Impact100 Sonoma will award $157,000 to Sonoma Valley nonprofits

Impact100 Sonoma completed its annual membership drive with a total of 157 members, enabling the organization to award one $100,000 Impact grant and $57,000 in smaller $5,000 to $15,000 community grants to Sonoma Valley nonprofits at its annual meeting on May 7. Membership Chair Ann Reder said, “We are happy to be at 157 members, a 43 percent increase in membership over our first year.  Despite hard economic times, Sonoma women have chosen generosity and philanthropy, and 100 percent of their donations to the giving circle will benefit the nonprofits in the Valley.”

Impact100 Sonoma has invited ten Sonoma Valley nonprofits to submit full grant proposals for its $100,000 Impact grant by February 9. The organization also asked Sonoma Valley nonprofits representing 18 programs to submit full grant proposals for the smaller Community Grants by February 21. Finalists for the grants will be announced April 26.

Constance Grizzell, chair of the Community Grants Committee said, “We are small in number, but huge in heart. Through the generosity of 157 women in Sonoma Valley who became members of Impact 100 Sonoma, we have the opportunity to provide $57,000 in capital grants and funds for women and girls programs, in addition to our Impact grant of $100,000. What an amazing community! We are truly a circle of women, contributing $1,000 each, giving as one.”