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The grants listed here were made by our Community Impact Team, and do not include individual Donor Advised Fund (DAF) grants.
Funding for our Community Impact Grants comes through the generosity of our donors, who have supported our giving through donations to our funds for the Arts, Education, Environment, and more; and from donors who have chosen to leave legacy gifts to the Community Foundation.
If you are interested in giving to one of these funds, you can give online today. If you are interested in learning more about legacy giving, please contact us to learn more.
Organization | Grant Purpose |
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Compassion Without Borders | general operating support |
Compassion Without Borders | to provide free and low-cost veterinary wellness and spay/neuter services to pets of underserved, low-income, and homeless community members |
Humane Society of Sonoma County | to provide low-cost spay/neuter services for owned pets in the community |
Pets Lifeline | to fund free spay/neuter and vaccine clinics for cats and dogs belonging to low-income residents of the Sonoma Valley |
Organization | Grant Purpose |
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Art Escape | for general operating support |
Art Escape | for advising and support for the Sonoma Valley Fund Cohort |
Artstart (START SoCo) | for general operating support |
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center | to support arts education programs for youth |
California Poets in the Schools | to support arts education programs for youth in Sonoma County |
Children's Museum of Sonoma County | for general operating support |
Cinnabar Arts Corporation | to support arts education programs for youth |
Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Inc | to support arts education programs for youth |
Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society | to support arts education programs for From Diggers Bend to River Rock: History and People of Dry Creek Rancheria in collaboration with the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians |
Knights of Indulgence Theatre United States | to support arts education programs for youth |
Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation | to support arts education programs for youth |
Museum of Sonoma County | to support arts education programs for youth |
Santa Rosa Players dba Sixth Street Playhouse | to support arts education programs for youth |
Santa Rosa Symphony | to support arts education programs for youth |
Sonoma State University | to support Green Music Center arts education programs for youth; to support Green Music Center’s arts education programs for youth |
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art | to support arts education programs for youth |
ViVO Youth Orchestras | for general operating support |
Young Actors Studio and Left Edge Theatre | for general operating support |
Organization | Grant Purpose |
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Extended Child Care Coalition of Sonoma County Inc. | to support K-8 student participation in environment and nutrition programs at the Larkfield Community Garden/ Learning Center, as fiscal sponsor to Community Soil Foundation |
LandPaths | to support the In Our Own BackYard program |
North Bay Organizing Project | to support the Latino Student Congress environmental education outings |
Pepperwood Foundation | to support TeenNat, connecting youth to natural resource careers through participation in conservation research |
Pepperwood Foundation | to support professional development for Sonoma Environmental Education Collaborative (SEEC), as fiscal sponsor |
Point Reyes National Seashore Association | to support partnership with Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance to expand the Youth in Parks program |
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation | to support the Environmental Education Modules |
Sonoma Ecology Center | to support the K-12 Watershed Education program for Sonoma Valley youth |
Sonoma Land Trust | to support the Conservation Council environmental science and youth development program |
Organization | Grant Purpose |
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Community Support Network | for general operating support for Community Support Network's programs serving current and former foster youth |
On The Move | for general operating support for VOICES Sonoma's programs serving youth |
Social Advocates for Youth | for general operating support for Social Advocates for Youths' programs serving extended and former foster youth |
TLC Child & Family Services | for general operating support for TLC Child & Family Services' programs serving current and former foster youth |
Organization | Grant Purpose |
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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa | for support to DeMeo House |
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa | for general operating support to the Family Support Center |
City of Santa Rosa Housing and Community Services | for general operating support to the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Shelter |
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County | for general operating support to the Sloan House Women's Shelter |
COTS (Committee on the Shelterless) | for general operating support to COTS' Kids First Family Shelter (KFFS) |
Sonoma Overnight Support | for general operating support |
The Living Room | for general operating support |
Women's Recovery Services - A Unique Place | for general operating support |
Organization | Grant Purpose |
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Buckelew Programs | to provide direct, urgent, basic need and safety net services to Sonoma County residents who live with severe and persistent mental illness |
California Parenting Institute (CPI) | to provide food, medical, transportation, clothing, diapers, and other safety net support services to families in Sonoma County through Basic Needs program |
Ceres Community Project | to support Healing Meals for Healthy Communities |
COTS (Committee on the Shelterless) | to support the Mary Isaak Center |
Council on Aging Services for Seniors | to support the Drive-up/Pick-up meal program which has become invaluable in reaching food-insecure seniors during the COVID crisis |
Covia Foundation | to support the Market Day senior program by providing access to fresh produce, critical information, and referrals |
