We need your support to ensure that people impacted by the coronavirus are able to receive the help they need.
Give Locally: to our COVID-19 Resilience Fund to help Sonoma County’s most vulnerable people recover from the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
For more than four decades YWCA Sonoma County has been a safe haven for domestic violence survivors. The organization helps individuals and families t...
Since March, Community Foundation Sonoma County has granted more than $4.6 million to support nonprofit organizations responding to coronavirus. When ...
Like all organizations working with our local houseless community, Catholic Charities continues finding temporary and permanent housing for hundreds o...
From shifting toward Zoom and telephone appointments, to setting up virus testing clinics, Sonoma County’s health centers have handled the sudden ch...
For more than two decades Santa Rosa Community Health (SRCH) has provided physical and mental health services to Sonoma County’s low-income populati...
Until late January 2020, a community of nearly 250 unhoused people lived in tents along a 2-mile stretch of the Joe Rodota Trail, an eight-mile bike a...
In ancient Rome, Ceres was the goddess of agriculture and offered blessings to farmers and their annual harvests, ensuring communities had enough to e...
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 cou...
Since inception in 2017, we have supported local disaster recovery efforts through grants nearing $10 million. Community Foundation Sonoma County (CFS...
When news of the coronavirus first hit the U.S., the staff at COTS (Committee On The Shelterless) stepped into action to ensure the unhoused populatio...
The COVID-19 pandemic has touched every aspect of our lives and created widespread and long-term challenges in Sonoma County communities and throughou...
Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) is no stranger to supporting communities through disasters. In recent years, they’ve responded to their fair share: ...
Since United Way of the Wine Country took over operations of the 211 information and referral line just over a year ago, many Sonoma County residents ...
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 bi...
When Cliff Casolla bought Marshall Auto Body in Glen Ellen nearly six years ago, he could have never predicted the bumps he’d pass over during his f...
Established in 1993 by Sonoma State Professor Mark Doolittle, Support Our Students Community Counseling (SOS) continues to draw on the original miss...
The staff at Food For Thought in Forestville began implementing sanitation plans as soon as they got word of the pandemic in early March. But because ...
Interview by Dani Burlison. Photo: Hanford ARC Vice President and CEO Mark Cederborg with founder Doug Hanford, by Caitlin Childs Sonoma County based ...
Story by Dani Burlison When shelter in place orders were implemented in California, Jim Blake had an idea that could prevent overcrowding—and preven...
Story by Dani Burlison, Photos by Erik Castro On the afternoon of April 22, New Jersey native Tom Singerline made his way through Dry Creek Valley o...
Story by Dani Burlison, Photos by Erik Castro Since 1993 The Living Room has provided a safe place for unhoused women and their children to go during ...
Even with relatively few COVID-19 cases in Sonoma County so far, people are already suffering from the economic impacts of lost hours at work, and fea...
Community Foundation Sonoma County is following the spread of COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) in our community, and stands ready to help if needed. While t...
Grants Made to Date
$5,909,294+
and counting
Total includes grants from CFSC’s Resilience Fund and CFSC Donor Advised Fund donors
Updated 12/08/2020
Our Grantees
10,000 Degrees – for General Operating expenses
Alexander Valley Film Society – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Alliance Medical Center – to provide community health worker services to uninsured patients and families with Covid-19
Alliance Redwoods Conference Grounds – to provide food and shelter for homeless adults
American Red Cross of the California Northwest – for annual contribution
Art Escape – to support organizational sustainability during the COVID-19 crisis
Artstart (START SoCo) – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Baton Rouge Area Foundation – to establish a new employee relief fund
Bay Nature Institute – for general operating support
Becoming Independent – for 2020 annual contribution
Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation – to inform English, Spanish, Triqui, Mixteco and Chatino speaking community critical information on the COVID-19 pandemic
Botanical Bus – to empower Latinx farmworkers, domestic workers, and day laborers in Sonoma County with holistic health resources through a bilingual mobile herb clinic
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin – to provide academic support to low-income youth in Healdsburg & Geyserville through Boys & Girls Clubs Distance Learning Clubs
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley – to support organizational sustainability during the COVID-19 crisis
Buckelew Programs – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Burbank Housing Management Corporation – to support the digital divide that low-income families face by providing free, high-quality internet service
California Human Development – to provide education, PPE, and food to day laborers and families that utilize the Day Labor Center Program during COVID-19
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center – to provide financial assistance, food, and other relief to Native Americans in Sonoma County
California Poets in the Schools – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership – to develop and implement a webinar series titled, Stronger Together: Effective Nonprofit Leadership During the Crisis
