Our Impact
At SchoolsRule Sonoma County, we're committed to transforming students' lives by providing them with greater access to opportunities that expand their horizons and deepen their learning.
We distribute funds to local education foundations and school districts without such groups on a per-student basis, empowering them to allocate resources where they’re needed most. While spending is flexible, it must align with at least one of SchoolsRule’s key focus areas: literacy, student well-being, agriculture and hospitality, and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math).
In September 2024, we proudly distributed $136,400 to fund awardees during an inaugural event held in Santa Rosa. Keep reading to see how we’re making an impact. Visit our SchoolsRule in Action page for more in-depth profiles of projects funded by SchoolsRule.
Students in ten English classrooms across Analy High School have access to new books thanks to funding provided during the 2024-25 school year.
Santa Rosa's Village Charter School was able to purchase a worm composting system to support its composting program and the school garden.
SchoolsRule supports the baile folklórico program at Cesar Chavez Language Academy.
SchoolsRule provided support to Santa Rosa Middle School's "Make Gardens Grow" program, in which students plant vegetables, learn about composting, and harvest food.
Grant Elementary in Petaluma invested their 2024 SchoolsRule distribution in equipment that encourages sensory-seeking input, which helps students regulate their nervous systems, improve their focus, and manage their emotions more effectively.
SchoolsRule helped support Carpe Diem and Sonoma Mountain High School students involved in the FARMS Leadership program. The program provides students with hands-on experiences at working farms, agribusinesses, and universities.
Dunham Elementary staff used SchoolsRule funding to support their new robotics program. Students work with younger peers to teach them Blue-Bot robot coding.
Mapping Our Investment in Students
From field trips in Cloverdale to science lab equipment in Petaluma, we’re expanding access to educational opportunities across Sonoma County. Explore the map below for a detailed look at how SchoolsRule Sonoma County recipients supported local students following our first annual distribution event.
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Strawberry Elementary School
Recipient: Bennett Valley Educational Foundation
Details: Funding supported the long-awaited return of Tile Night, a celebration that stengthened students' ties to their campus at Yulupa and Strawberry elementary schools.
Yulupa Elementary School
Recipient: Bennett Valley Educational Founation
Details: Funding supported the long-awaited return of Tile Night, a celebration that stengthened students' ties to their campus at Yulupa and Strawberry elementary schools.
Analy High School
Recipient: Analy High School Foundation
Details: Anatomy and physiology students examined organs with new dissection materials and 10 English teachers recieved funding to enhance their classroom libraries. Both projects were funded through SchoolsRule Sonoma County by way of the Analy Education Foundation's grant program.
Cesar Chavez Language Academy
Recipient: Cesar Chavez Language Academy Foundation
Details: Students in the ballet folklorico program recieved new costumes, and those in the music program benefitted from new instrument parts, microphones, band uniform hats, and other materials.
Washington School
Recipient: Cloverdale Adds Resources For Education
About: The association directed funding to support student field trips, including a trip to Angel Island attended by 8th grade students at Washington School.
Bellevue Elementary
Recipient: Bellevue Union School District
Details: Funds received were used to support the marimba music program at Bellevue Elementary.
Kawana Springs Elementary
Recipient: Bellevue Union School District
Details: Funds received were used to support the marimba music program at Kawana Springs Elementary.
Meadow View Elementary
Recipient: Bellevue Union School District
Details: Funds received were used to support the marimba music program at Meadow View Elementary.
Taylor Mountain Elementary
Recipient: Bellevue Union School District
Details: Funds received were used to support the marimba music program at Taylor Mountain Elementary.
Credo High
Recipient: Credo High Foundation
Details: Credo High will use funding to reinforce its elective programs, which include electric vehicle design, ceramics, creative writing, coding, and more.