FISH of the Santa Rosa Area Inc. | for purchase and distribution of food to families in Santa Rosa |
Food For Thought | to provide healthy groceries to seriously ill, food-insecure homeless people across Sonoma County through the Bags of Love Program |
Friends in Sonoma Helping | to provide rental assistance to clients in Sonoma Valley |
Healdsburg Shared Ministries | to provide healthy food to food insecure residents of Healdsburg and Geyserville |
On The Move | to support the critical needs of transition aged youth in VOICES Sonoma |
Petaluma People Services Center | to meet the expanding need of older adults for Home Delivered Meals |
Reach for Home | to support basic human needs through the Community Health and Wellness Mobile Unit |
River to Coast Children's Services | to provide food, diapers, short-term shelter, health and safety supplies for west Sonoma County families in need and who have children living in the home |
Sebastopol Area Senior Center | to provide nutritious meals to older adults in West Sonoma County through the Sebastopol Senior Meals To-Go! program |
Shared Housing and Resource Exchange California DBA SHARE Sonoma County | to restabilize clients by addressing their basic human needs |
Side by Side | to provide basic human needs to Side by Side's Sonoma Community Counseling and YouThrive clients |
Sonoma Overnight Support | to provide food, housing support, healthcare, and other resources to the growing number of individuals and families who are facing housing and food insecurity |
Sonoma State University | to provide emergency micro-grants to Seawolf Scholars and DREAM Center students through the Critical Needs Fund |
St. Vincent De Paul Society of Sonoma County | to support Braking Bread the St. Vincent de Paul Sonoma County food truck that delivers meals to homeless people |
The Living Room | to support the Outreach Program to provide homeless or at risk of becoming homeless individuals with essential goods and services |
TLC Child & Family Services | to support the THP Resource Center for transition age youth experiencing homelessness or transitioning out of systems of care |
Verity-Compassion Safety Support A California Corporation | to assist survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking with basic needs such as food, emergency shelter, transportation and clothing |
Vintage House Senior Multipurpose Center of Sonoma Valley | to support the Soups On! and Suppers On! weekly meal programs to address food insecurity and social isolation among Sonoma Valley seniors |
Wayfinder Family Services, dba Lilliput Families | to provide for basic needs of children/youth who have entered into emergency care with relatives |
West County Community Services | to provide twice weekly lunches to low income seniors in the lower Russian River area |
Women's Recovery Services - A Unique Place | to provide immediate basic human needs for mothers with substance dependence and their children |
YWCA of Sonoma County | to provide basic needs assistance and support to individuals and families impacted by domestic violence |
Organization | Grant Purpose |
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Centro Laboral de Graton | to support the ALMAS program |
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County | to support "Community Conversations on Race on the Radio" program with KSRO |
Latino Service Providers | for general operating support and professional development for the Executive Director |
North Bay Organizing Project | to support Latinx Student Congress and Academia del Pueblo |
Providence Health (Formerly St. Joseph's Health) | to support the DALE! program |
Organization | Grant Purpose |
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Alliance Medical Center | to convene multi-disciplinary leaders in northern Sonoma County on understanding school-age youth mental health needs and gaps |
Alliance Medical Center | for unrestricted support to ensure equitable administration of the COVID vaccine to Sonoma County residents |
California Forward | for providing feedback on the Map One Sonoma Housing Toolkit draft |
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center | to support the well-being of organization's staff, particularly those carrying the heaviest burden related to fire and COVID recovery |
Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County | to support YouthTruth Expansion & Community Engagement |
Ceres Community Project | to provide food and meals through the Healing Meals for Healthy Communities program and local food kitchens |
Ceres Community Project | to support the 2021 Resilient Leader Retreat & Final Report for the Resilient Leadership Collaborative Project |
Coastal Seniors, Inc | to continue to provide Meals to Go, drive thru food pantry, Meals on Wheels, grocery shopping and transportation services for seniors |
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County | to support low-income families and individuals impacted by COVID-19 with emergency financial needs |
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County | to support the financial assistance program that provides rental and utility assistance to those affected by the covid pandemic with direct client assistance |
Coppertower Family Medical Center, dba: Alexander Valley Healthcare | for unrestricted support to ensure equitable administration of the COVID vaccine to Sonoma County residents |
Corazon Healdsburg | to support the well-being of organization's staff, particularly those carrying the heaviest burden related to fire and COVID recovery |
Corazon Healdsburg | to provide direct financial assistance and case management to individuals and families in Northern Sonoma County through Casa del Corazon (Family Resource Center) |
Council on Aging Services for Seniors | to provide daily nutritious meals and daily wellness check-ins to low-income POC seniors living in Council on Aging Meals on Wheels service areas |
Farm to Pantry | to glean and recover produce and food from local farms and deliver it to more than 30 locations throughout the county each week |
Food For Thought | to provide free weekly groceries, including fresh produce, nutritional supplements, vitamins, and frozen meals |
Humanidad Therapy & Education Services | for general operating support and participation in the mental health capacity-building cohort |
Humanidad Therapy & Education Services | to support the well-being of organization's staff, particularly those carrying the heaviest burden related to fire and COVID recovery |