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership – to support the operations of Sonoma County Community Organizations Active in Disaster (SC-COAD)
Centro Legal de la Raza – for the Oakland Undocumented Relief (OUR) Fund
Ceres Community Project – to provide medically tailored meals among low-income clients with serious health conditions during COVID-19 via the Healing Meals for Healthy Communities program
Charles M. Schulz Museum & Research Center – for general operating support
Child Parent Institute (CPI) – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Children’s Museum of Sonoma County – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Christ Church United Methodist Church – in support of Elisha’s Pantry
Cinnabar Arts Corporation – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Cloverdale Senior Multipurpose Center – to provide mental health support to isolated seniors and other members of the community effected by COVID-19
Coastal Seniors, Inc – to provide home delivered meals to qualifying Sonoma County seniors and disabled adults
Commonwealth Club of California – for 2020 operating expenses including COVID-19 Fund and in honor of Mauree Jane Perry
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Baptist Church – to provide COVID-19 Care Packages to low-income families and homeless communities in Santa Rosa and Petaluma, as fiscal sponsor to Sonoma County Black Coalition
Congregation Shomrei Torah – to support Elisha’s Pantry, in honor of the Gelfman, Cole, Wiedenheft, and Mullins Families
Conservation Corps North Bay – to provide paid job training, case management, and basic human needs support for young people of color preparing to enter a workforce impacted by COVID-19
Corazon Healdsburg – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
COTS (Committee on the Shelterless) – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Council on Aging Services for Seniors – to provide nutritious meals and wellness checks to low-income seniors in Meals on Wheels service areas
Covia Foundation – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Crocker Art Museum – for general operating support
Doctors Without Borders – for general operating support
Downtown Streets Team – to provide basic needs stipends in the form of gift cards for food, clothing, and medicine to individuals experiencing homelessness
Earle Baum Center of the Blind – for general operating support
Face to Face Sonoma County AIDS Network – to provide housing, utility, food, transportation or other emergency support for Latinx and BIPOC clients who are ineligible for government funding
Family Justice Center of Sonoma County Foundation – to provide food, housing, immediate needs (gift cards), and emergency supplies to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, and human trafficking
Farm to Pantry – to provide nutritious produce to those who need it most
Feeding America – for general operating support
First 5 Sonoma County – to support the Sonoma County Child Care Resiliency Fund, intended to ensure that child care businesses remain sustainable in the midst of the COVID-19 public health emergency
First Congregational Church of Sonoma – for Rev’d Dr. Curran’s discretion – Covid-19 response
FISH of the Santa Rosa Area Inc. – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Food Bank for Monterey County – for general operating support
Food For All/ Comida Para Todos – to provide weekly provisions of healthy groceries and bi-monthly household and hygiene necessities to local families
Food For Thought – to provide healthy groceries and meals to low-income Latinx families and vulnerable medical patients affected by COVID-19
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County – for general operating support
Forget Me Not Childrens Services – to distribute organic produce and provide animal-assisted and horticultural therapy to children who are survivors of abuse, neglect, community violence and wildfires
Friends in Sonoma Helping – to support Latinx families and seniors who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 by providing rental assistance
Friends in Sonoma Helping – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Global Offsite Care – in support of Covid-19 response
Healdsburg Center for the Arts – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Healdsburg Education Foundation – for general support in advance of year-end
Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Inc – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Healdsburg Food Pantry – to provide free food to needy families and seniors living in Healdsburg and Geyserville
Henry the Hand Foundation – for purchase of face shields and the area of greatest need
Hospice By The Bay Foundation – to provide increased advocacy, counseling, and resources to low-income, medically fragile children and seniors and their families through the Coronavirus Emergency Fund
H-Town Youth Theatre DBA Young Actors Studio and Left Edge Theatre – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Hudson River Museum – for general operating support
Humanidad Therapy & Education Services – to support delivering mental health therapy and resources to some of Sonoma County’s most vulnerable individuals during COVID-19
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area – to provide essential immigration legal services to Latinx immigrants
Institute of Ecological Design – to support the COVID response with food and hygiene kits among the Misqitu tribe
Integrative Healers Action Network– to support Farmworker Clinics by providing free integrative health services to Latinx community members working in Sonoma County vineyards
InterFaith Shelter Network – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
