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Community Grants

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.

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 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.

SCVF grant recipients from Petaluma Education Foundation holding books

Education & Literacy Grants

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

2021-2022 SCVF Education & Literacy Grant Recipients

Botanical Bus
Elsie Allen High School Foundation
NCOE Foundation
North Bay Childrens Center Inc.
Petaluma Educational Foundation
Sonoma State University
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation
The School Garden Network Foundation
Woodland Star Charter School
YWCA of Sonoma County

SCVF grant recipient organizing donations at a food bank

Health & Human Services Grants

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.

Chris Kughn, CEO, Buckelew Programs

2021-2022 SCVF Health & Human Services Grant Recipients

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

SCVF grant recipients clearing park trails

Environment Grants

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

2021-2022 Environment Grant Recipients

Alliance Redwoods Conference Grounds
Audubon Canyon Ranch
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership
Conservation Corps North Bay
Inquiring Systems Inc.
LandPaths
Russian Riverkeeper
Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation
Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods

Actors from SCVF grant recipient Cinnabar Theater giving a performance

Photo by Victoria Von Thal

Arts & Culture Grants

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!!

Diane Dragone, Executive Director, Cinnabar Theater

2021-2022 Arts & Culture Grant Recipients

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

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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 $336,500 to meet the most pressing needs in our community.

2021
COVID-19 Relief Assistance & Vaccine Support
Direct Covid-19 relief assistance was provided to furloughed winery/restaurant employees and local frontline agencies. Apple iPads were purchased for community healthcare providers and used for vaccine distribution. A pharmaceutical grade freezer was purchased for use at vaccine clinics to preserve as many doses as possible. A $10,000 donation was dispersed specifically for personal protection equipment (PPE) at vaccine sites and for clinic operations.
2020
COVID-19 Testing Program
Sonoma County Vintners partnered with TotalWellness and American AgCredit to provide a dedicated Sonoma County workforce active COVID-19 testing program for Sonoma County wineries. The Sonoma County Vintners Foundation and American AgCredit subsidized a portion of testing costs to make this program as approachable as possible to those needing tests.
2020
COVID-19 Winery & Hospitality Workers Assistance Funds
$145,000 donation was made to organizations including Corazón Healdsburg for the Winery and Restaurant Employee Assistance Program for employees of wineries and restaurants that were furloughed due to COVID-19.
2019
West County Floods
$50,000 grant was made to United Way of the Wine Country to support flood recovery and relief efforts in Sonoma County. United Way of the Wine Country leveraged this $50,000 gift as a matching gift on donations made by all other donors to its Sonoma County Flood Recovery & Wellness Fund.
2019
Kincade Fire
$25,000 grant was made to the Larkfield Resilience Fund, a Tubbs fire relief program for the Larkfield community on February 15, 2019 to support their Neighborhood Greening Program.

$25,000 grant was made to the Sonoma County Grape Growers Foundation to purchase gift cards to support local farmworkers.

$30,000 grant was made to Corazón Healdsburg to support the community affected by the fires by providing gift cards and community and family support services.
2017
Tubbs Fire
$25,000 grant was made on May 22, 2019 to the Mark West Community Preschool to support renovations, due to the loss of their school in the fire.

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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Sonoma County Vintners (SCV) is the leading voice of Sonoma County wine, dedicated to raising awareness of Sonoma County as one of the world’s premier wine regions. SCV represents over 250 wineries throughout the county. The organization actively promotes Sonoma County through educational programming; advocates for its members at local, state and federal levels; and contributes to the local communities through the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation. Sonoma County Wine Auction, its annual fundraiser, benefits nonprofit organizations throughout the region. Read more

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SCVF Community Grants

Education & Literacy Grants

2021-2022 SCVF Education & Literacy Grant Recipients

Health & Human Services Grants

2021-2022 SCVF Health & Human Services Grant Recipients

Environment Grants

2021-2022 Environment Grant Recipients

Arts & Culture Grants

2021-2022 Arts & Culture Grant Recipients

SCVF Emergency Relief Fund

2021

COVID-19 Relief Assistance & Vaccine Support

2020

COVID-19 Testing Program

2020

COVID-19 Winery & Hospitality Workers Assistance Funds

2019

West County Floods

2019

Kincade Fire

2017

Tubbs Fire

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