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...
Working in a Mexico City animal shelter, Dr. Christi Camblor found herself immersed in a nightmare—thousands of animals packed into overcrowded facilities, many suffering from untreated diseases, some dying by electrocution. In 2002, unable to shake those haunting...
Meet The Philanthropic Planning Team Community Foundation Sonoma County’s Philanthropic Planning Team helps donors get organized, create a budget, and support the causes and issues that matter most to them. We can assist donors in creating strategic giving plans that...
From West Virginia to Colombia to Haiti, women and girls across the world face incredible challenges: poverty, human trafficking, teenage pregnancy, and low educational attainment, to name just a few. How do we, as Sonoma County residents, make a dent in enormous...
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...