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...
The Talking Cure
The quantity and quality of words that young children are exposed to has a dramatic impact on their later success in school, and children of low-income families start school at a major disadvantage. How do we help parents bridge the ‘word gap’ between low- and high-income families?
Dynamic Duo
Meet Karin Demarest and Elly Grogan, your Programs team.
Resolved: 2015 Resolutions for Sonoma County
Community Foundation Sonoma County’s New Year’s resolutions in the Press Democrat’s “Close to Home” section.
Introducing Greater Good, Our Newsletter for Nonprofits
Welcome to the New Year and to the launch of Greater Good, our bimonthly newsletter for the nonprofit community of Sonoma County.