CanDo’s Napa Valley Give!Guide

It’s CanDo’s Napa Valley Give!Guide 10th Anniversary!

Here we go! We are reaching out to Napa Valley nonprofit organizations. In the past nine years CanDo’s Give!Guide has raised over $4 million for 135 local nonprofits. If your nonprofit would like to be in this year’s anniversary edition and have been serving Napa County for two years or more, someone from your organization must attend one of two mandatory meetings in order to apply. Due to Covid the meetings will be done by Zoom, one on June 22 and one on June 30. Both 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. Please send your nonprofit’s name to CanDoGiveGuide @gmail.com. We would love to have you participate and see the benefits you will receive, both monetary and community exposure.

Although it is not required, please give us your organization’s name and who might be attending the meeting by using sign-up genius.

The zoom links for the meetings are as follows:

June 22, 11 AM to 12:30 PM

June 30, 11 AM to 12:30 PM

2022 Give!Guide Application

A Community of Givers | $873,144.00 Raised | 1662 Donors

10,000 Degrees

Match Has Been Met

We convert potential to degree by helping students from low-income backgrounds get to and through college. Unlike most high school and college assistance programs, our College Success Programs have no GPA requirement to join. We are also unique in helping students move from community college to a baccalaureate pathway. We help them to graduate career-ready.

$25795 Donated
64 Donors

American Canyon Community and Parks Foundation

We are dedicated to helping connect the community to the outdoors. Through environmental education & outdoor programming, we improve health, wellness, and education opportunities in our community. Programs are diverse and include docent-led hikes, mobile wellness and play programs, nature art installations, trail improvement days, conservation programs, and school enrichment.

$6221 Donated
44 Donors

Bleating Hearts Farm and Sanctuary

We provide a haven for farm and domestic animals that need a permanent home. We also facilitate adoptions for rehabilitated animals in a self-reliant, environmentally conscious, and plant-based farm agricultural setting. We raise community awareness about domestic animals in high-kill shelters and provide aid where possible.

$4205 Donated
72 Donors

Cake4Kids

Special Opportunity

We bake and deliver birthday cakes for children in group homes, in domestic violence or human trafficking shelters, in low-income housing with or without a parent, and even to homeless children. Cake4Kids is powered by an amazing and compassionate group of volunteers who are mostly home-bakers. They bake the cake at home and deliver it to one of our partner agencies who support youth. We’ve provided 504 cakes to local area youth since 2018, when we started baking and delivering cakes in Napa County.

$4628 Donated
74 Donors

Canine Guardians

Special Opportunity

Matching Funds

We empower PTSD veterans and disabled people to live a more independent life by providing them with specially trained assistance dogs. Our dogs assist with physical needs, address and soothe emotional wounds, retrieve dropped items, bring needed items, help them feel safe in public, calm, comfort, adore and love them. We have a waitlist with people waiting anxiously for our dogs!

$11631 Donated
96 Donors

Community Action of Napa Valley

We administer multiple health and human service programs to low-income individuals and families through our Food Bank, Meals On Wheels and CANV Kids programs. We’ve served the vulnerable since 1965; every day, we offer emergency assistance along with tools and skills to rebuild lives and to fully participate in this amazing community. We believe that no one in our community should live in poverty.

$52280 Donated
173 Donors

CASA, A Voice for Children

Match Has Been Met

We make a difference in the lives of abused and/or neglected children in Napa by providing critical advocacy and support for children from newborn to twenty, supporting children throughout the entire time they’re in foster care. A long term, stable relationship, like those through CASA, is the single most important factor influencing positive outcomes for children in foster care.

$23275 Donated
101 Donors

Collabria Care

Special Opportunity

We provide compassionate care through our core programs: Hospice and Palliative Services, Senior Illness and Alzheimer’s Care, and Caregiver Support. Facing the end of life or caring for those with a serious illness can be stressful, sometimes overwhelming experience and we aim to ensure that no one faces these challenges alone.

