Immigrant Support
Sonoma Immigrant Services: Community Response Coordinator
Date: January 8, 2025
Amount: $51,000
Description: To fund a part-time staff position to coordinate and expand community response.
Sonoma Valley Collaborative: Immigrant Education and Outreach
Date: January 29, 2025
Amount: $58,200
Description: (Ecology Center) to coordinate and facilitate immigrant-related education and outreach in Sonoma Valley.
Sonoma Immigrant Services: Front Desk and Summer Intern
Date: June 4, 2025
Amount: $50,000
Description: To hire a receptionist and a summer intern to help with the overwhelming increase of requests for services.
La Luz Center: Know Your Rights Outreach
Date: June 4, 2025
Amount: $50,000
Description: To conduct bilingual one-on-one outreach for Know Your Rights and Family Preparedness to Sonoma Valley residents.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa: Immigration Legal Support
Date: June 4, 2025
Amount: $50,000
Description: To provide free immigration legal support services to Sonoma Valley residents.
Secure Families Collaborative: Pro Bono Removal Defense
Amount: $30,000
Description: To sustain uninterrupted pro bono removal defense representation for vulnerable Sonoma Valley residents facing deportation. A sudden County funding reduction created a gap that SFC covered since June; this grant closes the remaining need.
La Luz Center: Emergency Response Plan
Amount: $53,400
Description: To develop the Sonoma Valley Response Team's (SVRT) formal Emergency Response Plan, centered in an immigrant service hub that gives separated families access to humanitarian relief and coordinates a community-wide response. Described as a plan that might serve as a template for other Sonoma County communities.
Winter 2023 Capital Grants Program
Vintage House Senior Center: Commercial Dishwasher
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $31,000
Description: A commercial dishwasher to keep senior food programs running.
Art Escape: Safety and Security Projects
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $25,000
Description: Overdue safety and security projects: storage space, a fence, stair replacement, interior repairs.
Homeless Action Sonoma: Home and Safe Village Furnishings
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $23,955
Description: Communal furnishings and appliances for the Home and Safe Village.
4Cs of Sonoma County: Kitchen Remodel
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $22,470
Description: Kitchen remodel, laundry appliances, and supplies.
Jack London Park Partners: Park Operations Vehicles
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $20,250
Description: Vehicles to support park operations.
RISK Sonoma: Computer and Website Upgrades
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $14,296
Description: Computer and website upgrades.
Sonoma Immigrant Services: Office Infrastructure
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $13,000
Description: Printer, filing cabinets, monitors, conference room furniture.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley: Maxwell Clubhouse Security Upgrades
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $100,000
Description: Door and security upgrades for the Maxwell Clubhouse.
Sonoma Valley Community Health Center: Patient Care System Upgrade
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $57,718
Description: Patient care improvements via the OCHIN Epic system.
Sonoma Overnight Support: Vehicle for Food and Supplies Pickup
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $51,000
Description: A vehicle to support food and supplies pickup.
Hanna Center: Community Mental Health Hub Furnishings
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $51,311
Description: Furnishings and fixtures for its Community Mental Health Hub.
Becoming Independent: Wheelchair-Accessible Minivan
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $50,000
Description: A wheelchair-accessible minivan to support service equity.
Friends In Sonoma Helping (FISH): Food Pantry and Clothing Room Reroofing
Date: March 22, 2023
Amount: $40,000
Description: Reroofing the food pantry and clothing room buildings at FISH Central.
Food Security Initiative
Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance: Text for Food Awareness
Date: November 17, 2025
Amount: $1,336
Description: To improve community awareness of the Text for Food number to address increased food insecurity.
Sonoma Family Meal: Unity Kitchen Business Plan Staffing
Date: May 21, 2025
Amount: $30,000
Description: To cover staff time at Sonoma Family Meal to create a business plan for continuing meal service.
Sonoma Family Meal: Unity Kitchen Transition
Date: August 29, 2025
Amount: $250,000
Description: To support SFM's transition to operating the Unity Kitchen in 2025 as part of SFM's acquisition of SOS's assets. Unrestricted funds.
Sonoma Family Meal: Unity Kitchen Implementation and Leadership
Date: May 21, 2026
Amount: $100,000
Description: To support Unity Kitchen business plan implementation and CBFN leadership through December 2026.
Extra Food: Food Recovery Support
Date: February 12, 2025
Amount: $51,700
Description: To support the food security initiative: food recovery.
Petaluma People Services: Community Connector Pilot
Date: April 2, 2025
Amount: $26,579
Description: To launch a six-month pilot of a Community Connector position in Sonoma Valley to reduce barriers to food access.
Latinos Unidos del Condado de Sonoma: El Jardín del Pueblo
Date: May 21, 2025
Amount: $10,000
Description: To support the creation of El Jardín del Pueblo in Sonoma Valley for the 2025 growing season.
Extra Food: Food Recovery Expansion
Date: September 16, 2025
Amount: $30,000
Description: To assist in the expansion of the food recovery program in the Valley.
Sonoma Community Center: SNAP Gap Pilot
Date: November 5, 2025
Amount: $5,000
Description: A pilot program to help offset reduced SNAP funding gaps.
Justicewise (Inquiring Systems Inc.): Text for Food to 211.org Transition
Date: November 13, 2025
Amount: $1,250
Description: To support the transition of the Text for Food platform to 211.org.
Housing Affordability
Sonoma Ecology Center: CDC Fundraising Strategy
Date: March 19, 2026
Amount: $60,000
Description: To design and carry out a funding and resourcing strategy for the emerging Community Development Corporation (Sonoma Valley Commons), leveraging donated expertise and committed staff time into a fundraising strategy and campaign plan.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa: Home and Safe Village Operations
Date: June 8, 2026
Amount: $48,475
Description: To support the ongoing operations of the Home and Safe Village and partnership discussions between Catholic Charities and Homeless Action Sonoma.
Sonoma Overnight Support: Transition Staff Support
Date: May 21, 2025
Amount: $5,000
Description: To fund staff time at Sonoma Overnight Support, ensuring timely document production and participant support during its transition. (Tagged "Housing" in the source data.)