Aging Healthfully
Dr. Brian Kennedy of the Buck Institute spoke at our Greater Good for Donors Forum in February, 2015. We are pleased to share his TEDx Talk for those of you who weren’t able to join us at the Forum.
Big Birder, Bigger Heart
In March, Community Foundation board member Ted Eliot and wife Pat dedicated a new Sonoma trail. Read about Ted and Pat's passion for birds, preservation, and conservation.
A Culture of Health
Sonoma County has been selected as a finalist for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize. The annual prize recognizes communities that are inspiring locally-driven improvements in health and creating powerful and deep partnerships to make change....
Why Five Fields of Interest?
We are frequently asked about our five fields of interest, so we thought we would take the opportunity to share the origins of how those five areas came to be. In 2014 the Community Foundation gave out approximately $10 million dollars in grants on behalf of our...
Creative Sonoma Workshops
Creative Sonoma is a new countywide effort to promote the arts in our community. Formed in 2014, the agency is launching a series of professional development workshops in March and April for artists and nonprofit arts organizations.
Celebrate a Legacy of Philanthropy: Henry Trione
Henry Trione spent more than fifty years shaping Sonoma County. The Press Democrat pays tribute to his commitment to Sonoma County from wineries to football teams, colleges to open space, his business acumen and philanthropy has created an incredible legacy. We are...
Literacy Payback
At Community Foundation Sonoma County, we are committed to promoting equity in our community. When we learned about the critical role that early childhood education plays in a child’s later success in school, career, and life, and that in Sonoma County only half of...
Future of Philanthropy
Community Foundation Sonoma County’s affiliate Sonoma Valley Fund, is pleased to welcome Katherine Fulton to their board of directors. Here, Katherine reveals the future of philanthropy in her 2007 Ted Talk “You are the future of philanthropy”. Despite changing...
Dignity and Care: Compassion Without Borders
Compassion Without Borders cares for pets and unwanted animals from Mexico to Sonoma, providing low-income Spanish speaking families with education about animal care, ID tags, preventative care, and connection to spay/neuter services.
We’re Here to Help
Introducing your Philanthropic Planning Team.
Sonoma Gives
Gratitude, Dignity, Need: Community Foundation donors Barbara Wollner,
Ben Cushman and George Tuttle share why they give in recent Press Democrat articles.
A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
Elizabeth Brown and Elly Grogan connect global problems with local solutions at a recent panel.
Family Giving: Dean and Belinda Soiland
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,...
Community Resource: La Luz Center
When activist Ligia Booker founded La Luz Center in 1985, the Sonoma Valley Latino population was largely transient, composed of seasonal workers who returned to their native countries once the harvest was done. By 2013, however, the community had stabilized. Serving...
Creating Legacy: George Tuttle and Ben Cushman
With Pinot Noir vineyards spread out below him, George Tuttle sits on his porch and surveys the West County home he shares with spouse Ben Cushman. When asked to explain his philanthropy, he shakes his head. “The guilt factor is pretty high when you’re sitting here in...