These highlights illustrate a few of the many diverse ways grants from funds at HAF+WRCF have supported the community in recent months.
Sharing Community Climate Resilience Efforts
In January, HAF+WRCF participated in the North Coast Resource Partnership’s quarterly meeting focusing on Climate Resilience in the North Coast of California, generously sponsored by the Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria.
Going Macro with Microgrids
In early December, the CORE Hub Tribal Climate and Resilience Network, in partnership with the Blue Lake Rancheria and the Schatz Energy Research Center, hosted a convening focused on microgrids. The convening gathered key experts for panel discussions that explored all stages of microgrid project development.
NORCAN Brings Nonprofit Community Together
HAF+WRCF proudly supported the Thriving Together Conference, hosted by the Northern California Association of Nonprofits last November. Scores of nonprofit leaders, staff, and volunteers gathered in the Riverwalk Lodge in Fortuna around the theme of supporting wellbeing in the nonprofit sector. In 2022, HAF+WRCF granted $25,000 to the Eel River Valley Community Center Foundation, and it’s been exciting to watch the program grow, including launching a new job board and listserv to keep the north coast connected.
Seniors Share Meals
HAF+WRCF’s Field of Interest Grants Program supported the Social Dining Program at the Healy Senior Center in Redway, CA. The program provides a healthy home-cooked meal by a trained chef in addition to an opportunity for seniors to improve their social health by catching up with friends and acquaintances.
Photo courtesy Andrea Boldt, Healy Senior Center.
Rescue Pals Dog Days
A puppy named Stitch was among the many dogs that benefited from grants to Redwood Pals Rescue, which focuses on the treatment and rehabilitation of dogs. Redwood Pals is one of many animal serving organizations that the Foundation supports through animal welfare funds established by our generous regional donors.
Enhancing the Slough
The Redwood Community Action Agency, another agency among those supported by a Field of Interest Grant, has been leading a coho salmon fish habitat restoration project in the Martin Slough, a
tributary of the Elk River watershed. Photo courtesy Jenna Satangelo, RCAA NR Specialist.
Read through more of the 2025 Winter/Spring Newsletter story highlights here: Winter-Spring-2025-Newsletter-Final.pdf