International Community Foundation – for the Todos Santos Relief Fund. Donation is for the food bank
Intersection for the Arts – in support of the Covid – 19 Safety Net Fund for artists
Jewish Community Free Clinic of Sonoma County – to support direct services focused on prevention, quarantine, and coping with COVID-19 impact for Latinx, elderly, and other at-risk patients
Juliette’s House – for general operating support
Justicewise- to sustain and expand the Text FOOD/COMIDA program
Kid Scoop News – to provide urgent literacy educational news materials for Latinx families, children, and low-income seniors suffering from COVID-19 disruption and insecurity
Knights of Indulgence Theatre United States – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
La Luz Center – for La Luz Crisis Fund providing immediate relief for those most affected
La Luz Center – to support the La Luz Center’s Micro Loan program
La Plaza – for general operating support to La Plaza, to continue providing outreach and resources to Latinx families during and after the pandemic
Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation – for general operating support
LandPaths – to provide food distribution and COVID health, financial, and resource services in Spanish and English to the neighboring community at Bayer Farm
Legal Aid of Sonoma County – for general operating support
Lifehouse, Inc. – for 2020 annual contribution
LifeWorks of Sonoma County – to provide bilingual youth and family therapy to the Latino community through the El Puente program
Lilliput Children’s Services – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Literacyworks – to provide plain language mental health information, workshops, and resources to low-literacy, low-income Latinx/BIPOC families
Lomi Counseling Clinic – to support delivering mental health therapy and resources to some of Sonoma County’s most vulnerable individuals during COVID-19
Multiplier – to provide continuity for low-income seniors accessing produce through farmers markets, as fiscal sponsor to Interfaith Food Sustainable Collaborative
Museum of Sonoma County – to assist the Museum during the Covid-19 closure
NAMI Sonoma County – for general operating support
NDN Collective – for NDN Covid-19 Response Project
New Venture Fund – for Oakland COVID-19 Relief Fund
New Vision Santa Rosa Foundation – to support grants for small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19
Next Village SF – to provide assistance to the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic
North Bay Childrens Center Inc – to provide direct child care services and early educational programs for children of essential and front line workers disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
North Bay Organizing Project – to support Undocufund in providing direct financial assistance to our undocumented community members
North Beach Citizens – to provide assistance to the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic
Northern California Center for Well-Being – to provide medical nutrition services and increased access to critical resources to low-income Latinx and senior populations who are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19
Nuestra Comunidad – to provide PPE to vineyard, agricultural, and essential workers through the Farmworker Clinic Project
Oakland Museum of California – for general operating support
Occidental Center for the Arts – for general operating support
On The Move – to support direct emergency financial assistance for Sonoma County Latinx community members for living expenses related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Operation Access – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Operation Dignity – for general operating support
PACT dba Main Stage West – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Pepperwood Foundation – for general operating support
Petaluma Arts Council dba Petaluma Arts Center – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Petaluma City Schools – to support the McDowell Family Resource Center pilot program Convivencia
Petaluma Educational Foundation – to support TK-12 grade students with Social Emotional Learning Programs helping students and families adapt to challenges of COVID-19 and seniors living in PEP Housing during COVID-19
Petaluma Health Center – to support the COVID TEAM, a specialized health care team to provide COVID-19 education, outreach, screening/testing, and referrals targeted at uninsured and Latinx populations
Petaluma People Services Center – to assist low-income families affected by COVID-19 with emergency financial needs, as fiscal sponsor to Friends of the Petaluma Family Resource Center at McDowell
Petaluma People Services Center – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Raizes Collective – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Reach for Home – grant is for general operating support for services in Healdsburg/Geyserville
Rebuilding Together – Petaluma – for general operating support
Redwood Coast Medical Services – for general operating support
Redwood Community Health Coalition – to support the Outreach and Enrollment program with service referrals to help the most vulnerable families affected by the pandemic and its resulting economic downturn
Redwood Empire Food Bank – to provide health groceries to local individuals, children, and families who have been affected by COVID-19
Redwood Gospel Mission – for general operating support
River to Coast Children’s Services – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Roseland School District – for the Roseland Family Food Relief Fund
Roustabout Theater – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Russian Riverkeeper – for annual support in advance of year end. We hope others will step up without the need for events and other “virtual” gatherings.