Elsie Allen High
Recipient: Elsie Allen High School Foundation
Details: Funding supported the following programs at Elsie Allen High School: Ms. Bustamante’s class field trip to the SRJC cadaver lab for the anatomy and physiology students. Ms. Thompson’s and Mr. Salinas’ ethnic studies classes' field trip to the Museum of Sonoma County Mr. Rodriguez's and Ms. Gutierrez's request of support for the ballet folklorico dance program Mr. Salinas’ request to support the In Lak'ech mural project.
West Side Elementary
Recipient: Felta Education Foundation
Details: Funds were used to support West Side's Enrichment Program, which offers students in grades K-6 art, garden, music, and physical education classes every week.
Forestville Elementary
Recipient: Forestville Education Foundation
Details: Support from SchoolsRule Sonoma County helped pay for an astronomy dome presentation at the school site, which gave students a unique way to learn about outer space.
Forestville Academy
Recipient: Forestville Education Foundation
Details: Support from SchoolsRule Sonoma County helped pay for an astronomy dome presentation at the school site, which gave students a unique way to learn about outer space.
Fort Ross Elementary
Recipient: Fort Ross Elementary School District
Details: Fort Ross Elementary students benefitted from a field trip to Alcatraz, which offered a tangible connection to significant historical periods, such as the American Indian Occupation, and explored the history of the federal prison system. Funding from SchoolsRule Sonoma County helped offset the trip costs.
Geyserville New Tech Academy
Recipient: Geyserville Educational Foundation
Details: SchoolsRule Sonoma County funding helped juniors and seniors from Geyserville New Tech Academy attend a three-day trip to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in May 2025. Students traveled to Ashland, Oregon, where they immersed themselves in the performing arts and participated in a hands-on theatrical production workshop.
Gravenstein Elementary
Recipient: Gravenstein Union Elementary School District
Details: The district directed funds to Gravenstein Elementary, where students in a multilingual learner support group benefitted from new books and students studying science received new safety aprons.
Guerneville Elementary
Recipient: Guerneville School District
Details: Students and school families participated in a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) Night at Guerneville Elementary in January 2025, where they explored stations featuring rockets, wind storm tunnels, parachutes, and more. SchoolsRule Sonoma County provided funding to support the event.
Harmony Elementary School
Recipient: Harmony Ark Education Foundation
Details: Funding was folded into a block grant provided by the Harmony Ark Education Foundation that supported student field trips, the school's Garden to Table program, community-focused festivals, and more.
Salmon Creek School
Recipient: Harmony Ark Education Foundation
Details: Funding was folded into a block grant by the Harmony Ark Education Foundation that supported student field trips, the school's Garden to Table program, community-focused festivals, and more.
Horicon Elementary
Recipient: Horicon Elementary School District
Details: Funding was used to enhance inclusion for students who are multilingual learners in the classroom by purchasing four in-ear translators. These translators are user-friendly and enable students to participate more fully in classroom discussions.
Kashia Elementary
Recipient: Kashia Elementary School District
Details: Funds were used to purchase art supplies to support Pomo Indian cultural education at Kashia Elementary.
Kenwood Elementary
Recipient: Kenwood Education Foundation
Details: Funding supplimented the foundation's support to programs at Kenwood School, including those involving LEGO robotics, art, music, and outdoor education.
Kid Street Charter
Recipient: Kid Street Charter
Details: Funds were put toward a social and emotional learning curriculum for students in 3rd grade. They learned about the CARES competencies of cooperation, assertiveness, responsibility, empathy, and self control.
Helen M. Lehman Elementary
Recipient: Made in Santa Rosa Education Foundation
Details: SchoolsRule Sonoma County helped with the purchase of new costumes for Helen Lehman Elemantary's baile folklorico program.
Santa Rosa Middle School
Recipient: Made in Santa Rosa Education Foundation
Details: SchoolsRule Sonoma County helped with the purchase of tools and materials for Santa Rosa Middle School's "Make Gardens Grow" program.
James Monroe Elementary
Recipient: Made in Santa Rosa Education Foundation
Details: Made in Santa Rosa Education Foundation directed a portion of their funding toward basketball and recess equipment for students at James Monroe Elementary.
