March 25, 2015 Helping Healdsburg
The Healdsburg Area Fund honored Tony Crabb and Barbara Grasseschi for their lasting community impact at the Healdsburg Area Fund's recent annual celebration....
March 25, 2015 Closing the Hunger Gap
In the midst of the Great Recession, more and more Sonoma County residents needed help to meet their most basic needs – like keeping a roof over their heads and feeding their families. In response, Community Foundation Sonoma County launched a five-year initiative to bolster...
March 25, 2015 Aging Healthfully
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Dr. Brian Kennedy of the Buck Institute spoke at our Greater Good for Donors Forum in February, 2015. We are pleased to share his TEDx Talk for those of you who weren’t able to join us at the Forum....
March 25, 2015 Big Birder, Bigger Heart
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In March, Community Foundation board member Ted Eliot and wife Pat dedicated a new Sonoma trail. Read about Ted and Pat's passion for birds, preservation, and conservation....
March 4, 2015 A Culture of Health
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Sonoma County has been selected as a finalist for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize. The annual prize recognizes communities that are inspiring locally-driven improvements in health and creating powerful and deep partnerships to make change. The criteria for the prize include: defining...
March 4, 2015 Why Five Fields of Interest?
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We are frequently asked about our five fields of interest, so we thought we would take the opportunity to share the origins of how those five areas came to be. In 2014 the Community Foundation gave out approximately $10 million dollars in grants on behalf of...
March 4, 2015 Creative Sonoma Workshops
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Creative Sonoma is a new countywide effort to promote the arts in our community. Formed in 2014, the agency is launching a series of professional development workshops in March and April for artists and nonprofit arts organizations. ...
February 20, 2015 Celebrate a Legacy of Philanthropy: Henry Trione
Henry Trione spent more than fifty years shaping Sonoma County. The Press Democrat pays tribute to his commitment to Sonoma County from wineries to football teams, colleges to open space, his business acumen and philanthropy has created an incredible legacy. We are deeply grateful for Henry’s...
February 20, 2015 Literacy Payback
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At Community Foundation Sonoma County, we are committed to promoting equity in our community. When we learned about the critical role that early childhood education plays in a child’s later success in school, career, and life, and that in Sonoma County only half of our...
February 20, 2015 Future of Philanthropy
Community Foundation Sonoma County’s affiliate Sonoma Valley Fund, is pleased to welcome Katherine Fulton to their board of directors. Here, Katherine reveals the future of philanthropy in her 2007 Ted Talk “You are the future of philanthropy”. Despite changing technology and culture, her predictions continue...