$20295 Donated
119 Donors

Community Resources for Children

Match Has Been Met

We provide children with the best possible start through quality early learning opportunities, training for families and childcare providers, and assistance for families needing help finding and paying for childcare. When families and children thrive our whole community benefits socially, physically, and economically.

$10945 Donated
82 Donors

Cope Family Center

We are a Family Resource Center in downtown Napa that empowers parents with the education, resources and support they need to raise children who thrive. Our goal is to help parents manage stressful situations and challenging life events so they can give their children a brighter future. The best way to help children thrive is to support their parents, so they can be engaged and loving parents.

$13335 Donated
116 Donors

Expressions of Hope

Special Opportunity

We are dedicated to serving and supporting the foster care community in Napa County, by providing backpacks filled with personal items, clothing, and shoes. We offer kids experiences to help normalize their uprooted lives, and we help meet the emotional needs of Resource Families through support groups, mentoring, and activities.

$11080 Donated
66 Donors

Fair Housing Napa Valley

Special Opportunity

Match Has Been Met

We are dedicated to promoting and developing fair and equal housing opportunities for all people, including landlords and tenants, though we pride ourselves on serving the most vulnerable. We work to eliminate housing discrimination and ensure a level field through advocacy, counseling, leadership, education, training, and mediation.

$11013 Donated
63 Donors

Feeding It Forward

Special Opportunity

Match Has Been Met

We alleviate hunger, and reduce waste, in Napa County by recovering excess fresh food from donors, delivering this food to over 40 community partner organizations that serve our neighbors suffering food insecurity. Addressing both food insecurity and food waste improves the health, well-being, and economy of our community. We believe everyone deserves a healthy diet.

$14700 Donated
120 Donors

Friends of Napa County Animal Shelter

Match Has Been Met

We assist the Napa Animal Shelter with pet adoptions and lifetime care by contributing funds and through volunteering. Funds raised mainly cover medical needs for shelter animals/alumni. We also provide volunteer opportunities and do community education and outreach so families and their pets can stay together. Help us help Napa animals find loving homes and keep them healthy!

$9570 Donated
123 Donors

Friends of the Napa Library

We serve the community by supporting the diverse programs and services of the Napa County Library through financial and volunteer contributions. These fiscal and human resources are dedicated to supporting the Library’s role as a critical forum for disseminating information and providing vital support for the community’s many constituencies.

$13080 Donated
93 Donors

If Given A Chance

Match Has Been Met

We identify Napa County high school students who’ve overcome profound traumatic challenges and empower them to build a better life for themselves. We provide mentoring, financial, and emotional support throughout the students’ college or vocational training years to help ensure their success.

$25035 Donated
113 Donors

Immigration Institute of the Bay Area

Special Opportunity

Match Has Been Met

We change the lives of some of Napa County’s most vulnerable community members with the help of our donors. We assist immigrants, refugees, and their families to join and contribute to the Napa County community by providing them with high-quality, affordable immigration legal services, education, and civic engagement opportunities.

$12385 Donated
86 Donors

League of Women Voters Napa County

We make democracy work by providing voter and election education, and advocating for important community issues, often in partnership with coalitions or other nonprofits. During election years, we hold nonpartisan, bilingual candidate forums and pro/con programs on ballot propositions. We work with volunteers who register and educate voters, including high school/college students and seniors.

$4445 Donated
50 Donors

Loving Animals Providing Smiles

Special Opportunity

Match Has Been Met

We create smiles by connecting volunteers and certified therapy pets with Napa’s most deserving residents: children, incarcerated teens, seniors in assisted living/memory care, and patients in skilled nursing facilities. Train volunteers and their dogs, cats, bunnies and mini-horses to share unconditional love with young and old.

$11050 Donated
80 Donors

Mariposa

We provide a space for all young women in Napa to learn about and develop tools to navigate sensitive issues such as body image, relationships, and substance-use prevention strategies. With more than 90% of our participants identifying as Latinx, we appreciate the opportunity to provide them with this critical education.