Maria Carrillo High School
Recipient: Maria Carrillo High School Association
Details: SchoolsRule Sonoma County helped the education foundation fund programs such as the Academic Decathlon and Wellness Festival, as well as science and art supplies.
Mark West Union Elementary
Recipient: Mark West Education Foundation
Details: Funds supplemented the foundation's support of the district's music program. The foundation makes instrument purchases, cleanings, tunings, and repairs possible, among other types of support.
Monte Rio Union Elementary
Recipient: Monte Rio Union School District
Details: SchoolsRule funding helped cover the cost of hosting a schoolwide antibulling assembly at Monte Rio Union Elementary.
Montgomery Elementary
Recipient: Montgomery Elementary School District
Details: Funds have not yet been allocated as of June 2025.
Oak Grove Union School District
Recipient: Oak Grove Education Partners
Details: Oak Grove Education Partners directed SchoolsRule Sonoma County funding to the Oak Grove Union School District's arts, music, and outdoor education programs as part of a broader contribution to the school district.
Grant Elementary School
Recipient: Petaluma Educational Foundation
Details: Grant Elementary School purchased items that support sensory input play, which helps students regulate their nervous systems and manage emotions.
Petaluma High School
Recipient: Petaluma Educational Foundation
Details: Petaluma High School used donations to purchase new robotics equiptment, science lab equiptment, and tools that support positive student behaviors.
Dunham Elementary
Recipient: Petaluma Educational Foundation
Details: At Dunham Elementary, funds were directed to a robot coding program that pairs students with younger peers.
Sonoma Mountain High
Recipient: Petaluma Educational Foundation
Details: Funding allowed students at Sonoma Mountain High to participate in a hands-on leadership program focusing on agricultural practices that contribute to a healthier ecosystem.
Carpe Diem High
Recipient: Petaluma Educational Foundation
Details: Funding allowed students at Carpe Diem High to participate in a hands-on leadership program focusing on agricultural practices that contribute to a healthier ecosystem.
Jack London Elementary
Recipient: Piner-Olivet Union School District
Details: Funding was directed to efforts to improve attendance.
Morrice Schaefer Charter
Recipient: Piner-Olivet Union School District
Details: Funding was directed to efforts to improve attendance.
Northwest Prep Charter
Recipient: Piner-Olivet Union School District
Details: Funding was directed to efforts to improve attendance.
Olivet Elementary Charter
Recipient: Piner-Olivet Union School District
Details: Funding was directed to efforts to improve attendance.
Piner-Olivet Charter
Recipient: Piner-Olivet Union School District
Details: Funding was directed to efforts to improve attendance.
Austin Creek Elementary
Recipient: Rincon Valley Union School District
Details: Kindergarten-3rd grade teachers, as well as resource specialists and intervention specialists, were trained in the Science of Reading, which uses evidence-based methods for teaching foundational reading skills.
Binkley Elementary Charter
Recipient: Rincon Valley Union School District
Details: Kindergarten-3rd grade teachers, as well as resource specialists and intervention specialists, were trained in the Science of Reading, which uses evidence-based methods for teaching foundational reading skills.
Madrone Elementary
Recipient: Rincon Valley Union School District
Details: Kindergarten-3rd grade teachers, as well as resource specialists and intervention specialists, were trained in the Science of Reading, which uses evidence-based methods for teaching foundational reading skills.
Manzanita Elementary Charter
Recipient: Rincon Valley Union School District
Details: Kindergarten-3rd grade teachers, as well as resource specialists and intervention specialists, were trained in the Science of Reading, which uses evidence-based methods for teaching foundational reading skills.
Rincon Valley Partnership
Recipient: Rincon Valley Union School District
Details: Kindergarten-3rd grade teachers, as well as resource specialists and intervention specialists, were trained in the Science of Reading, which uses evidence-based methods for teaching foundational reading skills.
