Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County is a Healdsburg, California-based public charity that files Form 990. It connects people and resources to promote wellness in underserved communities, with grant support focused on equitable access to healthcare and mental health services in northern Sonoma County.
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County at a glance
In short: Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County gave $569K across 9 grants in 2025 (avg $63K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $569,085
- -15.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 9
- -40.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $63,232
- +40.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $27,667
- Total assets
- $1,245,323
- -1.7% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated November 2026.
How to apply to Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 1025, Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: (707) 473-0583
Website: https://healthcarefoundation.net
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 9 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Alliance Medical Center ($186K). Together the top 9 received $569K.
Grant Size Distribution
69 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 50 grants of 69 (72%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation says it prioritizes support and projects for communities from northern Santa Rosa to Cloverdale. Its 2024 filing describes its region as extending from northern Santa Rosa to the Mendocino border. All reported 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in California.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 9 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−20%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $385K (2021) to $710K (2022). In 2025 it made 9 grants totaling $569K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alliance Medical Center Healdsburg, CA | Perinatal program, calaim coalition, rent for new windsor wellness facility, event sponsorship | $185,905 |
| La Familia Sana Cloverdale, CA | Cloverdale Senior Mental Health, Eco Group, Calaim Coalition | $164,417 |
| On the Margins Inc Petaluma, CA | Eco Group, Bilingual Clinical Training Program Nepantlah | $80,145 |
| Aliados Health Petaluma, CA | Immigration Legal Support for Staff | $30,000 |
| The Botanical Bus Sebastopol, CA | Calaim Coalition, Technology Grant | $27,667 |
| Circuit Rider Community Services Windsor, CA | Transportation for Seniors in Cloverdale | $27,000 |
| Corazon HB Scopa HAS a Dream Inc Healdsburg, CA | Calaim Coalition, Event Sponsorship | $18,417 |
| Reach for Home Healdsburg, CA | Calaim Coalition | $18,267 |
| Alexander Valley Healthcare Cloverdale, CA | Calaim Coalition, Eco Group | $17,267 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,245,323 | $1,439,183 | $1,443,102 | $569,085 | 9 | $2,969 |
| 2024 | $1,266,292 | $1,417,359 | $1,494,519 | $674,317 | 15 | $1,400 |
| 2023 | $1,572,762 | $1,787,396 | $1,378,162 | $649,519 | 9 | $357 |
| 2022 | $1,236,422 | $1,464,682 | $1,620,980 | $710,300 | 12 | — |
| 2021 | $1,081,837 | $1,310,405 | $1,248,792 | $385,250 | 24 | — |
| 2020 | $1,025,635 | $905,385 | $1,265,250 | $560,121 | 17 | — |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s mission is “to connect people and resources to promote wellness in underserved communities.” Its stated vision is to eliminate health inequities in northern Sonoma County. The foundation’s 2025–2028 strategic plan identifies four pillars: healthcare advocacy and partnerships, healthcare workforce pipelines, capacity-building grants, and community-led solutions. It describes capacity-building grants as general operating support intended to strengthen nonprofit effectiveness and stability.
In its 2024 filing, the foundation says it supported local health clinics and grassroots organizations focused on low-income, vulnerable populations, and scholarships for bilingual, bicultural mental health professionals. Among its 2024 grantees, La Familia Sana describes its work as addressing community needs related to healthcare, jobs, food, and education; Nuestra Comunidad describes providing disaster preparedness, emergency-services, and health and wellness instruction, with an emphasis on underserved communities; and Council on Aging Services for Seniors describes providing services to promote wellbeing and independence for older adults.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2024, the foundation reported 15 grants totaling $674,317. Grant amounts ranged from $5,000 to $154,294, with a median grant of $24,925. The largest reported grants included $154,294 to the University of San Francisco for scholarship programs, $75,915 to On the Margins Inc for general operating support, $75,000 to Goring & Straja Architects PC for a community wellness center architect deposit, and $68,900 to Alexander Valley Healthcare for general operating support. Other notable grants included $64,000 to Kaiser NCR CH for a bilingual clinical training program, $52,774 to La Familia Sana, and $50,000 to Support Our Students for general operating support. Its 2025 filing, the latest on this page, reports 9 grants totaling $569,085.