$7250 Donated
76 Donors

Mentis

Match Has Been Met

We believe each of us has the capacity to improve our mental health. To that end, we educate, support and inspire people of every age and income level to take charge of their mental well-being every day. With programs that range from prevention to treatment, we work to ensure our community’s mental health flourishes.

$13110 Donated
131 Donors

Molly’s Angels of Napa Valley

Special Opportunity

We help seniors maintain independent living with confidence, dignity, and integrity. Our dedicated volunteers fulfill the critical needs of seniors in Napa County by providing free transportation to medical appointments, in and out of county; weekly check-in calls to chat with isolated seniors; pickup and delivery of prescriptions; and delivery of emergency groceries.

$23510 Donated
158 Donors

Moving Forward

We are a residential program offering transitional and independent-living support to post-secondary-school adults with developmental, learning and autism-spectrum disabilities. Our goal is to help each individual achieve the highest level of independence in their living situations, at work and in their social life.

$23328 Donated
64 Donors

Napa Community Animal Response Team

Our mission is to: 1) educate the public on disaster preparedness, response and recovery for their animals; 2) assist emergency services in sheltering, evacuating and caring for animals during a disaster; and 3) train first responders, veterinary professionals and community volunteers in animal rescue and trauma care.

$9525 Donated
76 Donors

Napa County Bicycle Coalition

Match Has Been Met

We make riding a bicycle in Napa County safe, convenient, and accessible for all ages and abilities. Safe Routes to Schools makes it safer for kids to walk or ride their bike to school. Bilingual family biking workshops, Kidical Mass rides, Bike to Work Day and other activities make bike riding fun.

$10050 Donated
57 Donors

Napa County RCD

Special Opportunity

Match Has Been Met

Help our community care for land, water, soil, and wildlife. Build climate-resilient and vibrant communities, farms, forests, and open spaces. Promote equity, cooperation, youth engagement, and sound science as key ways to improve the health and beauty of our watersheds for future generations.

$10319 Donated
90 Donors

Napa Farmers Market

Match Has Been Met

We build community around local food. This year we’ll provide over $50,000 in food assistance through Market Match, which doubles CalFresh benefits so low-income customers can buy fruits and vegetables from our farmers. Your donation will support our food assistance and nutrition incentive programs to meet growing demand in 2022.

$17825 Donated
118 Donors

Napa Humane

Match Has Been Met

We offer community programs/services that support humane homes for companion animals and help prevent pet homelessness. We operate a high-quality, low-cost clinic for spay/neuter, vaccination and microchipping services; provide free wellness clinics for Napa’s most vulnerable pets; deliver Humane Education programs in our schools/community; and operate a non-emergency helpline.

$28185 Donated
177 Donors

Napa Parks and Recreation Foundation

Help us advocate and fundraise for local programs, youth recreation scholarships, and park enhancements that will otherwise go unfunded. With your support, we can continue to empower our community, and positively influence the health and wellness of thousands of residents and visitors who live, work, and play here each day.

$6935 Donated
72 Donors

Napa Valley CanDo

Match Has Been Met

We connect, inspire, and empower neighbors to take positive action through volunteerism. Our projects are based on a commitment to address unmet community needs. Beside CanDo’s Give!Guide, other current core projects in Napa County are addressing food insecurity: Garden for the Food Bank, Food Rescue Team, Napa Valley Food Project, and Gleaning Project.

$24440 Donated
143 Donors

Napa Valley Community Housing

Special Opportunity

Match Has Been Met

We Believe! Everyone Needs a Home. By providing safe, clean and affordable homes for 40+ years, we’ve transformed the lives of 10,000+ children, families, seniors and farmworkers. Our residents are the workforce for local businesses and resident children attend our schools – ensuring a healthy and vibrant community for all.

$22470 Donated
72 Donors

Napa Valley Education Foundation

Match Has Been Met

Every day Napa Valley Education Foundation supports the work of the schools in Napa County by providing critical enrichment programs students need to perform their best: music and arts, health and wellness, career preparation and teacher innovation grants.

