Grants & Sponsorships
Since its formation in 1946, Healthy Petaluma has invested in programs, services, and organizations that improve the health and well-being of our residents.
Healthy Petaluma is uniquely positioned to understand the health priorities of southern Sonoma County. We’re committed to allocating funds to support our community’s greatest health needs.
2025 General Operating Support Grant Cycle One recipients
In March of 2025, Healthy Petaluma announced its newest cycle of grantmaking: the Spring 2025 General Operating Support Grant Program. The General Operating Support Grant Program supports the overall health, sustainability, and capacity of nonprofits and organizations with an equivalent tax-exempt status serving the Healthy Petaluma community.
Healthy Petaluma is proud to share that we will be awarding $350,000 in funding to 22 organizations serving southern Sonoma County for this funding cycle and excited for the second cycle to be announced later this year!
10,000 Degrees
Café Puente
Ceres Community Project
Committee on the Shelterless (COTS)
Generation Housing
On the Margins, Inc.
Petaluma Health Center
Petaluma River Park Foundation
Rebuilding Together Petaluma, Inc.
Ruthless Kindness
Sonoma Family Meal
Amor Para Todos (APT)
Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation
Child Parent Institute (CPI)
Food For Thought
HomeFirst
Petaluma Arts Council
Petaluma People Services Center
Petaluma Urban Chat
Redwood Empire Food Bank
Senior Advocacy Services
Verity
Questions?
For more information about sponsorship and grants, contact Matthew Ingram, Director of Community Impact at mingram@healthypetaluma.org or Ben Spierings, Manager of Community Health Programs at bspierings@healthypetaluma.org.
For more information on our 2023 grantmaking cycle, please click here.
“We now have people who are getting the support they need to change their lives. And we see benefits to the entire community. This wouldn’t have happened without the Health Care District’s support and leadership.”
- Robin Phoenix, COTS’ Shelter Services Manager
“We now have people who are getting the support they need to change their lives. And we see benefits to the entire community. This wouldn’t have happened without the Health Care District’s support and leadership.”
- Robin Phoenix, COTS’ Shelter Services Manager
Diana - Petaluma Resident
Sponsorships
Each year, we invest into the community through sponsorships to local nonprofits, schools, and social service providers who are working to improve the health of our community.
For the fiscal year ending June 2025, we are not accepting new sponsorship requests as our sponsorship budget has been fully allocated. Please visit our website after July 1, 2025, to learn how to apply for sponsorship opportunities in the 2025–2026 fiscal year.
2024 Youth and young Adult Wellbeing Grant recipients
During the fall of 2024, the Healthy Petaluma Foundation announced the Youth and Young Adult Wellbeing Grant Program to support the emotional, mental, and physical health of the youth in our community.
Healthy Petaluma is proud to share that we will be awarding $500,000 in funding to 11 organizations serving southern Sonoma County!
Friends of the Petaluma River
Petaluma People Services Center
Thomas Page Academy
On the Margins, Inc.
Cinnabar Arts Corporation
LIME Foundation
Café Puente
Pediatric Dental Initiative of the North Coast, Inc.
Petaluma River Park Foundation
Technology High School
Kid Scoop News
