Grantmaking Archives - Page 2 of 4 - Community Foundation Sonoma County

Five kids standing next to each other with their arms linked. Text: CPI

May 21, 2021 CPI: Supporting Families Throughout the Pandemic

Posted at 13:28h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Donor Newsletter, Featured Stories, Nonprofit Newsletter, Resilience Fund

When Robin Bowen, Executive Director at Child Parent Institute (CPI) in Santa Rosa, first called her staff together to discuss the impact COVID-19 would have on the organization, she—like many others—wasn’t expecting the pandemic’s duration would last this long. “We just all thought it was going...

Kathy Kane, Director of Services for Community Action Partnership, stands in front of a mural at the South Park Community Garden in Santa Rosa

April 16, 2021 Breaking barriers and making an impact: Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County

Posted at 16:26h in Basic Human Needs, Community Issues, COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Homelessness, Housing, Resilience Fund

One year into the pandemic, Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County (CAP) is still working tirelessly to meet the changing and growing needs of those most marginalized. While staff continually adapts to working and connecting with clients remotely, Assistant Director Kathy Kane says gaps remain...

October 16, 2020 Sonoma County Resilience Fund Donates $1,750,000 to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Posted at 09:23h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Donor Newsletter, Featured Stories, Nonprofit Newsletter, Resilience Fund

Since March, Community Foundation Sonoma County has granted more than $4.6 million to support nonprofit organizations responding to coronavirus. When the coronavirus pandemic struck Sonoma County in March 2020, Community Foundation Sonoma County (CFSC) and our donors immediately responded, making significant grants to help support the...

September 3, 2020 Catching Up With Our Sonoma Valley Cohort

Posted at 10:11h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

When our cohort of six Sonoma Valley nonprofit organizations met for the first time in February, their primary focus was to identify the ways they could strengthen and support their own and each other’s missions. Soon after that first capacity building meeting, shelter in place...

Charlie Brown and Snoopy statue photographed wearing a Charlie Brown face mask. Text: COVID-19 Competitive Grants Program

August 10, 2020 Announcing: COVID-19 Competitive Grants Program

Posted at 13:23h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories

The COVID-19 pandemic has touched every aspect of our lives and created widespread and long-term challenges in Sonoma County communities and throughout the world. As with previous disasters, the impact is not distributed evenly. The Latinx population has been disproportionately affected with almost 80% of...

July 29, 2020 Bridging Racial and Economic Divides in the North County: Corazón Healdsburg

Posted at 12:48h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Healdsburg Forever

Since 2011, Corazón Healdsburg has worked to bridge the racial and economic divide in the northern reaches of Sonoma County. Their work has made a big impact in the Latinx community, through adult education programs, financial counseling, health outreach, a bilingual drop-in resource center, emergency...

Hanford ARC Vice President and CEO Mark Cederborg with founder Doug Hanford

July 2, 2020 Giving Back During COVID-19: An Interview With Hanford ARC

Posted at 14:57h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

Interview by Dani Burlison. Photo: Hanford ARC Vice President and CEO Mark Cederborg with founder Doug Hanford, by Caitlin Childs Sonoma County based Hanford Applied Restoration and Conservation (Hanford ARC) is a general engineering and landscape contractor specializing in ecological restoration. Hanford ARC focuses on mitigating...

June 25, 2020 Racial Justice Grantmaking: Recommendations and Resources

Posted at 17:59h in Featured Stories

Recently, we shared a letter from our CEO affirming our support for racial justice, and promising to continue the conversation as we work, as individuals and organizationally, to be better. With that in mind, we asked our team to share recommendations on how donors can...

May 7, 2020 Healdsburg Forever Makes $80,000 in Emergency Grants

Posted at 17:42h in Featured Stories, Healdsburg Forever

Healdsburg Forever our a regional affiliate has recently made emergency grants totaling $80,000 to six nonprofit organizations providing essential safety net services—food, shelter, and health care—to the most vulnerable people in Healdsburg and Geyserville. The grants to Redwood Empire Food Bank, Healdsburg Food Pantry, Corazón...

May 1, 2020 Webinar Series for Nonprofit Organizations

Posted at 14:38h in Featured Stories, Nonprofit Newsletter

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on local nonprofit organizations. Beyond our grantmaking work, Community Foundation Sonoma County offers educational resources for these nonprofits, which have been adapted for the current shelter in place orders. As we navigate the uncertainty together, we have...