Together We Make Sonoma County Stronger
#TheProceedsMatter
Community Grants are broadly accessible, responsive grants that address pressing needs in Sonoma County. In the past five years grants have been distributed to over 400 organizations dedicated to education & literacy, health & human services, the environment, and arts & culture.
The SCVF Emergency Relief Fund was established in 2017 to address the immediate needs of our local community impacted by a natural disaster and other emergencies in a timely manner. This fund adapts to the needs of the Sonoma County community as unfortunate situations arise.
The Community Grants program through the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation are broadly accessible, responsive grants that address the most pressing needs in Sonoma County. In the past five years grants have been distributed to over 400 organizations dedicated to education & literacy, health & human services, the environment, and arts & culture. Our grant recipients are making our community stronger.
Philanthropic Partner: Community Foundation Sonoma County
Community Foundation Sonoma County aids the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation in the grant application process and more, providing a valuable service to the community as a liaison for nonprofits. Established in 1983, the Community Foundation Sonoma County helps individuals, families, business and nonprofit organizations create charitable funds. Since its inception, the Community Foundation Sonoma County and their donors have awarded $240 million in grants. It is their mission to connect people, ideas and resources to benefit all who live in Sonoma County. Community Foundation Sonoma County is a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
PURPOSE
Provide opportunities focused on literacy for workplace, career and post-secondary learning for youth, and support the well-being of youth impacted by trauma-related events.
WHAT IT MEANS
We are so proud to partner with SCVF and CFSC to support our local students. By building a leveled reader library, Valley Vista Elementary School teachers can take students through each step necessary to reach complete literacy. The funding from this grant purchased shared leveled-reading libraries with packs of six or eight books at each level of support in class and intervention reading groups, as well as providing books that students take home for practice. This partnership is creating opportunities for all students on campus to achieve their academic goals while developing a love of reading.
Maureen Highland, Executive Director, Petaluma Educational Foundation
PURPOSE
Provides fundamental needs related to behavioral health, housing, homelessness and hunger.
WHAT IT MEANS
We’re extremely grateful for the contributions from organizations like SCVF that enable us to provide services. SCVF’s grants have been used for client needs such as one-time rental deposits, which are returned when a client moves; assistance with payment for necessary utilities like electricity, water and phone; and food purchases from the Redwood Empire Food Bank to ensure clients in Sonoma County have enough to eat.
Alliance Medical Center
Alternative Family Services
Alzheimer’s Association Northern California Chapter
Ambulatory Surgery Access Coalition dba Operation Access
Botanical Bus
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley
Buckelew Programs
California Parenting Institute (CPI)
Cancer Support Sonoma
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa
Ceres Community Project
Common Ground Society
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County
Community Matters
Community Support Network
COTS (Committee on the Shelterless)
Disability Services and Legal Center
Earle Baum Center of the Blind
Farm to Fight Hunger
First Responders Resiliency, Inc.
FISH of the Santa Rosa Area Inc.
Food For Thought
Forget Me Not Childrens Services
Friends in Sonoma Helping
Gravenstein Health Action Coalition
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
Inquiring Systems Inc
InterFaith Shelter Network
Jewish Community Free Clinic of Sonoma County
La Familia Sana
La Luz Center
LifeWorks of Sonoma County
NAMI Sonoma County
Northern California Center for Well-Being
On The Move
Our Village Closet
Pediatric Dental Initiative of the North Coast Inc.
Petaluma Ecumenical Properties
Petaluma People Services Center
Positive Images
Reach for Home
Rebuilding Together – Petaluma
Redwood Empire Food Bank
Reuse Alliance
River to Coast Children’s Services
Sebastopol Area Senior Center
Shared Housing and Resource Exchange California DBA SHARE Sonoma County
Side by Side
Siyan Clinical Research
Social Advocates for Youth
Sonoma Overnight Support
Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance
St. Joseph Health Hospice Services
St. Vincent De Paul Society of Sonoma County
TLC Child & Family Services
Valley of the Moon Children’s Home Foundation
Verity-Compassion Safety Support A California Corporation
Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy and Service
Wayfinder Family Services, dba Lilliput Families
Women’s Recovery Services – A Unique Place
PURPOSE
Provide for conservation and restoration of environmentally significant land, waterways and wildlife habitats.
WHAT IT MEANS
The retaining walls funded by SCVF protected Upper Johnson Trail so that major trail reconstruction was not needed and the trail could reopen sooner. The retaining walls also preserved the environment by preventing erosion, which facilitated plant regrowth in the burn area. Park use in all 50+ Sonoma County Regional Parks has skyrocketed as a result of COVID. Now more than ever, it is critical for Regional Parks to be able to offer as many park and trail options as possible for Sonoma County residents. This grant facilitated the return of a key trail in the Regional Parks system.
Melissa Kelley, Executive Director, Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation
Photo by Victoria Von Thal
PURPOSE
Provide arts education and foster a love of learning and creativity for both youth and adults.
WHAT IT MEANS
Thank you to Sonoma County Vintners Foundation for a generous grant to Cinnabar Theater supporting the Youth Programs in our Young Repertory division. The grant enabled us to offer 10 scholarships to deserving youth to attend our Musical Theater Summer Camp. Much gratitude!!
Alexander Valley Film Society
Art Escape
Artstart (START SoCo)
California Poets in the Schools
Charles M. Schulz Museum & Research Center
Children’s Museum of Sonoma County
Cinnabar Theater
Hanna Boys Center
Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation
Museum of Sonoma County
North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council
Petaluma Arts Council
Play it Forward Music Foundation
Raizes Collective
Santa Rosa Symphony
Sonoma Community Center
Sonoma State University
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Sweetwater Spectrum Inc.
Windsor Park and Recreation Foundation
The SCVF Emergency Relief Fund was established in 2017 to address the immediate needs of our local community impacted by a natural disaster and other emergencies in a timely manner. This Emergency Relief Fund was created to adapt to the needs of the Sonoma County community as unfortunate situations arise. Since its inception the fund has distributed $336,500 to meet the most pressing needs in our community.
Our Sonoma County community has faced incredible challenges these last few years and the need for assistance is greater than ever. We are fortunate that the Sonoma County Wine Auction brings together the generosity of our wonderful wine community and guest bidders to support SCVF and invest in our community every year.
Mark Malpiede
President, Sonoma County Vintners Foundation
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation (SCVF) is an accredited 501c(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1988. Its purpose is to consistently support local nonprofit organizations that address issues within the Sonoma County community. The Sonoma County Vintners Foundation cultivates a vibrant and diverse Sonoma County by elevating lives through charitable events and philanthropic giving. Our fundraising efforts have a direct impact in the areas of literacy, education, health & human services, the environment and arts & culture. With the Foundation’s many initiatives including the Emergency Relief Fund, we have the ability to impact all needs, ranging from the immediate to the long term.
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