ReVillage is a place-based initiative rooted in the Green Valley watershed of West Sonoma County, California. Through public space, shared culture, and mission-aligned development, we work to cultivate stronger local communities, resilient local economies, and deeper connection to place.

Partly. ReVillage operates through two aligned entities with a shared mission:

ReVillage Foundation

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on public space, arts & culture, stewardship, youth programming, and community resilience.

ReVillage Development

A California Benefit Corporation focused on community-serving businesses, housing & adaptive reuse, local economic infrastructure, and long-term stewardship models.

Because thriving communities need both commons and livelihoods. Some work is best stewarded through nonprofit structures — public arts, youth programming, civic gathering spaces. Other work, like operating businesses, developing housing, or experimenting with shared ownership models, requires different tools and capital structures. Rather than separating these worlds entirely, we are exploring how they can work in healthy relationship with one another.

Donations to ReVillage Foundation are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Investments in ReVillage Development or affiliated businesses are not charitable contributions.

The two organizations share a mission and collaborate closely, while maintaining separate governance, finances, and legal responsibilities. The Foundation focuses on public benefit, community engagement, and stewardship. The Development company focuses on cultivating mission-aligned enterprises and infrastructure that support long-term community wellbeing.

It means beginning with relationship to a specific place. Rather than scaling one abstract solution everywhere, ReVillage starts by listening deeply to the people, ecology, culture, and history of the Green Valley watershed — and allowing projects to emerge from those relationships over time.

We use the term "ReVillaging" to describe the long-term work of restoring the social, cultural, ecological, and economic relationships that help communities thrive — public commons, local food systems, shared rituals & festivals, intergenerational connection, ecological stewardship, local livelihoods, housing & belonging. Not a return to the past, but an exploration of what village life might look like in a modern context.

ReVillage is nonpartisan and not affiliated with any religion. People from many different backgrounds participate in this work. While we often engage questions of culture, ecology, belonging, and stewardship, our focus is practical and community-rooted: creating spaces where people can gather, collaborate, and care for the places they call home.

Because transformation becomes real somewhere specific. Graton is a small village in West Sonoma County with a strong sense of character, creativity, and local participation. Beginning in a smaller place allows us to experiment at a human scale and cultivate relationships across generations, sectors, and walks of life.

It means prioritizing trust, listening, and long-term stewardship over rapid growth. Many of the challenges communities face today were created by systems moving faster than relationships can sustain. We believe durable change emerges through participation, care, and steady cultivation over time.