Sequoia Elementary
Recipient: Rincon Valley Union School District
Details: Kindergarten-3rd grade teachers, as well as resource specialists and intervention specialists, were trained in the Science of Reading, which uses evidence-based methods for teaching foundational reading skills.
Spring Lake Charter
Recipient: Rincon Valley Union School District
Details: Kindergarten-3rd grade teachers, as well as resource specialists and intervention specialists, were trained in the Science of Reading, which uses evidence-based methods for teaching foundational reading skills.
Village Elementary Charter
Recipient: Rincon Valley Union School District
Details: Kindergarten-3rd grade teachers, as well as resource specialists and intervention specialists, were trained in the Science of Reading, which uses evidence-based methods for teaching foundational reading skills.
Whited Elementary Charter
Recipient: Rincon Valley Union School District
Details: Kindergarten-3rd grade teachers, as well as resource specialists and intervention specialists, were trained in the Science of Reading, which uses evidence-based methods for teaching foundational reading skills.
Roseland Public Schools
Recipient: Roseland School District
Details: Roseland Public Schools utilized funds to purchase materials that support foundational literacy in classrooms.
Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter
Recipient: Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter
Details: Funds have not yet been allocated as of June 2025.
Santa Rosa French-American Charter
Recipient: Santa Rosa French-American Charter Parent Association Foundation
Details: Sixth grade students at the school learned how to produce a weekly radio podcast. They worked with a professional who taught them how to use the recording equiptment and interviewed both staff and peers.
Santa Rosa High School
Recipient: Santa Rosa High School Foundation
Details: Funds received by the Santa Rosa High School Foundation were put toward an orchestra trip to New York City, where students played at Carnegie Hall in March 2025.
Park Side School
Recipient: Sebastopol Educational Foundation
Details: SchoolsRule Sonoma County funding helped realize a Mardi Gras-themed parade at Park Side School, where students throughout the campus learned about the historic and cultural significance of the celebration.
Sebastopol Independent Charter
Recipient: The Charter Foundation
Details: Funding has been earmarked for the installment of an outdoor kitchen at Sebastopol Charter School's garden. The space will be used by classes throughout the school year to harvest from the garden and make food.
Sonoma Valley High School
Recipient: Sonoma Valley Education Foundation
Details: Students at Sonoma Valley High School were able to travel to a Model United Nations (UN) conference held at UC Berkeley and a California Association of Student Leaders conference in Santa Clara at a low cost thanks to SchoolsRule Sonoma County support.
Evergreen Elementary
Recipient: The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park
Details: Funding went toward teacher grants benefitting students at this school site.
John Reed Primary
Recipient: The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park
Details: Funding went toward teacher grants benefitting students at this school site.
Lawrence E. Jones Middle
Recipient: The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park
Details: Funding went toward teacher grants benefitting students at this school site.
Marguerite Hahn Elementary
Recipient: The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park
Details: Funding went toward teacher grants benefitting students at this school site.
Monte Vista Elementary
Recipient: The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park
Details: Funding went toward teacher grants benefitting students at this school site.
Richard Crane Elementary
Recipient: The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park
Details: Funding went toward teacher grants benefitting students at this school site.
Rancho Cotate High
Recipient: The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park
Details: Funding went toward teacher grants benefitting students at this school site.
Technology High
Recipient: The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park
Details: Funding went toward teacher grants benefitting students at this school site.
Thomas Page Academy
Recipient: The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park
Details: Funding went toward teacher grants benefitting students at this school site.
University Elementary at La Fiesta
Recipient: The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park
Details: Funding went toward teacher grants benefitting students at this school site.
Twin Hills Charter Middle School
Recipient: Twin Hills Apple Blossom Education Foundation
Details: Funding supported the Twin Hills Charter Middle School drama program, which is led by students in grades 6-8 but includes participation from 4th and 5th grade students. The program put on a production titled “On Broadway” in February 2025.
