A Community of Givers | $193,612.00 Raised | 578 Donors
The Napa Valley Vintners is inspired by all the partners in the Give!Guide that strengthen the resiliency of our incredible community.
Canine Guardians
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. In just a few short years of service, we’ve placed 20+ service dogs. We have a waitlist with people waiting anxiously for our dogs!
- $1025 Donated
- 16 Donors
Molly’s Angels of Napa Valley
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.
- $2455 Donated
- 44 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.
- $1580 Donated
- 11 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.
- $1180 Donated
- 13 Donors
Napa County RCD
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.
- $2200 Donated
- 37 Donors
10,000 Degrees
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.
- $2085 Donated
- 18 Donors
Mentis
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.
- $2495 Donated
- 64 Donors
Keep Napa Beautiful.
It Takes a Community.
Make sure your materials
end up in the right container.
Loving Animals Providing Smiles
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.
- $2200 Donated
- 22 Donors
Community Resources for Children
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.
- $1950 Donated
- 32 Donors
Friends of Napa County Animal Shelter
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!
- $2630 Donated
- 39 Donors
Collabria Care
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.
- $2800 Donated
- 36 Donors
Napa Valley Education Foundation
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.
- $2750 Donated
- 21 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.
- $11310 Donated
- 11 Donors
Napa Valley State Parks Association
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.
- $2435 Donated
- 30 Donors
Napa Wildlife Rescue
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.
- $17589 Donated
- 71 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.
- $2320 Donated
- 20 Donors
Wine Country Animal Lovers
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.
- $1635 Donated
- 35 Donors
Napa Humane
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.
- $4775 Donated
- 66 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.
- $4070 Donated
- 36 Donors
Napa Valley CanDo
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.
- $5580 Donated
- 45 Donors
Proud to support CanDo’s Napa Valley Give!Guide and their commitment to inspire and empower our community.
Sunrise Horse Rescue
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.
- $2575 Donated
- 24 Donors
Fair Housing Napa Valley
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.
- $1945 Donated
- 19 Donors
Expressions of Hope
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.
- $1290 Donated
- 16 Donors
Napa Valley Community Housing
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.
- $4735 Donated
- 33 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.
- $1075 Donated
- 20 Donors
St. Helena Historical Society
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.
- $12260 Donated
- 14 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.
- $2705 Donated
- 31 Donors
Waggin’ Trails Rescue Foundation
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.
- $1035 Donated
- 16 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.
- $4325 Donated
- 17 Donors
ParentsCAN
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.
- $3085 Donated
- 16 Donors
NEWS
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.
- $5255 Donated
- 46 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.
- $1625 Donated
- 28 Donors
CASA, A Voice for Children
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.
- $3045 Donated
- 29 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.
- $3896 Donated
- 30 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
- $2365 Donated
- 20 Donors
If Given A Chance
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.
- $3750 Donated
- 35 Donors
Stay safe Napa Valley.
Let’s help each other out.
Think positive and be kind!
The School Garden Doctor
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.
- $495 Donated
- 19 Donors
Napa Farmers Market
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.
- $6335 Donated
- 42 Donors
Napa County Bicycle Coalition
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.
- $1705 Donated
- 21 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.
- $1400 Donated
- 21 Donors
Cake4Kids
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.
- $1250 Donated
- 27 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.
- $1675 Donated
- 19 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.
- $5130 Donated
- 35 Donors
Feeding It Forward
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.
- $4915 Donated
- 42 Donors
UpValley Family Centers
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.
- $4295 Donated
- 22 Donors
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
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.
- $5645 Donated
- 36 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.
- $3150 Donated
- 37 Donors
St. Helena Preschool For All
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.
- $3250 Donated
- 28 Donors
St. Vincent de Paul, Napa
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.
- $2700 Donated
- 12 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.
- $1155 Donated
- 17 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.
- $6225 Donated
- 52 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.
- $5130 Donated
- 23 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.
- $1705 Donated
- 26 Donors
Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition
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.
- $4952 Donated
- 34 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.
- $1200 Donated
- 23 Donors