Firefighters Burn Institute

The Firefighters Burn Institute is dedicated to providing a place of healing to burn survivors. Over the past six years the Rumsey Community fund has contributed more than $75,000 to support a summer camp for kids. This annual camp provides children who have been seriously burned the opportunity to continue their rehabilitation in an outdoor environment where they can have fun, feel safe, and heal.

Cache Creek Conservancy

Founded in 1996, the Cache Creek Conservancy focuses on projects that educate the community on the environment and local habitat, as well as working together with local farmers, community members and decision makers with the goal of restoring the lower Cache Creek corridor. The Conservancy and its array of projects are also used to teach students about this beautiful environment and how it can best be preserved.

Over the past seven years, the Yocha-De-He Community Fund has contributed more than $400,000 to the conservancy’s tending and gathering garden, basket weaving demonstrations and a wildlife preserve. This gift reflects the Tribe’s heritage and connection with the earth while helping to protect the beauty of the Capay Valley and its local species.

UC Davis

The Rumsey Community Fund made its first gift to UC Davis in 1996. By January 2007, nearly $2.4 million in donations were made supporting the Children’s Hospital, Native American Studies, and the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. These funds created the Rumsey Endowed Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology, establishing the Rumsey Tribe as a true visionary supporting the issues of diabetes and obesity in children and helping to address these serious threats.

The Tribe's generosity also established the Rumsey Endowed Chair in Native American Studies, helping to continue the important research and education of the history, life and culture of Native peoples in California. And Community Fund support provided the first major gift to build the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, providing our region with an extraordinary venue to host performance art and lectures.

Sister Nora’s Place

Providing respite and care to meet the special needs of mentally ill, chronically homeless women are the essence of Sister Nora’s Place. And providing support to those most in need is an essential value of the Yocha-De-He Community Fund.

Designed specifically for women, this 13-bed shelter encourages the pursuit of a  more stable life through counseling, transitioning into long-term housing, and medical assistance. The Community Fund is proud to have provided nearly $50,000 to-date in support of Sister Nora’s Place, ensuring that this essential service is available to our community.

Food Bank of Yolo County

More than 2 million pounds of food annually is distributed to agencies, individuals and families in Yolo County through the Food Bank. Working with established network of growers, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and grocery stores, the Food Bank strives to fulfill its mission to alleviate hunger and malnutrition in Yolo County. $40,000 in gifts from the Community Fund help support this mission.

Winters High School

In spring 2007, Winters High School began a new track and field season, and debuted a pristine new running track made possible by the fundraising efforts of 18-year-old student Jessica Jordan.

Jordan began holding fundraisers at local restaurants and seeking community donations in 2006 to renovate the track, which had not seen significant improvements since the 1930s. Her initial efforts raised $31,000, and in February 2007 she received the donation that pushed her to the final goal – a $25,000 contribution from the Yocha-De-He Community Fund. Today, the new track is used by the students and community members of Winters.

Total Giving Since 2000: $12 million

Arts and Humanities: $3 million
Community Development: $1.6 million
Community Health: $2.7 million
Education: $1.2 million
Environment: $ 600,000
Social Services: $3.5 million

For more information or an application please contact Karen Charney, Executive Director of Yocha-De-He Community Fund at 530-757-7636 or kcharney@rumseycommunityfund.net