Two Rock Elementary
Recipient: Two Rock Education Foundation
Details: Two Rock Elementary students in 6th grade were able to attend the Mendocino Outdoor Science School, an environmental educational program, thanks, in part, to support from SchoolsRule Sonoma County.
Village Elementary Charter
Recipient: Village Charter
Details: Funds were used to purchase a worm composting system to support the school's composting program and garden.
West Sonoma County Union High
Recipient: West Sonoma County Union High School District
Details: Donated funds remain unspent as of September 2025.
Cali Calmecac Language Academy
Recipient: Windsor Education Foundation
Details: Funds were allocated to a campus beautification program at Cali Calmecac Language Academy.
Brooks Elementary
Recipient: Windsor Education Foundation
Details: Brooks Elementary students have access to flexible seating, which caters to diverse learning style and sensory needs, thanks to funding provided by SchoolsRule Sonoma County.
Windsor Middle
Recipient: Windsor Education Foundation
Details: Funding supported the purchase of tools and materials for a Farm-to-Fork Culinary Garden to be offered at Windsor Middle School during the 2025-26 school year.
Woodland Star Charter
Recipient: Woodland Star Charter
Details: Support from SchoolsRule Sonoma County and our sponsors helped Woodland Star Charter purchase additional classroom readers to help support the site's literacy program.
Wright Elementary
Recipient: Wright Elementary School District
Details: Funds were allocated to social emotional learning (SEL) book sets & STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and music) kits
J.X. Wilson Elementary
Recipient: Wright Elementary School District
Details: Funds were allocated to support a Sonoma County Children's Museum field trip for grades K-2nd.
Robert L. Stevens Elementary
Recipient: Wright Elementary School District
Details: Funds were allocated to help fund a Paleotechnics two-day program and materials for 6th grade students.
Montgomery High School
Recipient: Montgomery Education Foundation
Details: Funds supported the student choir in their Bay Area Spring tour. The group traveled and sang along side other choirs in Marin, Belmont, and San Jose. Students were part of a Choral Professor clinic at San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, and also performed with Oakland's Plymouth Church of Jazz and Justice.
Liberty School District
Recipient: Liberty Foundation for Education
Details: Funds were used to purchase new books for the school library, expanding the collection available to students.
Piner High
Recipient: Piner High School Foundation
Details: Funding was used to purchase picnic tables for the Piner High School Quad area. They provide welcoming spaces for students to gather and build community.
Healdsburg Unified School District
Recipient: Healdsburg Education Foundation
Details: Donated funds remain unspent as of September 2025.
Annual Distributions
2025 Distribution
- Alexander Valley School District: $500
- Analy Education Foundation: $3,899.03
- Bellevue Union School District : $4,277.55
- Bennett Valley Education Foundation: $2,347.89
- Cesar Chavez Language Academy Foundation: $2,046.13
- Cloverdale Adds Resources for Educational Foundation: $3,422.57
- Credo High Foundation: $1,167.33
- Elsie Allen High School Foundation: $2,723.76
- Felta Education Foundation: $500
- Forestville Union School District: $579.69
- Fort Ross Elementary School District: $250
- Geyserville Educational Foundation: $513.52
- Gravenstein Union School District: $2,112.31
- Guerneville School District $500
- Harmony Ark Education Foundation: $598.22
- Healdsburg Education Foundation: $3,231.99
- Horicon Elementary School District: $250
- Kashia Elementary School District: $250
- Kenwood Education Foundation: $500
- Kid Street Learning Center, Inc.: $500
- Liberty Foundation for Education: $577
- Made in Santa Rosa Education Foundation: $15,016.40
- Maria Carrillo High School Association: $4,192.85
- Mark West Union School District: $3,573.45
- Monte Rio Union School District: $250
- Montgomery Education Foundation: $3,316.69
- Montgomery Elementary School District: $250
- Oak Grove Education Partners: $2,091.13
- Pathways Charter School: $921.16
- Petaluma Educational Foundation: $29,477.66
- Piner High School Foundation of Santa Rosa, Inc.: $3,795.80
- Piner Olivet Union School District: $3,269.05
- Rincon Valley Union School District: $8,044.23
- Roseland School District: $7,504.25
- Santa Rosa High School Foundation: $4,121.38
- School for the Arts Community Organization: $1,016.45
- Sebastopol Educational Foundation: $1,238.80
- Sebastopol Independent Charter School: $757.04
- Sonoma Charter: $598.22
- Sonoma Valley Education Foundation: $7,975.41
- Santa Rosa French-American Charter School Foundation: $1,389.68
- Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park: $16,713.16
- Two Rock Union School District: $500
- Twin Hills-Apple Blossom Education Foundation: $2,564.32
- Village Charter: $500
- West Sonoma County Union High School District: $250
- Windsor Educational Foundation: $12,361.49
- Woodland Star Charter School: $645.87
- Wright Elementary School District: $3,163.17
TOTAL: $166,244.70
* The Petaluma Educational Foundation is receiving funds on behalf of schools in several school districts.