The foundation describes its general operating grants as unrestricted support for organizations aligned with its values. It says grant reporting requirements vary by grant amount and purpose, and that it receives regular reports from grantees on the use of funds.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Wanda Tapia-Thomsen as chair, Mona Hanes as vice chair, Darnell Bowen as treasurer and chair of finance, and Ann Elston as secretary. It also lists Montserrat Archila as chair of marketing and communications, Daisy Cardenas as co-chair of programs, and Courtney Cochran as chair of fund development. Gary Barth, Kaleigh Bulloch Whitehall, and Yudith Correa are listed as board members; Correa’s listing notes an end date of April 30. The foundation’s 2025–2028 strategic plan identifies Amy Ramirez as executive director.
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County is led by Ramirez Amy, Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2024); 1 of 16 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Ramirez Amy
Executive Director
Executive Director & Start → Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$92K (2024) → $162K (2025)
Bulloch Whitehall Kaleigh
Board Member & Chair Marcomm
Board Member → Board Member & Chair Marcomm, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kahn Marc
Board Member & Chair Program
Chair Program → Board Member & Chair Program, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Morrison Rousseau Anne
Treasurer & Chair Finance
Board Member → Treasurer & Chair Finance, 2025
On filings since 2024
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Safford Kathi
Board Member & Chair Nominations
Chair Nominations → Board Member & Chair Nominations, 2025
On filings since 2024
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hanes Ramona
Chair
New on the 2025 filing
6 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Archila Montserrat
Board Member
Chair Marcomm → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cardenas Daisy
Vice Chair
Co-Chair Program → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elston Ann
Secretary
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Greenall Paul
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maltrud Ingrid
Board Member & Co-Chair Fund Development
Chair Audit → Board Member & Co-Chair Fund Development, 2025
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Glitz Rachel
Board Member & Co-Chair Fund Development
New on the 2025 filing
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gonzalez Rosa
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lemos-Horning Zenia
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Torresdey Pamela
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Weissberg Jed
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (41)
- Former: Barth Gary (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Bender Kimberly (2024) — Executive Director
- Former: Bowen Darnell (2024) — Treasurer & Chair Finance
- Former: Cochran Courtney (2024) — Chair Fund Development
- Former: Correa Yudith (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Hanes Mona (2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Restieaux Murphy Danielle (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Tapia-Thomsen Wanda (2024) — Chair
- Former: Courtney Cochran (2020–2023) — Chair
- Former: Danielle Restieaux Murphy (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Kimberly Bender (2020–2023) — Executive Director
- Former: Peter McAweeney (2020–2023) — Chair Fund Development
- Former: Francisco Lopez (2021–2023) — Chair Audit
- Former: Kathi Safford (2021–2023) — Chair Nominations
- Former: Daisy Cardenas (2022–2023) — Co-Chair Program
- Former: Darnell Bowen (2022–2023) — Treasurer & Chair Finance
- Former: Gary Barth (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Marc Kahn (2022–2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: Ann Elston (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Anne Morrison Rousseau (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Ingrid Maltrud (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Mona Hanes (2023) — Secretary
- Former: Montserrat Archila (2023) — Chair Marcomm
- Former: Wanda Tapia-Thomsen (2023) — Co-Chair Program
- Former: Yudith Correa (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Amy Hunsberger (2020–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Jean Lalla (2020–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Scott Hafner (2020–2022) — Chair
- Former: Monsterrat Archila (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Wanda Tapia Thomsen (2022) — Chair Program
- Former: Barbara Grasseschi (2020–2021) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Donna Merideth (2020–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Esther Lemus (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: John Dayton (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Laura Kimbro Chechile (2020–2021) — Chair Grant Making
- Former: Michael Valdovinos (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Wanda Tapia (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Bill Smart (2020) — Chair Audit
- Former: Denny Martin (2020) — Chair & Grant Making Committee
- Former: Gina Parmeter (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Ross Stromberg (2020) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $162K, to Ramirez Amy (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County
How much does Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County give each year?
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County gave $569K across 9 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $674K across 15 grants.
What is Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County's typical grant size?
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County's median grant in 2025 was $27,667, and its average grant was $63,232, across 9 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County give grants?
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Healdsburg, CA (3 grants), Cloverdale, CA (2 grants) and Petaluma, CA (2 grants).
Does Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 9 grants with a stated purpose on Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County's largest grantees?
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County's largest 2025 grantees include Alliance Medical Center ($185,905), La Familia Sana ($164,417) and On the Margins Inc ($80,145), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 76% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County?
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County reported $1.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.4M.
What does Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County fund?
The foundation’s mission is “to connect people and resources to promote wellness in underserved communities.” Its stated vision is to eliminate health inequities in northern Sonoma County. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County?
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check healthcarefoundation.net for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County's EIN?
Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 68-0474109. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated November 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS September 22, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 3, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 28, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 9, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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