Healthy Petaluma Calendar Year 2026 Grantmaking Programs 

Healthy Petaluma supports local organizations advancing health, equity, and well-being across our community through grantmaking programs. To best stay up to date with Healthy Petaluma’s Grantmaking Programs and other funding opportunities, please subscribe to our newsletter. 

  • Together for Women and Families Fund Grant Program 
    The Together for Women and Families Fund, created in response to the Women’s Health Needs Assessment (WHNA) conducted in 2025, will support programs that strengthen the health, stability, and well-being of women, girls, and families in the Petaluma community that are in strong alignment with the strategic priorities within the WHNA. The 2026 grant cycle will open with a call for Letters of Intent (LOIs) on February 2, 2026. Final funding decisions and distribution will be made in the month of August 2026 after a full application process over spring. You can learn more about the Together for Women and Families Fund here.

  • Healthy Petaluma Sponsorships 
    Healthy Petaluma offers sponsorship support for community events, programs, and initiatives that align with our mission and contribute to community health and connection. Sponsorship requests are accepted on an ongoing basis throughout the year. You can learn more about Healthy Petaluma’s sponsorship process here.

  • Annual Fiscal Year 2026–2027 Grant Program 
    The FY 2026–2027 annual grant program is anticipated to open at the start of our fiscal year in July 2026 and funding to be distributed in the month of November 2026. More information about this grant program will be published following Board approval in Spring 2026 and announced in our newsletter.

Questions?

For more information about sponsorship and grants, contact Matthew Ingram, Director of Community Impact at mingram@healthypetaluma.org or Ben Spierings, Program Officer at bspierings@healthypetaluma.org.

For information about our calendar 2025 grant recipients, please scroll down.

“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

General Operating Support FY 2025 - 2026 Grant Program

In March of 2025, Healthy Petaluma announced a two cycle General Operating Support grantmaking 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 awarded $700,000 in funding to 50 organizations serving southern Sonoma County in the two funding cycles.

Cycle One Grantees

  • 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)

  • 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

Cycle Two Grantees

  • Buckelew Programs

  • Catholic Charities of Northwest California

  • Circuit Rider Community Services

  • Cool Petaluma

  • Daily Acts Organization

  • Micah’s Hugs

  • Mothers Care Support

  • Pediatric Dental Initiative of the North Coast, Inc.

  • Petaluma City Schools (McDowell School)

  • Petaluma Community Access

  • Petaluma Museum Association

  • Polly Klaas Foundation

  • Regenerative Education Alliance

  • ReLeaf Petaluma

  • Sonoma County Alano Club

  • Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District (Thomas Page Academy)

  • UCC Petaluma

  • YWCA Sonoma County

“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.”