Jewish Community Free Clinic of Sonoma County | to support coronavirus vaccination services focused on vaccinating underserved people, especially immigrants and people of color |
La Familia Sana | to support the well-being of organization's staff, particularly those carrying the heaviest burden related to fire and COVID recovery |
La Luz Center | to support the well-being of organization's staff, particularly those carrying the heaviest burden related to fire and COVID recovery |
La Luz Center | to support low-income Sonoma Valley families with assistance as they work toward regaining financial stability |
La Luz Center | to fund CVNL to support leadership transition |
Latino Service Providers | to support the well-being of organization's staff, particularly those carrying the heaviest burden related to fire and COVID recovery |
Latino Service Providers | to support the Coordinated Outreach Collaborative (COC) in the provision of grassroots outreach, education, and increasing equitable vaccination access |
League of California Community Foundations | to support the disaster planning and resilience training program to help California's community foundations effectively respond to disasters that impact their communities |
Lomi School Foundation (Lomi Counseling Clinic) | for general operating support and participation in the mental health capacity-building cohort |
NAMI Sonoma County | for general operating support and participation in the mental health capacity-building cohort |
North Bay Jobs with Justice | to support outreach to disaster clean-up and rebuild workers |
North Bay Organizing Project | to support the well-being of organization's staff, particularly those carrying the heaviest burden related to fire and COVID recovery |
North Bay Organizing Project | for the Undocufund program to support low-income families and individuals impacted by COVID-19 with emergency financial needs |
North Bay Organizing Project | to provide direct economic assistance to undocumented families and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic due to a reduction or loss of income |
Nuestra Comunidad | to support the well-being of organization's staff, particularly those carrying the heaviest burden related to fire and COVID recovery |
Petaluma Health Center | for unrestricted support to ensure equitable administration of the COVID vaccine to Sonoma County residents |
Petaluma People Services Center | to support low-income families and individuals impacted by COVID-19 with food and emergency financial needs |
Petaluma People Services Center | to support low- and very-low income families in southern Sonoma County with direct financial assistance through System of Care |
Raizes Collective | to support the Novel Artist Health Equity COVID Campaign event series |
Raizes Collective | to support the well-being of organization's staff, particularly those carrying the heaviest burden related to fire and COVID recovery |
RED Housing Fund | for general operating support |
Redwood Empire Food Bank | to support food distribution in Sonoma County |
River to Coast Children's Services | to support the well-being of organization's staff, particularly those carrying the heaviest burden related to fire and COVID recovery |
Santa Rosa Community Health | for unrestricted support to ensure equitable administration of the COVID vaccine to Sonoma County residents |
Sonoma Applied Village Services | for the Continuum of Care Lived Experience Advisory Board and Youth Advisory Board; for Continuum of Care’s Lived Experience Advisory Board and Youth Advisory Board |
Sonoma Valley Community Health Center | for unrestricted support to ensure equitable administration of the COVID vaccine to Sonoma County residents |
St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Church | to support California Homemakers no-contact drive-through deliveries of hygiene supplies, PPE, fresh fruits, vegetables and prepared foods for low-income families |
Support Our Students | for general operating support and participation in the mental health capacity-building cohort |
The Six Foundation Group | to support sports trauma-informed rehabilitation and acute care sessions to Sonoma County First Responders |
Tides Center | for general operating support for Generation Housing as its fiscal sponsor |
UC Berkeley Foundation - Gift Operations | to Terner Center for Housing Innovation for providing feedback on the Map One Sonoma Housing Toolkit draft |
West County Community Services | to meet the immediate financial needs of individuals and families in western Sonoma County |
West County Health Centers Inc | for unrestricted support to ensure equitable administration of the COVID vaccine to Sonoma County residents |
Organization | Grant Purpose |
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10,000 Degrees | to sponsor the 40th Anniversary ONE Amazing Community |
Association of Fundraising Professionals - Wine Country Chapter | to sponsor a 3-part series to understand the power of fundraising |
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley | for advising and support for the Sonoma Valley Fund Cohort |
Inquiring Systems Inc | to support the Care Partners Initiative |
Inquiring Systems Inc | to support the implementation phase of the Villages of Sonoma County as part of the CarePartners Initiative |
La Luz Center | to sponsor the La Luz Center Cinco de Mayo Virtual Celebration |
La Luz Center | for advising and support for the Sonoma Valley Fund Cohort |
LandPaths | to sponsor the 10th Harvest Festival at Bayer Farm |
Latino Health Forum | to sponsor the Latino Health Forum-Health Equities: The Evolution of the Covid Response, What We've Learned and How We Can Heal |
League of California Community Foundations | for general operating support |
Nuestra Comunidad | to sponsor the Fiesta Navideña event for the Latinx community of Cloverdale |
On The Move | to sponsor the annual Santa Rosa Día de los Muertos Celebration |
Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation | to sponsor the Annual SRJC President's Address to the Community |
Sonoma County Office of Education | to sponsor Teacher Appreciation Week |
Sonoma Overnight Support | for advising and support for the Sonoma Valley Fund Cohort |
Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance | for advising and support for the Sonoma Valley Fund Cohort |
Teen Services Sonoma | for advising and support for the Sonoma Valley Fund Cohort |