When COVID-19 changed our world, it also changed how Healdsburg Forever, a regional affiliate of the Community Foundation Sonoma County, has raised and granted funds to nonprofits serving the Healdsburg and Geyserville area communities since 2003.
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Alliance Medical Center: beginning the push towards ending the pandemic
Original Article Founded in 1971 by physicians concerned about migrant healthcare, Healdsburg’s Alliance Medical Center now has four healthcare clinics in Healdsburg and Windsor. Annually, they provide medical, dental, behavioral, and wellness services to over 12,000 patients in the region. “The great majority of our patients are the hardworking agricultural,
Healdsburg Forever delivers $300,000 to support nonprofits
Responding quickly to the continued toll COVID-19 has taken on the community, Healdsburg Forever, a locally focused community foundation and endowment, recently distributed $300,000 in funding to five nonprofits and one nonprofit/city partnership program. “In a time of urgency, the Healdsburg Forever board listened to local nonprofits and community leaders
Work continues for Healdsburg Forever
EDITOR: Icons speaking of philanthropy say it best. John F. Kennedy: “Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely – call it what you like but it is truly a jewel of an American tradition.” Melinda Gates: “Philanthropy is not about money. It’s about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips
Healdsburg Forever 2020 grant recipient: Food for Thought
Ron Karp of Food for Thought has been the Executive Director since 1996. The organization’s mission is to provide healing nutrition and compassion to more than 1,000 people living with serious illnesses in Sonoma County. Food for Thought approaches food as medicine. Their website states, “A growing body of research
Healdsburg Forever Makes $80,000 in Emergency Grants
Healdsburg Forever has recently made emergency grants totaling $80,000 to six nonprofit organizations providing essential safety net services—food, shelter, and health care—to the most vulnerable people in Healdsburg and Geyserville. The grants to Redwood Empire Food Bank, Healdsburg Food Pantry, Corazón Healdsburg, Farm to Pantry, Reach for Home, and Alliance Medical Center support general operations and are
About Healdsburg Forever
This article was originally published in Healdsburg Living Magazine. Nearly 20 years ago, a group of dedicated local volunteers, including Jason Liles and Demaris Briton, approached Community Foundation Sonoma County expressing interest in establishing a permanent fund that would be able to help support nonprofit organizations in the Healdsburg and
Healdsburg Forever Grants Impact: Supporting the environment, arts, and more.
Our grants from Healdsburg Forever last year supported our nonprofit community to launch new programs, and maintain others, bringing vitally needed services to Healdsburg and Geyserville residents. We asked our grantees to share some notes of impact, about what they have been able to achieve with grants from Healdsburg Forever.
Healdsburg Forever Celebrates $160,000 in Grants!
A rainy night didn’t deter nearly 200 donors and nonprofit leaders from gathering together at SHED to celebrate local philanthropy and to honor Mary Hafner for her steadfast leadership and support of the Healdsburg Forever Fund. In 2017, Healdsburg Forever awarded a record $160,000 in grants to 19 nonprofits serving