Salvation Army – Santa Rosa – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Samaritan’s Purse – for the Emergency Medicine Fund (#013759) for Covid-19 response
San Francisco Conservatory of Music – for general operating support
San Jose Museum of Art Association – for general operating support
Santa Barbara Vintners Foundation – in support of Direct Relief
Santa Rosa Community Health – to expand the work of Sonoma Community Resilience Collaborative during disasters
Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation – in support of the SRJC Crisis Relief Fund
Sebastiani Theatre Foundation, Inc. – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Sebastopol Center for the Arts – for general operating support
Shared Housing and Resource Exchange California – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Side by Side, formerly Sunny Hills Services – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Silicon Valley Community Foundation – For Covid-19 Sonoma County use via Community Foundation Sonoma County
Social Advocates for Youth – to provide job support to homeless youth
Sonoma Applied Village Services – to provide direct food and outreach services to the homeless of Sonoma County
Sonoma Community Center – to support organizational sustainability during the COVID-19 crisis
Sonoma Conservatory of Dance – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Sonoma County Black Forum – to provide food assistance to individuals and families and support the Urban Gardening Series
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation – in support of the 2020 Sonoma County Wine Auction Fund-A-Need to bridge the technology gap in education and help provide underprivileged youth in Sonoma County with internet access, computers and other resources needed to support remote learning
Sonoma Ecology Center – to support organizational sustainability during the COVID-19 crisis
Sonoma Ecology Center – to support organizational sustainability during the COVID-19 crisis, as fiscal sponsor to Sustainable Sonoma
Sonoma Family Meal – to assist with the preparation by chefs of meals to be delivered to nonprofits serving seniors and at-risk families
Sonoma Land Trust – for annual funding in advance of year-end
Sonoma Overnight Support – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sonoma Springs Community Hall – to support organizational sustainability during the COVID-19 crisis
Sonoma State University DREAM Center – to expand the Undocu-Survival Initiative, which provides financial and technology assistance to undocumented students that allows them to persist in their education and employment
Sonoma State University Seawolf Scholars Program – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sonoma Valley Community Health Center – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation – in support of student lunches and general student support during the COVID-19 crisis
Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance – to support organizational sustainability during the COVID-19 crisis
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Sonoma Valley Youth & Family Services – to support organizational sustainability during the COVID-19 crisis
Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice – for the Emergency Shelter for Homeless Families Program
St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church – for Rector’s discretionary fund – Covid-19 response
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Burlingame – for Rector’s discretionary fund – Covid -19 response
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church – for Rector’s discretionary fund – Covid 19
St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Church – to provide deliveries of hygiene supplies, PPE, and fresh and prepared food to low-income families, as fiscal sponsor to California Homemakers Association
St. Vincent De Paul Society of Sonoma County – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Support Our Students – to support delivering mental health therapy and resources to some of Sonoma County’s most vulnerable individuals during this COVID-19 pandemic
Teen Services Sonoma – to support organizational sustainability during the COVID-19 crisis
The Bishop’s Ranch – for 2020 annual contribution
The Living Room – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
TLC Child & Family Services – to support transition-age homeless youth in the THP-Plus Expansion program with a monthly basic needs stipend to help ensure Rapid Rehousing
Transcendence Theatre Company – to support immediate organizational needs related to COVID-19
Una Vida – to support the Community Pantry-Crisis Response program developed to support vulnerable community members affected by COVID-19
United Way of the Wine Country – to launch a fund to support small business in partnership with the Economic Development Board
Verity-Compassion Safety Support A California Corporation – to augment therapeutic counseling services to Spanish-speaking survivors of sexual violence and their families”
Vintage House Senior Multipurpose Center of Sonoma Valley – to address food insecurity and mental health issues resulting from the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 on low-income seniors and Latinx residents of Sonoma Valley
Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy and Service – to support the Secure Families Collaborative
West County Community Services – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
West County Health Centers Inc – to provide access to medical and behavioral health services through telehealth patient visits via video or phone and limited in-person visits for dental and other services during COVID-19
West Seattle Food Bank – for general operating support
Women’s Recovery Services – A Unique Place – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
Yamhill Community Action Partnership – for general operating support
YWCA of Sonoma County – to provide support for economically vulnerable individuals and nonprofit operations affected during the COVID-19 pandemic
If you have questions about the COVID-19 Resilience Fund, please contact us