Community Grant Award Cycle - January 4 - 17, 2020Impact 100 Redwood Circle never slows down. Have you noticed? We just completed our Impact Grant $100,000 award cycle, and the Community Grants award cycle has begun. Community Grant nominations opened on January 4th and members received an eblast with a link to the nominating form. All nominations are due by 5 p.m. on Sunday, January 17th. Don't forget that both our Grant Award processes begin with our Members nominating worthy [...]
Please join the Impact 100 Redwood Circle members for a Spotlight on the Intersection of Business and Philanthropy with Ronit Rubinoff, Executive Director, Legal Aid of Sonoma County January 26, 2020, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Advance registration is required. Please register here. Ms. Rubinoff has marked her own career course in ensuring access to justice for the most vulnerable – low-income families, single mothers with children, and the elderly. As the Executive Director of Legal Aid of Sonoma County for [...]
In December 2020, Jennifer Girvin delivered the Impact Award check to the elated 4Cs 2020 Award winner for the Impact Grant Committee. They plan to use the Impact Grant Award to expand and create much needed child care services in Sonoma County. Melanie Dodson, Executive Director; Sheila Whipple, Program Director; Tiffani Montgomery, Community Relations Director
2021 Impact 100 Redwood Circle Leadership Team Our Slate of Officers for 2021 was introduced in our November 7, 2020, General Membership ZOOM meeting. The new Leadership team brings back familiar faces and continuity, along with new faces that will energize and invigorate us. Some of our Leadership team have shifted to different roles in our organization, bringing valuable experience to other committees. Please welcome our new Leadership Team and share your thoughts, praise, and ideas with them.
From left to right: Suzy Marzalak, Co-President, Jan Gilman, Co-President, Laurie White, Secretary, Sharon Beckman, VP Nominating, Jenny Downing, Treasurer, Carol Lynn Wood, VP Governance
2020 Community Grant Award Winners Click on a Winner to View Details The Bird Rescue Center Burbank Homes F.I.S.H. of Santa Rosa Jewish Community Free Clinic Museum of Sonoma County Reach for Home SRJC Youth Foster Programs Verity THE BIRD RESCUE CENTER Impact 100 Redwood Circle grant is funding natural protein-sourced diets for baby birds in our care, increasing these diets to 95% of their food in order to shorten hospital stays, improve development, and increase survival rates. Natural proteins [...]
The Community and Impact Grant Sector Task Force recently presented their proposals in a teleconference. As many members were not able to attend, they have narrated the slides and provided them here.
Forget Me Not Farm Children's Services The Impact 100 Redwood Circle annual meeting was held on November 9, 2019 to choose the $100,000 Impact Grant recipient. Over 130 members were in attendance to hear presentations from the three finalists - Forget Me Not Farm Children's Services, Santa Rosa Community Health, and Social Advocates for Youth. Members attending the meeting and those who had previously submitted absentee ballots chose Forget Me Not Farm Children's Services as the 2019 Impact Grant [...]