The Napa Valley Vintners makes grants from its Healthy Community Fund to organizations serving Napa County that are meeting a documented, demonstrated need in the areas of community health and children's education.

 

Our strategy is to invest deeply, rather than broadly, in the areas of community health and children’s education to level the playing field for vulnerable residents and create a positive impact on our community. Our overall desired impact is: All residents of Napa County have access to quality health services and educational opportunities that help them live healthy, productive lives.

 

The majority of grants support organizations providing programs for Napa County's most vulnerable residents, focusing on strategies for prevention and early intervention.

 

Based on these priorities, NVV awards grants from its Healthy Community Fund to provide substantial mission driven funding to about 30 organizations that work within the long-term priorities.

 

NVV Operating Principles 

 

We define ourselves as investors and are interested in creating the highest possible levels of human gain for the grant dollars we have available. Given this focus, Napa Valley Vintners reviews each proposal with respect to available funds and responses to three overarching questions:

1. What results will the organization achieve and how will we know when those results have been achieved? (Results are defined as the positive changes in behaviors and/or conditions in participants or clients that will be achieved through the organization.)
2. How likely is it that the organization will achieve the results proposed?
3. Is this the best possible use of Napa Valley Vintners funds given other opportunities before us?

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Children's Education & Community Health

Beginning in the summer of 2022 the Napa Valley Vintners Healthy Community Fund will accept applications by invitation only for grant requests in the two focus areas of children's education and community health on the following schedule: 

• Applications open Monday, June 20, 2022
• Applications close Thursday, July 21, 2022
• Requests for funding will be reviewed after the application closes and final award notifications will be sent out on October 15, 2022.
• If funding is awarded the Agreement will cover the time frame beginning November 1, 2022 and continue through October 31, 2023.