All Posts by Caitlin Childs

Grant Making in Sonoma Valley

In 2010, Sonoma Valley Fund, with Community Foundation Sonoma County, awarded $167,380 to the local community in grants and scholarships. Sonoma Valley Fund awarded seven grants from the George and Phyllis Ellman Fund totaling $30,500 to support a diversity of work. 2010 Sonoma Valley Ellman Fund Grants AuduBon Canyon Ranch

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The Youth Initiative

Sustaining Our Community for the Next Generation In early 2009, the Sonoma Valley Fund established a Youth Initiative Committee to explore the many challenges facing Sonoma Valley’s youth, and to attempt to address important community concerns such as the perceived low numbers of local high school students going on to

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Grant Making in Sonoma Valley

In 2009 Sonoma Valley Fund, with Community Foundation Sonoma County and their donors, awarded $265,550 to the local community in grants and scholarships. Sonoma Valley Fund awarded six grants from the George and Phyllis Ellman Fund totaling $25,500, to support a diversity of work as shown here. Sonoma Valley Fund

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Sonoma Valley Nonprofits

The Sonoma Valley Fund is the bridge between Sonoma Valley nonprofits and the donors who support them. The expertise of Community Foundation Sonoma County, the parent of the Sonoma Valley Fund, ensures that donors’ charitable wishes will be fulfilled in the most beneficial way at the end of their lifetimes

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Strengthening and Sustaining Our Community

Bridges for Legacy Donors The Sonoma Valley Fund is the bridge between donors and the nonprofit organizations they support, ensuring the prudent investment of funds and the achievement of legacy gift objectives. Through its parent, Community Foundation Sonoma County, the Fund wisely invests and fulfills donors’ charitable bequests. A few

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2007 Annual Report

Click to download our 2007 Annual Report Community is the Legacy of giving However, a more important measure has been the dedication and support of our outstanding board members and advisors; they are listed on the fourth page of this report. It is with great pride that the Board of

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