$15580 Donated
74 Donors

Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation

Provide education and professional development opportunities for Napa Valley vineyard workers. By investing in the individual, FWF gives farmworker students the tools they need for their own professional growth and personal success. They have reached over 23,000 farmworkers and their families and provided over 3,000 hours of education in Spanish.

$11190 Donated
79 Donors

Napa Valley State Parks Association

Match Has Been Met

NVSPA supports our three Napa Valley state parks by partnering with the Napa County Regional Parks and Open Space District to provide financial, interpretive, and volunteer assistance. This includes children’s environmental education, school tour and bus subsidies, public historical and cultural events, and creating new interpretive resources.

$16550 Donated
77 Donors

Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition

Special Opportunity

Match Has Been Met

Lead the effort to design, fund, construct, and maintain a 47-mile family-friendly walking and biking trail from the Vallejo Ferry to Calistoga. When complete, 85% of county residents will live within 10 minutes of the Trail. The NVVTC integrates art, culture, education and health into the trail design and programming.

$22939 Donated
102 Donors

Napa Valley Youth Symphony

We offer inspiring and fun instrumental music education to youth 8-18 years, from advanced beginner to pre-professional. Our two orchestras and two chamber groups represent 80 plus youth from 23 schools and rehearse weekly. We offer unlimited full tuition and lesson scholarships, so cost is never a barrier to participation.

$11566 Donated
71 Donors

Napa Wildlife Rescue

Match Has Been Met

NWR is the only organization in Napa County permitted by California Dept of Fish and Wildlife to rescue, rehabilitate and release wildlife back into the wild. In 2020, NWR helped 1529 orphaned, injured or sick birds and mammals. In addition, our enhanced education and outreach programs reached 635 in 2021.

$49849 Donated
172 Donors

NEWS

Match Has Been Met

Encourage and empower victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse; give them the strength and hope to lift themselves and their children into a healing and safe environment. Bring respect, understanding, and resources to survivors. Foster kindness and support from the community to help create peaceful homes and healthy neighborhoods.

$36801 Donated
160 Donors

On The Move: Leadership Academies

Support elementary, middle school and high school students in building the necessary skills to develop their capacity to collaborate, think critically, communicate and be creative. Ultimately, the goal is to prepare youth to be college ready. Currently, 100% of students participating in this high impact program graduate and are enrolled in college, university or trade programs.

$3770 Donated
57 Donors

ParentsCAN

Special Opportunity

Match Has Been Met

With so much more to think about, worry about, plan for, research and manage, special needs parents really do have … special needs! ParentsCAN works with parents when challenges arise in their child’s education, health, behavior, or development offering comprehensive services so that the whole family thrives.

$11750 Donated
66 Donors

Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center

We empower families to aspire for and achieve positive changes by improving educational skills, engaging in the community, becoming self-sufficient, and ultimately living a healthier life We provide a variety of health, social, and education services that have a significant impact on family interaction, financial stability, civic involvement, and educational success

$30020 Donated
78 Donors

Rianda House Senior Activity Center

We believe in inspiring older adults to get the most out of life at all stages. Staying healthy, happy, and secure as we age can be a challenge, and a little lonely. We provide seniors with no-cost enrichment classes and vital resources to stay connected, engaged, strong, resilient and safe.

$14815 Donated
52 Donors

Serenity Homes of Napa Valley

A Sober Living Home environment located in the city of Napa. We create paths and opportunities for those seeking greater self-sufficiency, independence, and dignity, by providing a safe, structured 12-Step based living environment. Having a supportive living environment is key to achieving a stable and committed recovery from substance abuse.

$19445 Donated
37 Donors

St. Helena Historical Society

Match Has Been Met

We inspire a future that is informed by its past. We encourage education and discussion about St Helena’s history from the first Native Americans until the present day. We collect by presenting and interpreting cultural objects at our Heritage Center and offer them to the community.

