Forestville Nonprofits and Charities

When reading reviews of FFT, please note that there are no current positive reviews to date reflecting this agency today, versus the incredible work done from its inception to over a decade or so ago. This once worthy and fabulous, grassroots HIV/AIDS Food bank has since, sadly lost its way. Although a worthy Pilot Project opened its doors to varying clients living with other life-threatening diagnosis, post COVID, to secure alternative funding options, mis-management of funds & staff by an untethered & unaccountable, long-term ExecutiveDirector (including, a successful legal maneuver to alter a long-term donor's endowment wishes in order to pay for increased staff, wages and capital improvements instead of exclusive direct Client Services as specified by the deceased) has sullied the viability and good name of a once-stellar, heart-centered AIDS organization. Altering the name & mission statement of the once- beloved Food for Thought, Sonoma County AIDS Food Bank to its now generic Food for Thought Food Bank, was the final blow to this nonprofit, who has all but erased it's former history & commitment to serving PWAs in Sonoma County--yet, still banks on its previous good name & practices for fundraising purposes to those unaware of it's history versus it's practices of today. Sadly, clients are barely allowed in the building, but instead, are almost exclusively relegated to a call-in, drive-through pick-up or limited delivery model for sad, wilted produce & mostly processed foods. Staff turnover is unusually high and the food bank's ED's unethical & questionable practices remain unaddressed & blindly trusted (sanctioned?) by a performative, inattentive Board. In conclusion, donate FOOD, NOT CASH to this agency. TRUST, on all fronts, appears "broken" and sadly, clients living with HIV are no longer prioritized and have been stripped of the once important on-site, client-based socialization & participation, shopping model that made this agency stand out, with heart, from day one.

This group of volunteers has done an amazing job bringing community issues to the public, hosting Town Hall meetings and finding ways to bring value to our town.