Note: SCOE set minimum distribution amounts of $250 and $500 for recipients serving small numbers of students.
2024 Distribution
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Alexander Valley Parent Association: $250.00
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Analy High School Education Foundation: $3,117.50
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Bellevue Union School District: $3,384.10
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Bennett Valley Education Foundation: $1,978.00
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Cesar Chavez Language Academy Foundation: $1,743.65
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Cloverdale Adds Resources for Education: $2,743.40
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Credo High Foundation: $971.80
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Elsie Allen High School Foundation: $2,107.00
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Felta Education Foundation (West Side Union): $500.00
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Forestville Education Foundation: $500.00
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Fort Ross Elementary School District: $250.00
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Geyserville Educational Foundation: $500.00
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Gravenstein Union Elementary School District: $1,728.60
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Guerneville School District: $763.25
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Harmony Ark Education Foundation: $500.00
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Healdsburg Education Foundation: $2,534.85
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Kashia Elementary School District: $250.00
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Kid Street Charter: $250.00
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Kenwood Education Foundation: $250.00
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Liberty Foundation for Education: $500.00
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Made in Santa Rosa Education Foundation: $12,431.90 *
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Maria Carrillo High School Association: $3,407.75
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Mark West District Educational Foundation: $2,863.80
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Monte Rio Union School District: $250.00
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Montgomery Education Foundation (High): $3,080.95
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Montgomery Elementary School District: $250.00
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Oak Grove Education Partners: $1,720.00
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Pathways Charter School: $713.80
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Petaluma Educational Foundation: $23,674.05 *
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Piner High School Foundation: $2,975.60
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Piner-Olivet Union School District: $2,691.80
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Pivot Charter School - North Bay: $909.44
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Rincon Valley Union School District: $6,497.30
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Roseland School District: $5,828.65
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Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts: $890.10
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Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter: $500.00
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Santa Rosa High School Foundation: $3,521.70
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Sebastopol Educational Foundation: $939.55
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Sebastopol Independent Charter - The Charter Foundation: $610.60
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Sonoma Charter: $500.00
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Sonoma Valley Education Foundation: $6,645.65
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Santa Rosa French-American Charter Parent Association Foundation: $1,006.20
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The Education Foundation of Cotati & Rohnert Park: $13,147.25
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Two Rock Education Foundation: $500.00
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Twin Hills Apple Blossom Educational Foundation: $2,046.80
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Village Charter: $250.00
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West Sonoma County Union High School District: $250.00
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Windsor Education Foundation: $10,067.50
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Woodland Star Charter: $500.00
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Wright Elementary School District: $2,655.25
TOTAL: $136,397.79
* The Petaluma Educational Foundation is receiving funds on behalf of schools in several school districts.
Note: SCOE set minimum distribution amounts for SchoolsRule Sonoma County's first distribution event. Education foundations and school districts serving 100 students or fewer received $250 ; those serving 101- 249 students received $500.