Winter Storms
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County received a grant of $50,000 to assist those affected by winter storms.
SCVF Grant Recipients Make Sonoma County Stronger
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation funds annual Community Grants and an Emergency Relief Fund, to support our community where the need is the greatest. These grant recipients are doing critical, front-line work in Sonoma County.
SCVF Community Grants
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 six years, grants have been distributed to over 430 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.
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Education & Literacy Grants
PURPOSE
Provide programs or projects that offer children, youth and/or their families the opportunity to increase early literacy skills.
WHAT IT MEANS
The support of the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation to assist us in achieving our goal of implementing a K-3 literacy program is very exciting for Made in Santa Rosa Education Foundation (MiSREF). The Early Literacy Enrichment Program (ElitE) will utilize culturally conscious literature that is relevant to Santa Rosa City Schools students and recognizes their rich and diverse assets. The literature to be used at the start of the program offers rich cultural experiences and language diversity that can expand students’ horizons and understanding of the world around them, while targeting the specific areas of the foundational skills gaps.
Dr. Diann Kitamura, Retired Santa Rosa City Schools Superintendent
Vice President of the Board, Made in Santa Rosa Education Foundation
2023-2024 SCVF Education & Literacy Grant Recipients
Health & Human Services Grants
PURPOSE
Provide programs or projects that support the fundamental needs of our most vulnerable community members, including mental and behavioral health, housing, and food insecurity.
WHAT IT MEANS
Ceres Community Project is deeply grateful for the funding we receive annually from Sonoma County Vintners Foundation, especially during the past several years, when demand for our services has more than doubled. Thank you!
Cathryn Couch, Founder and CEO
Ceres Community Project
2023-2024 SCVF Health & Human Services Grant Recipients
Buckelew Programs
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa
Ceres Community Project
COTS (Committee on the Shelterless)
Food For Thought
Forget Me Not Farm Children’s Services
Healdsburg Shared Ministries
HomeFirst
Jewish Community Free Clinic of Sonoma County
Petaluma People Services Center
Redwood Empire Food Bank
Sonoma Family Meal
Sonoma Overnight Support
Waves of Compassion Foundation
West County Community Services
Women’s Recovery Services
YWCA of Sonoma County
Environment Grants
PURPOSE
Support disaster mitigation projects that address wildfires’ impacts primarily by reducing fire fuels. Create a pathway for a trained workforce that can conduct comprehensive wildfire mitigation.
WHAT IT MEANS
We are so grateful to the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation for supporting Sonoma County Regional Parks’ Youth Crew. With this generous grant, we will give young adults the opportunity to develop critical job skills while protecting our community with fire resiliency projects. Thank you!
Melissa Kelley, Executive Director, Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation
2023-2024 Environment Grant Recipients
Arts & Culture Grants
PURPOSE
Provide programs or projects that explore the arts and creative expression as a form of healing. For a community that has experienced a series of natural disasters alongside a global pandemic, the arts can reduce acute levels of collective stress and uncertainty.
WHAT IT MEANS
The support of the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation helps us to provide culturally-relevant music education to students from all across Sonoma County, teaching social and emotional skills such as perseverance, leadership, and collaboration in addition to technique and stage presence. We’re grateful for Sonoma County Vintners Foundation’s partnership ensuring a brighter tomorrow for our young people.
Ashley Worley, Director of Education and Community Engagement
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Memorial Foundation
2023-2024 Arts & Culture Grant Recipients
SCVF Emergency Relief Fund
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 over $390,000 to meet the most pressing needs in our community.
In 2023, Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County received a grant of $50,000 to assist those affected by winter storms.
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 SCVF’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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