very much a part of our cultural and religious background.”...
by Diana Ortiz | Aug 8, 2022 | Education, Featured Stories, Growing Philanthropy
Community Foundation Sonoma County recently had the pleasure of hosting a two-day teacher externship for a small group of Casa Grande High School educators. The five educators joined our staff at the CFSC office to learn more about the nonprofit field in Sonoma County...
