![Meet our New Community Impact Intern, Yessenia Resendiz](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Yessenia-Resendiz-web-500x500-1.jpg)
Meet our New Community Impact Intern, Yessenia Resendiz
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...
![Elizabeth Brown Leaving Foundation After Nine Years as President & CEO](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Elizabeth-Brown-square.jpg)
Elizabeth Brown Leaving Foundation After Nine Years as President & CEO
Community Foundation Sonoma County (CFSC) announced Thursday that Elizabeth Brown will be transitioning out of her role as President & CEO after nearly a decade of leadership. Brown will be moving to Atlanta, Georgia, joining the executive leadership team at the...
![Celebrating Elly Grogan](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Elly-Grogan-Photo.jpg)
Celebrating Elly Grogan
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 Community Foundation Sonoma County in May of 2014. Her passion and dedication to supporting our community led her to...
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2020 Annual Report
During a year characterized in so many ways by tragedy, change, and heartbreak, Community Foundation Sonoma County 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...
![Donor Spotlight: Whitney Evans](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-07-12-Whitney-Evans-web-01.jpg)
Donor Spotlight: Whitney Evans
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 Cleveland,...
![A County-Wide Focus on Housing: Renewal Enterprise District](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2021-09-17-Michelle-Whitman-1.jpg)
A County-Wide Focus on Housing: Renewal Enterprise District
Californians continue to cope with the impact that fires have on our communities, particularly when it comes to housing issues. After the October 2017 fires in Sonoma County, many local organizations launched into action to address the loss of thousands of homes in...
![Staff Appreciation, Meet Rachel Harstad](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Rachel-Bio-Pic.jpg)
Staff Appreciation, Meet Rachel Harstad
CFSC Staff Appreciation! Rachel Harstad is a strong believer in the power of investing. So, when she learned about Community Foundation Sonoma County, and how they pool the resources of many like-minded people and even multiply and extend the impact long-term through...
![Staff Appreciation, Meet Kristin Nelson](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Kristin-Bio-Pic.jpg)
Staff Appreciation, Meet Kristin Nelson
CFSC Staff Appreciation! Kristin Nelson is a do-gooder who believes in the power of community. Whether community is neighbors, colleagues, or strangers with shared interests and challenges, Kristin trusts that together, community can influence positive change. Her...
![Staff Appreciation, Meet Rosa Colin Vasquez](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Rosa-Bio-Pic.jpg)
Staff Appreciation, Meet Rosa Colin Vasquez
Here is this week's CFSC Staff Appreciation! With a strong desire to learn and a positive attitude, Rosa fits right in at Community Foundation Sonoma County where she receives consistent support from her colleagues. Throughout her time at the Foundation, Rosa’s...
![Staff Appreciation, Meet Brenda Beal](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Brenda-Bio-Pic.jpg)
Staff Appreciation, Meet Brenda Beal
CFSC Staff Appreciation! Brenda is a kind-hearted individual with a strong desire to help her community. Being in the nonprofit world for well over 15 years, Brenda is aware of the powerful impact nonprofit organizations have on a community. Having Brenda join the...
Expanding Healthcare Options for Hard to Reach Communities: Reach For Home
The Covid pandemic presented numerous challenges to organizations serving low-income community members here and across the nation. Among those challenges was having enough emergency funds available for the surge in clients facing the loss of work and struggling to pay...
![Staff Appreciation, Meet John E. McGuirk](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/John-Bio-Pic.jpg)
Staff Appreciation, Meet John E. McGuirk
Here is this week's CFSC Staff Appreciation! John E. McGuirk is a creative strategist with more than two decades of grantmaking experience at the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, and Arts Council Silicon Valley (now SV Creates). John is...
LandPaths: Fostering a love of the land, one camper at a time
The seeds for LandPaths were first planted in 1996, and the organization's mission was simple: foster a love of the land in Sonoma County. Since those early days some twenty-five years ago, LandPaths has acquired and preserved roughly 2,000 acres of parks and open...
![Staff Appreciation, Meet Olivia Howell-Wilson](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Olivia-Bio-Pic2.jpg)
Staff Appreciation, Meet Olivia Howell-Wilson
Olivia is a knowledge-seeking individual who naturally found her way into the nonprofit world. She describes her work at Community Foundation Sonoma County so far as “inspiring” as she regularly gains new knowledge. Since joining the team back in January, Olivia has...
Caring for our Aging Community: Coastal Seniors
For people living on the remote stretches of the North Coast of Sonoma County, it can be challenging to find social and other services. This reality, along with the sense of isolation that comes with rural living, was compounded while the nation sheltered-in-place...