$14810 Donated
22 Donors

St. Helena Preschool For All

Match Has Been Met

We provide access to year-round early childhood and parent education in Angwin, Calistoga, and St. Helena. Scholarships enable 3- and 4-year-old children to attend local preschools before entering kindergarten, fostering their physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development, and providing an educational foundation and love of learning necessary for future success.

$11191 Donated
103 Donors

St. Johns Lutheran Mission Farm

We grow fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution through the CANV Food Bank to help families struggling to put nutritious meals on their tables. While there has always been a need for this in Napa county, it became especially critical during the COVID-19 crisis and continues through the recovery.

$4415 Donated
43 Donors

St. Vincent de Paul, Napa

Match Has Been Met

We help local residents avoid hunger, avoid loss of essential services, and avoid eviction. Our children, families and seniors need basic, healthy living conditions; they need water, electricity, heat, food and a roof over their heads. We meet one-on-one with Napa residents, providing food boxes and food vouchers, eviction and utility assistance, extending a hand-up, not a hand-out. No delays, no applications required. Between the pandemic, an unstable rental market, and rising cost of living, our services are needed now more than ever.

$10525 Donated
49 Donors

Sunrise Horse Rescue

Special Opportunity

Match Has Been Met

We rescue and provide sanctuary, care, and companionship to abused, neglected, and abandoned horses. We also provide resources to horses and horse owners in need of help. We offer equine welfare education and therapy programs, and advocate for the unwanted horse.

$30600 Donated
107 Donors

Teacher Resource Center of the North Bay

We are dedicated to helping teachers help kids by providing basic classroom supplies at no cost. We believe every teacher should be able to have the basic core supplies needed by their students. TRCNB believes that students shouldn’t have to go without, nor depend on teachers to buy supplies to thrive in the classroom.

$12850 Donated
83 Donors

The School Garden Doctor

Special Opportunity

We strive to empower teachers, schools, and communities to grow school gardens. We believe all children deserve verdant and vibrant outdoor spaces to engage in authentic science learning, practice mindful habits, and become environmental stewards. Our grassroots approach seeks to eliminate barriers to outdoor education on public school campuses. We provide direct services to schools and communities through program partnerships and grant collaborations.

$3925 Donated
66 Donors

The Table

We feed Napa’s most vulnerable residents in a clean, respectful, and welcoming environment. For the last 34 years, we’ve served over one million free meals to anyone hungry. Friends, businesses, civic, and religious groups commit to taking one day a month to shop, cook, prepare, and serve a nutritious meal to anyone who is hungry. More than 25 different community groups take pride in providing a calm and respectful environment for diners.

$30025 Donated
97 Donors

UpValley Family Centers

Match Has Been Met

We provide guidance, support, and resources in the community, in the home and for the individual, so that everyone can achieve a better life. Our prevention-focused, community-responsive programs are culturally sensitive and aim to help families and communities build on the strengths they already possess to create a future of opportunity.

$15685 Donated
44 Donors

Waggin’ Trails Rescue Foundation

Special Opportunity

We rescue companion animals from overcrowded California shelters and abandonment situations and find them loving forever homes through local placement and partnerships with like-minded rescue organizations. WTRF also provides public education about animal welfare, spay/neuter services, and helping the animal community in emergency situations.

$3035 Donated
51 Donors

We Care Animal Rescue

We fill a unique need in Napa County: we have the expert staff and flexible space to specialize in older pets or animals that have medical or behavioral needs. Our residents often come from local shelters and homes where their owners are facing hardships and can no longer care for them. Communal living and compassion offer them the second chance they deserve to find a home.

$6495 Donated
91 Donors

Wine Country Animal Lovers

Special Opportunity

We believe all animals deserve compassionate care and have been the driving force behind Napa County’s no-kill philosophy since 2012. Dogs and cats from local shelters or other unsafe situations are placed in loving foster homes until adoption. Our free spay/neuter programs, rehoming services, and charity medical assistance support local families.

$5225 Donated
94 Donors