Ceres is CNN Hero. Ours Too.
We couldn’t be more proud. Ceres Community Project and founder Cathryn Couch have been featured by CNN’s Hero series. The honor put Ceres in the national spotlight along with 24 other nonprofits and showcases the work Ceres does to provide healthy, life-sustaining...
Los Cien’s Latino Leadership
Sonoma County’s largest Latino leadership organization, Los Cien, will be hosting their 3rd Annual State of the Latino Community in Sonoma County event on Thursday, September 29th at Sonoma State University. The venue is an appropriate one, as enrollment figures for...
Clayton Fire Response
Our thoughts and well wishes are with the residents and firefighters effected by the devastating Clayton fire that broke out August 13th. The fire is still active and borders the areas destroyed by last year’s Valley fire, but is fortunetly being contained. If you...
#ReasonForHope
Every American generation must face defining moments. We are facing one now. The recent killings of people and police officers in communities across the country have stirred feelings of discord and despair, and left Americans wondering how we’ll find a way forward....
Child Parent Institute
"I'm at the end of my rope. Where do I turn?" A mother of four tries to improve herself through college studies while raising her kids with no help from their father. Child Parent Institute’s (CPI’s) in-home parent counseling services provides positive solutions...
iREAD Grantees
We are pleased to announce that we are currently accepting applications for the iREAD Competitive Grants Program. For more information click here. Significant research shows that reading aloud to children from day one is the single most important thing a parent can do...
Quarterly Coffee with Karin
Please join us for coffee and conversation with our Vice President for Programs, Karin Demarest. This is an opportunity to meet other community leaders and learn about Community Foundation Sonoma County. Click here for details and to register.
Healdsburg/Geyserville Grants
Applications will open on August 12th for the Healdsburg Forever grants program. Grant overview/criteria for Healdsburg Forever grants page on website. Click here to learn more.
A Quart of Coffee with Karin
Wait—we mean Quarterly Coffee with Karin! Join us August 26th. Please join us for coffee and conversation with our Vice President for Programs, Karin Demarest. This is an opportunity to meet other community leaders and learn about Community Foundation Sonoma County....
Latino Leadership
In 2015 the Community Foundation Sonoma County established the Latino Leadership Fund, recognizing the opportunity to act as a catalyst in building diverse leadership so that our future leaders reflect the demographics of the communities they are serving. Through the...
The Tale of Two Women
Two women are thinking creatively about the questions asked in academic research and to one another in relationship to philanthropy. They are changing the information and data available as well as the conversations about gender and giving. You can hear about their...
ArtEscape
Bringing bilingual art classes to the Springs. "The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our identity. What is there that can transcend deep difference and stubborn divisions? The arts. They have a...
On The Ball
Community Foundation Sonoma County is pleased to welcome Jessica O’Connell as our new Controller; Jessica joined CFSC in May. We are grateful to our outgoing Controller, Lynda Desloges (who is moving to South Carolina), for her generosity of time, talent and training,...
Impact (100) Grant
Impact 100 Redwood Circle has awarded its first $100,000 grant to VOICES, an innovative nonprofit that provides youth with the resources they need to make the leap from foster care to successful, independent adulthood. More than 100 members of this nascent women’s...
Summer Vacation
The Greater Good for Donors and Greater Good for Advisors newsletters are going on vacation for the months of July and August. Look for their return (probably looking relaxed and tanned and full of stories of swimming pools, exotic foods, and good deeds) in September....