Caring Community - Our Funders & Sponsors

Community Foundation Sonoma County

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:30:13 -0800

The Community Foundation Sonoma County provided the Community Network with part of the seed money needed to establish the Journey Project. Community Foundation Sonoma County, with assets exceeding $130 million and more than 450 different funds established by individual donors, community groups and nonprofit organizations, has returned more than $116 million to the community since it was established in 1983.

Exchange Bank

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:33:20 -0800

The Exchange Bank awarded the Community Network a grant in 2010 to replace the computer system we rely upon for all that we do. This grant, awarded through the Exchange Bank Foundation, also funded purchase of a portable DVD player for our small group training efforts. Additionally, the Exchange Bank helped to fund a three-hour pilot training for administrators and staff from Residential Care Homes for the Elderly that we produced in late October, 2010 titled Improving Care Through Life’s End for People in Residential Care: Challenges and Opportunities.

Jean Schulz Donor Advised Fund

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:03:41 -0800

In the mid-1990s, the Jean Schulz Donor Advised Fund granted the Community Network money needed to purchase computer equipment used to launch and help grow the Journey Project. In 2005 we were again generously awarded grant funds needed to upgrade our computer technology and incorporate the use of digital technology into our workshop program. New technology is housed in the Environmental Center (home of the Journey Project Resource Center) and is shared for the benefit of members of the Sonoma County Conservation Council/Environmental Center. The Jean Schulz Donor Advised Fund is administered by the Community Foundation Sonoma County.

Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:35:51 -0800

A grant award from Kaiser Permanente (KP) Santa Rosa Community Benefit enabled the Community Network to work in concert with KP Health Education staff and area senior centers to produce four “Wellness Through Life’s End” workshops in Santa Rosa and Sebastopol during 2007 (see calendar for more info.) The Kaiser grant award also helped with upgrading our website and building the “Support Group Clearninghouse” serving consumers and providers in the Greater Sonoma County region. It is the mission of Kaiser Permanente to improve the health of KP members and the communities served by KP.

Marco A. Vidal Fund

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:04:45 -0700

Since 2007, the Marco A. Vidal Fund has been providing general operating support to the Community Network. Grants received through the generosity of Mr. Vidal help further work we do to improve care for the elderly and those living with life-limiting serious illness including their caregivers. The Marin Community Foundation is administrator for the Marco A. Vidal Fund.

Pacific Foundation for Medical Care

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:37:51 -0800

The Pacific Foundation for Medical Care granted the Community Network a part of the seed money needed to start the Journey Project in 1997. In 2011 PFMC granted us funding needed to help further our work educating physicians about end of life planning and care. The Pacific Foundation for Medical Care is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving patient access to physicians. Through their affiliation with the California Foundation for Medical Care, they are part of one of the largest preferred provider organization (PPO) in California, with more than 35,000 physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers throughout the state.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Rallying Points was a national program (active 2000 - 2004)dedicated to supporting grassroots efforts to improve quality of care and life through life’s end. Grants received from the RWJF Rallying Point Program enabled the Community Network: to work with our Latino Advisory Council and Sonoma County In Home Support Services Public Authority to create a four-hour Sp

St. Joseph Health System - Sonoma County

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:47:31 -0800

The St. Joseph Health System Sonoma County Community Benefit Department provided seed money for the Journey Project Latino Caregiver Outreach & Training Program development during 2006. The grant enabled us to do work with community leaders ( including the Journey Project Latino Advisory Council) to develop a Plan for Cooperative Action. This Plan will help guide and support the expansion, decentralization and integration of the Journey Project services into the existing Latino service delivery system. It is interesting to note that the SJHS-SC, founded and operated by the Sisters of Orange, has been serving the Sonoma County region since New Year’s Day 1950 when Memorial Hospital opened its doors.

The California Endowment

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:47:53 -0800

Funding from The California Endowment assisted with development of the tools, resources and capacity to further develop our Wellness Through Life’s End two-hour training program in Spanish for Latino caregivers. In Fall, 2008 Journey Project Latino Program Co-Directors presented the pilot training program Bienestar A Traves del Final de la Vida, Encontrando Nuestro Camino to more than 30 Latino caregivers as a result. Work is underway, doing what is needed to continue this program created with 2008 seed funding from The California Endowment (TCE).

The California HealthCare Foundation

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:50:14 -0800

The California HealthCare Foundation provided a two-year grant (2009-2010) for the Community Network to develop and support the Sonoma County POLST Implementation Program. This effort is helping to establish the Physician’s Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) as a recognized and widely-used tool in Sonoma County. POLST helps to ensure that patient treatment wishes at the end of life are honored and carries the force of law in CA effective January 1, 2009.

The California HealthCare Foundation is an independent philanthropy committed to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California.

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