Season of Sharing Fund

Apply with a local agency

One-time, financial assistance grants for eligible Sonoma County Residents. Emergency housing support and some critical needs.

For details on eligible housing and critical needs, please contact an agency listed.

Sonoma County
  • Face to Face HIV/AIDS, Santa Rosa, 707-544-1581
  • Nation’s Finest (Veterans only), Santa Rosa, 707-578-8387
  • Santa Rosa Catholic Worker, Santa Rosa, 707-575-8342
  • La Plaza, Santa Rosa, (707) 393-8700
  • PEP Housing (PEP Residents Only), Petaluma, 707-762-2336
  • Sonoma Community Action Network, Santa Rosa, 707-544-6911
  • Disability Services and Legal Center (Individuals with disabilities), Santa Rosa, 707-528-2745
  • Salvation Army Family Services, Santa Rosa, 707-542-0981

Reach for Home, Healdsburg, 707-433-6161

West County Community Services, Guerneville, 707-823-1640

Problem Statement: In 1986, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund co-founder, Walter A. Haas, Jr., and the Fund’s President, Ira Hirschfield, approached the San Francisco Chronicle with an idea: the Bay Area needed a charitable fund to help individuals and families in crisis.

Goal of the Program: The Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund provides temporary assistance to help people living in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties. Over the last 33 years, the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund has distributed $138 million to help individuals and families in need.

ALL FUNDS CONTRIBUTED EACH YEAR ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

Housing and Critical Family Needs assistance is provided in the form of grants that are paid directly to the supplier of services, such as a landlord or medical equipment provider. If you or someone you know needs temporary assistance and might qualify for a grant, please read on for a list of coordinating agencies and their phone numbers.

Donations are used to provide direct assistance to Bay Area residents with critical needs that cannot be met by other resources.

“There are so many people who are trying their hardest, just to get by. People like me. Struggling,” Perez said. “Sometimes all it takes is one act of kindness.”
Perez

Contact Information:

Sonoma County

Sonoma Community Action Network

Phone: 211

How to Apply: Season of Sharing Partner Agencies for Application Assistance