Our Grantmaking
The Programs department holds the great honor of stewarding the charitable legacy of donors who entrusted the Community Foundation, as experts in our local community, to address issues and support effective nonprofits on their behalf. As part of our work, we seek to...
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.
Early Childhood Education: Pasitos
Community Action Partnership’s Pasitos program engages Spanish-speaking families and young children in literacy development, to prepare them to enter kindergarten ready to learn.
#NextGen Donors
Family philanthropy expert Sharna Goldseker facilitated the Greater Good Donor Forum recently. She also partnered with the Johnson Center for Philanthropy to release a study on #NextGen Donors.
Peanuts Takes Flight!
Sonoma icons, Snoopy and the Peanuts gang, will soon join Hollywood legends on the silver screen.
Scholarship
The CTE Foundation, housed at the Community Foundation Sonoma County, granted nearly $400,000 to Sonoma County students this past year.
Elementary Philanthropy
The third grade class at the Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts has been engaged in a very important discussion about the community, a conversation that J Mullineaux of the Community Foundation was happy to join. The teacher of this class, Miss Bonnie Raines, has...
Family Giving
Family is paramount to Dean and Belinda (Bo) Soiland. So is faith. Dean, like most of his siblings, got his start in his father Marv Soiland’s sand and gravel business before he and Bo launched their BoDean Company for aggregates and asphalt in 1989. Along the way,...
Trusted Partnerships
A few weeks ago J Mullineaux, our Vice President for Philanthropic Planning, had the great honor of interviewing two exceptional people and philanthropists at the Redwood Empire Estate Planning Council monthly membership meeting. Steve Oliver and Jean Schulz are...
#NextGen Philanthropy
Sharna Goldseker, expert leader on next generation family philanthropy will be facilitating a conversation and series of activities at the April 29th Professional Advisors Group meeting. For a sneak peak at her research (in partnership with Dr. Michael Moody of...
Triggering the Charitable Conversation
Professional advisors face unique situations and expectations when navigating conversations with clients about their charitable intentions. Occasionally, those situations arise in an obvious or linear way, other times opportunities may arise to begin a charitable...
We’re Here to Help
Meet the Philanthropic Planning Team Community Foundation Sonoma County’s Philanthropic Planning Team works together with professional advisors to help your clients give effectively and receive significant tax benefits. From the client who wants to make an immediate...
Introducing Greater Good for Advisors
Welcome to the Greater Good, our monthly newsletter for professional advisors vested in the work of Community Foundation Sonoma County. We know you want to work smarter and more strategically with your clients as you navigate charitable conversations. Greater Good...
Helping Healdsburg
The Healdsburg Area Fund honored Tony Crabb and Barbara Grasseschi for their lasting community impact at the Healdsburg Area Fund's recent annual celebration.
Closing the Hunger Gap
In the midst of the Great Recession, more and more Sonoma County residents needed help to meet their most basic needs – like keeping a roof over their heads and feeding their families. In response, Community Foundation Sonoma County launched a five-year initiative to...