Review the following eligibility requirements to be sure that both your organization and your proposal meet the criteria for an Impetus Grant from Impact100 Sonoma. Consult the FAQs.

Organizations eligible to apply for Impact100 grants must:

• Be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
• Be located in and/or serve residents of Sonoma Valley (the geographic area from Schellville to Kenwood)
• Possess at least 2 full years (24 months) of independently prepared, audited or reviewed financial statements
• Faith-based organizations are eligible to apply only if the faith-based organization is part of a collaborative grant application. The faith-based organization may not be the lead agency or the fiscal agent

• Propose the use of Impact100’s grant for programs, services, infrastructure, capacity building, technology or other budgetary needs that support the organization’s core mission. For example, Impetus Grants can be used as follows:
• Capacity building or infrastructure support
• Programmatic needs
• Planning initiatives
• Capital expenditures
• Collaborative efforts
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) training or programs for the organization and/or the people it serves

• Endowment funding
• Individuals or private foundations
• Activities that are religious or political in nature
• Fund drives, annual appeals, fundraising events, or general capital campaigns

• Proposals submitted by applicants as a collaborative[1] effort must complete the Collaborator and Partner Agreement Form, signed by each agency.
• Applicants noting the existence of project partners[2] must complete the Collaborator and Partner Agreement Form, signed by each partner.
• A fiscal agent may be used by a nonprofit when applying for an Impetus Grant if the nonprofit is too small to have 501(c)(3) status or if it is in the process of applying for 501(c)(3) status, but has not yet received it. The nonprofit must have been in operation for a minimum of two years before it is eligible to apply for a grant, even when it uses a fiscal agent. The application must include the financial information for the nonprofit itself on the information form and must provide all of the financial documents for both nonprofit and the fiscal agent.
• A nonprofit with a fiscal agent relationship agreement with another nonprofit that is also applying for an Impetus Grant is eligible to apply for a separate grant for their organization within the same grant cycle.

Our 2022 Impetus Grants are intended to assist with an organization’s long-term recovery. In evaluating proposals, we will focus on how funding from Impact100 can help an organization develop more strength and resilience, and how, in turn, that will affect the strength of our community.

APPLICANTS SHOULD:

• Explain how their proposal will benefit our community
• Explain how they have adapted to provide services and programs related to their core mission during and after pandemic-related restrictions
• Demonstrate financial stability following the COVID-19-induced downturn
• Use grant funds to strengthen their organization and to build long-term resilience and sustainability
• Have a plan that will demonstrate the impact of the Impetus Grant funds
• Be aligned with Impact100's values and our organizational equity commitment, below:

Impact100 Sonoma believes: As a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the quality of life in our community, it is essential that we confront the effects of racism and discrimination, accept that we have work to do and recognize that we bear collective responsibility for dismantling systemic racism and injustice in our community. Therefore, we are committing to:


1. Creating an organizational culture and set of values that reflects the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice.
2. Ensuring our staffing, spaces, programming, outreach, communications, board membership and other organizational aspects are welcoming and inclusive of different perspectives.
3. Actively working to center and engage marginalized voices.
4. Making this work ongoing by adopting an equity lens in strategic planning.