by Caitlin Childs | Jun 15, 2021 | Donor Newsletter, Featured Stories, Nonprofit Newsletter
In 2019, we launched a unique partnership with two other funders, First 5 Sonoma County and the Healthcare Foundation of Northern Sonoma County, to launch Resilient Organizations: Sustainable, Impactful, Effective (ROSIE). The ROSIE program was established to provide...
by Caitlin Childs | May 21, 2021 | 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...
by Caitlin Childs | Apr 16, 2021 | 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...
by Caitlin Childs | Mar 2, 2021 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
When Elece Hempel, the Executive Director of Petaluma People Services Center (PPSC), first realized the pandemic would impact the organization’s services, she met with seniors who frequent their Senior Café. Although she assured them meals would still be available...
by Caitlin Childs | Jan 12, 2021 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
Erica Diamond began volunteering with California Homemakers Association ten years ago after witnessing the problems and suffering in Sonoma County’s low-income communities. “I wanted to do everything that I can to address the root causes of poverty,” she says. “And I...
