by Caitlin Childs | Nov 1, 2022 | Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
On September 27th, 2020, Jessica Henson watched her TV all day, keeping up with news of the Glass Fire slowly spreading west from where it ignited in Napa County before dawn. She saw smoke rising in the distance from where she lived in one of three houses, all...
by Caitlin Childs | Oct 20, 2022 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
It’s been just over five years since the Tubbs and Nuns fires changed life as we knew it in Sonoma County. We launched the Sonoma County Resilience Fund knowing that while the immediate needs would be great, our community needed a fund that would be there for...
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 | Aug 10, 2022 | Annual Report, Featured Stories, Foundation News, Growing Philanthropy, Notes from our CEO
Since joining the Sonoma Community Foundation 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 had...
by Caitlin Childs | Jul 26, 2022 | Annual Report, Community Issues, Education, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
“YouthTruth is changing how sites and districts do school,” says Jessica Progulske of the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE). The YouthTruth survey is a national effort to gather student and stakeholder feedback to inform school improvement. It asks students,...
