GRANT RECIPIENTS

2018

2017

10,000 Degrees
$20,000: College Awareness Initiative pilot program for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and their parents at Altimira Middle School.

On The Move
$19,990: Expanding Parent University program (currently at El Verano and Sassarini Elementary Schools) to Flowery Elementary School.

Redwood Empire Food Bank
$20,000: fresh produce and healthy staple foods for low-income residents of Sonoma Valley who might otherwise go without adequate food and nutrition.

Social Advocates for Youth (SAY)
$20,000: Expanding no-cost services to grieving youth in Sonoma Valley and increase parent education and youth engagement.

Sonoma Overlook Trail Stewards
$10,000: Repair damage from erosion and overuse on Sonoma's Overlook Trail.

Sonoma Valley Education Foundation
$20,000: Expanding the Jump Into Reading! summer intervention program to improve reading proficiency for students in grades K-3.

Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance (SVMA)
$20,000: Continuation of Road Map to Your Future program, providing valuable career exploration opportunities to 240 of Sonoma Valley's most at-risk youth.

Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance
$8048: Upgrades to eight Mentor Centers.

Teen Services Sonoma (TSS)
$19,845: Expanding Ready to Work program with Building Vocational Skills for Success program, offering construction-related skills development.

Teen Services Sonoma
$14,344: Equipment and supplies purchasing to upgrade hospitality programs at TSS's Lovin’ Oven and Sonoma Valley High School's No Name Cafe.

2016

Ceres Community Project
$15,000: Continuation of Healing Meals for Healthy Communities program, serving families and individuals struggling with serious illness.

Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH)
$15,000: Rental assistance to Sonoma Valley residents in need.

La Luz Center
$15,000: Providing low-income Latinos with free, bi-lingual employment counseling, computer classes and ongoing technology literacy assistance.

Pets Lifeline
$15,000: Expansion of spay/neuter capabilities so that all sterilization surgeries can be performed at the shelter.

Redwood Empire Food Bank
$15,000: Expanding weekly distribution of fresh produce to approximately 300 low-income seniors, families and individuals in Sonoma Valley.

Sonoma Community Center
$10,000: Replacing 30-year-old community gas kiln with a safer kiln to help expand their ceramics program.

Sonoma Ecology Center
$2,316: Funding for training teen EnviroLeaders in urban tree planting/care and community survey techniques to help enhance the Springs.

Sonoma Valley Education Foundation
$2,316: Funds to support overnight college field trips for students enrolled in their engineering and agriculture academies.

Teen Services Sonoma
$15,000: Launching a welding program in conjunction with Hanna Boys Center as the first in a series of programs to prepare youth for construction sector jobs.

Verity
$2,316: Continuation of Youth Empowerment and Support program, educating children and youth to identify, prevent and report sexual violence.

Vintage House
$15,000: Expansion of their senior transportation project (LIMO) that provides free, local rides for life-enhancing purposes.

2015

Becoming Independent
$15,000: Purchasing a new vehicle to transport clients with developmental disabilities to work and volunteer sites.

Ceres Community Project
$15,000: Planning with Sonoma Valley organizations to address nutritional needs for patients after they have been released from a hospital stay.

La Luz Center
$15,000: Computer literacy workshops and employment counseling at El Verano Community School for low-income Latino adults.

Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance
$15,000: Purchase of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning tools for their mentoring centers.

Jack London Park Partners
$15,000: Funds to organize volunteers in invasive species removal in the park and to involve at-risk youth in specific restoration projects.

Community Matters
$15,000: To institutionalize the Safe School Ambassador program (an early-intervention program focusing on communication and conflict resolution) at Adele Harrison and Altimira Middle Schools.

Verity
$15,000: Youth Empowerment and Support project at Sonoma Valley schools to aid students in preventing sexual violence.

4Paws Learning and Wellness Center
$2,200: Expansion of Sonoma Valley canine social therapy teams that provide comfort to healthcare patients and assist children struggling with reading.

Arts Guild
$15,000: To support a mobile arts education program at four elementary schools for 1,448 Sonoma Valley K-5 students.

Pets Lifeline
$800: Structural enhancements to their kennels and dog play area.

2014

Sonoma Valley Community Health Center
$13,000: Equipment purchase for its dental clinic.

Sonoma Overnight Support
$15,000: Expansion of drop-in services for the growing number of homeless.

On the Move, in partnership with Sonoma Valley Unified School District and La Luz Center
$15,000: Developing a Parent University program designed for low-income, English-learning families.

Jack London State Park, in collaboration with Hanna Boys Center
$15,000: Pilot program to employ at-risk teens in an 8-week summer trail-restoration program.

Teen Services of Sonoma
$15,000: Walk-in refrigerator to expand the Lovin' Oven workspace.

Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH), in collaboration with Sonoma Overnight Support
$14,000: Severe weather shelter for the homeless of Sonoma Valley.

Ceres Community Project
$12,000: Expansion of Healing Meals for Healthy Communities program.

2013

Becoming Independent
$5,000: Healthy Living class for those with developmental disabilities.

Bookmobile/Literary Arts Guild
$3,000: Steel carport vehicle shelter for Bookmobile.

Boys & Girls Club in collaboration with the City of Sonoma, La Luz Center and Social Advocates for Youth
$15,000: Action plan and coordinated effort focusing on gang prevention.

California Parenting
$15,000: Gang prevention parent support services and classes.

Ceres Community Project
$15,000: Healthy meals for seriously ill patients and families.

Hospice by the Bay
$8,500: Hospice suite within Sonoma Valley Hospital for end of life care.

On the Move/Voices
$15,000: Foster care transition support services for self-sufficiency.

Redwood Empire Food Bank
$15,000: Hub distribution for delivery of affordable food.

2012

10,000 Degrees in collaboration with SV Education Foundation and SV Mentoring Alliance
$15,000: Collaboration to create a college-going culture from elementary to 12th grade.

Bookmobile/Literary Arts Guild
$3,250: Book supplies for the Bookmobile.

California Parenting
$15,000: Parent education classes for high risk families.

Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH)
$15,000: Parking repaving, security camera and flooring.

Sonoma Overnight Support
$11,000: Replace linoleum and carpeting and upgrade bedroom storage.

Willmar Family Grief & Healing Center
$9,000: Supplies for on-the-go grief kits.

2011

Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH)
$15,000: Facility improvements.

Sonoma Ecology Center
$7,000: Electricity for Garden Park.

Sonoma Valley Health Care Center
$9,000: Equipment for two new exam rooms.

Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance
$7,500: Girl's Empowerment Fund.

Women's Initiative for Self Employment (WISE)
$15,000: Microenterprise training.