Impact100 Sonoma Grant

Impact100 Sonoma Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Women Giving As One Inc
Amount: US $25,000 - US $50,000
Last Updated: September 26, 2025

Summary

Impact100 Sonoma Grant aims to empower women in Sonoma Valley by promoting collective giving and responsible stewardship. The program offers Impetus Grants up to $25,000 to strengthen nonprofits' core missions, alongside an Encore Grant for one recipient to support more complex proposals. Eligible organizations must be tax-exempt and in operation for at least two years. This initiative fosters a sustainable nonprofit community and provides opportunities for collaboration, enhancing the impact of local organizations.

Overview

Impact100 Sonoma Our Vision A just and thriving Sonoma Valley Our Mission Empowering women of Sonoma Valley to invest in a more sustainable nonprofit community through collective giving and responsible stewardship Grants Impact100 Sonoma is proud to offer Impetus Grants as well as one Encore Grant to one Impetus Grant recipient. Both of these grants will offer funding to strengthen and sustain an organization’s core mission. Impetus Grants have proven to be well-liked by Sonoma Valley’s nonprofit organizations. The ability to distribute grants broadly and the wide range of acceptable funding uses have made Impetus Grants a good fit for Sonoma Valley’s nonprofit needs. While Impetus Grants are simply meant to strengthen and sustain an organization’s core mission, the Encore Grant is intended to encourage more complex planning and proposals, building on what an Impetus Grant would provide. We will select one Impetus Grant recipient to also receive an Encore Grant, in the same amount as the organization's Impetus Grant. Together, an Impetus Grant received in one year and the Encore Grant received in the following year will constitute a multi-year grant for one grant recipient. Applicants are not required to apply for both grants; an Encore Grant proposal is intended to be related to and build upon the intended purpose and impact of the Impetus Grant. Funding Impetus Grants applications may be for an amount up to $25,000. Encore Grants are the same amount as the organization's Impetus Grant. An additional benefit for the Encore Grant recipient will be an “Encore Partner Membership”  in Impact100 Sonoma. The nonprofit will have the option of selecting one woman from among its staff, board, or volunteers to become a fully paid, full-voting member of Impact100 Sonoma (or two such women who will have a shared membership and shared voting rights.) This sponsored membership will be for two years.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Organizations eligible to apply for any Impact100 Sonoma grant must:Be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (either them or their fiscal sponsor)A fiscal agent or sponsor may be used by a nonprofit when applying for an Impetus/Encore 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.Be located in and serve residents of Sonoma Valley (the geographic area from Schellville to Kenwood), or if located outside of Sonoma Valley, assure that grant funds will be used to serve residents of Sonoma ValleyHave been in operation for a minimum of 2 yearsThe 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 or sponsor.Possess at least 2 full years (24 months) of independently prepared, audited, or reviewed financial statementsImpetus Grant funds may be spent over the course of two years, thus recipients are ineligible to apply again until after the grant term is over.Combined funds from the recipient’s Impetus Grant and Encore Grant may be spent over three years, thus the Encore Grant recipient will be required to “sit out” of the application process for two years.If a nonprofit is acting as a fiscal agent or sponsor for another organization applying for an Impetus Grant, that nonprofit is eligible to apply for its own Impetus Grant within the same grant cycle (if otherwise eligible).

Ineligibility

Organizations eligible to apply for any Impact100 Sonoma grant must:NOT have received an Impetus Grant in the last cycle These organizations, however, are eligible to apply as part of a collaborative application, but not as the lead agencyNot be a faith-based organization They are eligible to apply only if the faith-based organization is part of a collaborative grant application and is not the lead agency or the fiscal agent or sponsor Impact100 Sonoma does not fund the following:Capital campaigns, fund drives, annual appeals, fundraising eventsEndowmentsIndividuals or private foundationsActivities that are religious or political in natureDebt reduction or operational deficitsInterim or bridge funding