GRANT RECIPIENTS
2022 Impetus Grant Recipients
Impact100 Sonoma continues their adopted new Impetus Grants Model for 2021 - awarding up to $25,000 to more than a dozen nonprofits rather than one large $100,000 grant.
Unrestricted Partial Grant Recipient • Ruthless Kindness: $12,510 to bring mobile veterinary services to Sonoma Valley for pets of domestic abuse victims. (This proposal received the next highest amount of votes once all grant funds were allotted.) Impact100 Sonoma adopted a new Impetus Grants Model for 2021 - awarding up to $25,000 to more than a dozen nonprofits rather than one large $100,000 grant.
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Sonoma Valley Community Health Center - Vision Clinic
Finalist Grants, $10,000 each:
Vintage House - Program Expansion
La Luz Center - Computer Literacy and Employment Services
Finalist Grants, $10,000 each:
Sonoma Land Trust – Sonoma Development Center Land Protection Project
Finalist Grants of $10,000 In Unrestricted Funds:
10,000 Degrees – 10,000 Degrees Institute Sonoma Valley Expansion
Finalist Grants, $20,000 each:
On The Move – Sonoma Valley Parent University
Finalist Grants, $20,000 each:
Redwood Empire Food Bank – Diabetes Wellness Project of Sonoma Valley
Finalist Grants, $20,000 each:
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation – Smart Start: Preschool for All in Sonoma Valley
Finalist Grants, $20,000 each:
La Luz Center – Strengthening Families & the Community
Finalist Grants, $13,375 each:
Sonoma Valley Teen Services – Skills for Life Program
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley – College Bound Program
Finalist Grants, $2,500 each:
Community Grant Recipients 2019Art Escape $20,000: expand their Teen Art Lounge to every summer Friday and two Fridays a month during the 2019/20 school year. Ceres Community Project $20,000: prepare 5,500 organic medically-appropriate meals for 30 low-income families who have a seriously ill family member, and offer bi-lingual nutrition education and resources through the Community Health Center. Challenge Sonoma Adventure Ropes Course, in collaboration with Sonoma Valley Youth and Family Services $14,500: relocate and rebuild the four low elements (under 2 feet high) of the Ropes Course, used primarily by younger, less experienced students from the now-closed Sonoma Developmental Center to Hanna Boys Center.
Community Matters $19,500: Safe Schools Ambassadors program to train up to 120 student leaders and 18 adults at three public schools to become adept at defusing incidents of mistreatment and improve school atmosphere, attendance and performance. Flowery Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization, in collaboration with Flowery Elementary School $20,000: installation of a new playground structure to replace the present damaged and rusty 30-year-old structure, giving students and the local community a safe up-to-date place to play and learn. Legal Aid of Sonoma County $20,000: provide on-site Sonoma Valley assistance to low-income families, seniors and immigrants threatened with eviction, price gouging and irresponsible landlords in order to keep them safely housed in our community. North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council (NCRCDC) $20,000: implement the Waste Wizard project at four local schools that have been on a waitlist. State law requires school districts to recycle organic wastes but does not provide funds to do so. Teen Services Sonoma $20,000: expand the proven Ready to Work (RTW) program to La Luz Center and Boys and Girls Clubs, increasing RTW courses from five to seven and providing services to 40 additional youth. 2018
Becoming Independent
$20,000: To increase their per-client
dollar amount to $150/day and to help
fund/expand client-selected activities such as field trips, classes,
supplies and activities.
Cancer Support of Sonoma
$20,000: For the Patient Assistance Fund to help clients dealing with
cancer receive low-fee complementary therapies that are rarely covered by insurance.
Jack London Park Partners
$15,970: Expanding the successful pilot program that offers an in-depth investigation of ecosystem dynamics and bio-diversity to all Sonoma Valley 7th graders in fall 2018.
Kenwood Education Foundation
$10,030: To fund KIDS (Kenwood Investing in Dynamic Students) enrichment programs for the 2018-19 school year after the 2017 fires prematurely ended the annual KIDS fundraising campaign.
Redwood Empire Food Bank
$20,000: Providing more than 133,300 pounds of fresh produce to food-insecure neighbors in Sonoma Valley.
Sebastiani Theatre Foundation
$20,000: Funding 83 scholarships for Latino youth of low-income families to attend Sebastiani's after-school and summer performing arts camps.
Sonoma Community Center
$20,000: To upgrade aged and outdated safety features, and increase accessibility, in the historic 102-year building.
Sonoma Overnight Support
$20,000: Expanding its free Day Services program to meet increased demand, and prevent it from having to cut back its hours.
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation
$20,000: Expanding, from 50+ to 100 Kindergarten - 12th grade students, of ViVO, an after-school and summer professional music instruction and orchestra program that serves many at-risk socio-economically disadvantaged youth.
Vintage House
$20,000: Funding an external study of the Sonoma Valley senior population to determine their current and future needs in order to inform Vintage House's future programs and services.
201710,000 Degrees On The Move Redwood Empire Food Bank Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) Sonoma Overlook Trail Stewards Sonoma Valley Education Foundation Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance (SVMA) Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance Teen Services Sonoma (TSS) Teen Services Sonoma 2016Ceres Community Project Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH) La Luz Center Pets Lifeline 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 Sonoma Ecology Center Sonoma Valley Education Foundation Teen Services Sonoma Verity Vintage House 2015Becoming Independent Ceres Community Project La Luz Center Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance Jack London Park Partners Community Matters Verity 4Paws Learning and Wellness Center Arts Guild Pets Lifeline 2014Sonoma Valley Community Health Center Sonoma Overnight Support On the Move, in partnership with Sonoma Valley Unified School District and La Luz Center Jack London State Park, in collaboration with Hanna Boys Center Teen Services of Sonoma Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH), in collaboration with Sonoma Overnight Support Ceres Community Project 2013Becoming Independent Bookmobile/Literary Arts Guild Boys & Girls Club in collaboration with the City of Sonoma, La Luz Center and Social Advocates for Youth California Parenting Ceres Community Project Hospice by the Bay On the Move/Voices Redwood Empire Food Bank 201210,000 Degrees in collaboration with SV Education Foundation and SV Mentoring Alliance Bookmobile/Literary Arts Guild California Parenting Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH) Sonoma Overnight Support Willmar Family Grief & Healing Center 2011Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH) Sonoma Ecology Center Sonoma Valley Health Care Center Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance Women's Initiative for Self Employment (WISE) Read more about the 2010 to 2013 grants. Read more about the 2014 grants. |
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