Our team has the honor of stewarding Community Foundation Sonoma County legacy donor funds, including the Sonoma County Resilience Fund, through grant programs that seek to address the most pressing needs of our community.
Please visit our Recent Grants page to learn more about the nonprofits we are currently funding.
Have questions? Please review our FAQ and always feel free to reach out to our Community Impact Team if you have questions about these or any of our other grant programs.
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Our Grant Programs
Arts Education Grant Program
The 2024 Arts Education Grant Program is now closed. Invitations for the 2025 program will go out in Spring 2025.
To learn more about this grant program, please click here.
Community Grants
The Sonoma County Vintners 2024 Community Grants Program is now closed.
To learn more about this grant program, please click here.
Environmental Education Pathways Project
The Environmental Education Pathways Project Grants Program is open by invitation.
To learn more about this grant program, please click here.
Julia L. Grant Fund for Basic Human Needs
The 2024 Julia L. Grant Fund for Basic Human Needs is closed. Information on the 2025 program will be available in January 2025.
To learn more about this grant program, click here.
BIPOC Leadership Fund Grant Program
The BIPOC Leadership Fund Grant Program is closed. Invitations for the 2025 program will go out in Fall 2025.
Grants are determined on an invitational basis. To learn more, please click here.
Post-Secondary Scholarships
Scholarship applications are administered by our partner, 10,000 Degrees.
Please visit the 10,000 Degrees website for further details.
Sonoma County Resilience Fund
The Resilience Fund launched in 2017 to address the long-term impacts of disasters; grantmaking is ongoing.
Grants are determined on an invitational basis, to see a listing of our grants please click here.
Previous Grant Programs
COVID-19 Arts Relief Grant Program
The 2020 Arts Relief Grant Program was a one-time program to provide support to community-based organizations during the pandemic and is now closed.
To learn more about this grant program, click here.
COVID-19 Community Impact Competitive Grants Program
The 2020 COVID-19 Community Impact grants program was a one-time program to provide support to community-based organizations during the pandemic and is now closed.
To learn more about this grant program, click here.
Expanded Learning Advancing Educational Equity (ELAEE) Initiative
The 2022/23 ELAEE Initiative is now closed.
To learn more about this grant program, click here.
iRead Grants
The iREAD grant program ran from 2015 through 2018 in support of organizations’ literacy efforts for young children. This grant program is no longer active.
To learn more about this grant program, click here.
For more information about our grant programs, please contact us
