List of Funds
Donor Advised Funds
Donor Advised Funds are charitable funds for donors seeking active involvement in grantmaking. Donors – and their successors, if desired – advise or recommend grants from their fund to support nonprofit organizations. Donors work with Foundation staff to create a lasting, impactful philanthropic legacy.
The Zekai and Carolyn Akcan Fund
The Amy Anderson and George Solmero Fund
The William S. and Janice R. Anderson Fund
The Andrew and Victoria Ausonio Family Fund
The Ausonio Family Fund
The Tony P. and Marjorie Ayres Fund
The Kathleen and Austin Barrows Fund
The Peggy Downes Baskin Fund
The Lino and Teri Belli Family Fund
The Benjamin Fund
The Marta L. Bennett Fund
The Buffett Fund
The Andrew and Phyllis D'Arrigo Fund
The Marcia E. DeVoe Fund
The Nancy Wheelis Dodd Fund
The Doolittle Fund
The Stephen Eimer and Kevin Cartwright Fund
The Frances Elgan and Werner Kunkel Fund
The Howard and Karin Evans Fund
The D’Arrigo-Martin Fund
The Davis Factor, Jr. Fund
The Farrell/Allen Fund
The Doris Parker Fee Fund
The Ted Fehring Family/Carmel Host Lions Club Fund
The Lewis and Gloria Fenton Fund
The Jose F. Fernandez Fund
The Matthew Paul Finnigan Memorial Scholarship Fund
Lori and Lou Flagg Memorial Youth Fund
The Tom and Mary Gallagher Fund
The Jessica Govea-Thorbourne Memorial Fund
The Harlan and Barbara Hall Fund
The Elmer G. and William G. Hitchcock Fund
The Marilyn and Philo Holland Fund
The Jeanne Smith Holmquist Fund
The Cappy Martin/Vernon Hurd/Monterey Rotary Club Fund
The Kadushin Robinson Fund
The Jack and Patricia Kilmartin Fund
The Robert and Lori Kohn Theater and Arts Fund
The Kosmont Family Fund
The Phyllis Geer Krystal Fund
The Leo Lanini Fund
The James and Susan Lansbury Fund
The Jefferson and Frances Larkey Memorial Fund
The Buccafurni-Lawrence Fund
The Barbara and Joseph Lee Fund
The Phyllis and Herbert Lister Fund
The John and Nancy Love Fund
The Valera Whitford Lyles Fund
The John and Ann Mahoney Fund
The B.G. Mayer Fund
The Catherine L. and Robert O. McMahan Fund
The E.R. McCown Family Fund
The Marjorie McNeely Fund for the Blind or Illiterate
The Lenore and Dale Meyer Fund
The Malcom and Joanne Millard Fund
The Mills Family Fund
The Monterey County Weekly Community Fund
The Monterey Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Club Fund
The Helmuth Morgenrath Fund for the Big Sur Community
The Anthony and Lary Lynn Muller Fund
The Murray Fund
The Gilbert M. Neill Math Fund
The Don Nucci Fund for the Salinas Valley
The Bob Nunes Fund
The Oak Hill Charitable Fund
The Mike and Mary Orradre Fund
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fund
The Caroline and Charles Page Fund
The Nepenthe/Phoenix Corporation Fund
The Salinas Rotary Clubs Fund
The Mary and Will Shaw Fund
The James M. Shade Memorial Fund
The Robert N. and Florence Slinger Foundation Fund
The Snorf Endowment Fund
The Robert and Leslie Taylor Fund
The William and Susanne Tyler Fund
The Willemsen Family Fund
The James and Cynthia Zak Fund
Stewardship Funds
A monetary fund established to support land management activities on protected property. Stewardship Funds may be established for individual protected properties or more commonly are created by pooling stewardship contributions in a single account for easy administration and investment. Organization policies on stewardship fund expenditures and investments generally emphasize protection of the principal, as well as identify when and under what circumstances withdrawals from the fund are allowed.
The Chamber Music Monterey Bay Stewardship Fund
The Del Monte Forest Foundation Fund
The Kernes Adaptive Aquatics Stewardship Fund
LandWatch Monterey County Stewardship Fund
Methodist Foundation of Pacific Grove Stewardship Fund
Rancho Cielo Youth Stewardship Fund
The S.T.A.R. Foundation of Monterey County Stewardship Fund
Unrestricted General Endowment Funds
Donors can support changing community needs by providing unrestricted support. Donors may create a named endowed fund whereby the Foundation's board of directors will use the funds to address pressing community needs.
The Cislini Fund
The Cislini Fund #2
The Elmer Mills Harris Fund
The Lauralie and J. Irvine Fund
The George P. Kendall Memorial Fund
The Lovell Langstroth Fund
The John R. Marron Fund
The Donna Roop Fund
The Scott Fund
The Trustees Fund
Field of Interest Funds
Field of Interest Funds are funds that have been established by the Community Foundation, sometimes in conjunction with donors, for granting to a broad area of interest rather than a single non-profit organization in a particular field. Field of Interest Funds are also endowed funds, meaning that they will continue to make annual grants in perpetuity. Grant decisions are made by the Community Foundation's Board of Directors, in accordance with the guidelines that were created when a Fund was established.
The Field of Interest Funds listed below are open for additional gifts from donors. Unlike grants from the General Endowment, however, grants from Field of Interest Funds are unavailable through competitive grant applications. Grant seekers are welcome to check with Program staff for all grants that may be available to them.
The Fund for the 21st Century
The Ruth L. & Wilbur K. Amonette Fund
The Todd Lueders Fund for the Arts
The Paul Block, Jr. Fund
The Patricia J. Boles Fund
The Maureen Bradford Fund
The Stephen and Madeleine Conran Fund
The Helen R. Doe Fund
The Thomas Doud, Sr. and Anita M. Doud Fund #1
The Ken and Gundy DuVall Fund
The Fund for the Environment
The Fred Farr Fund for Environmental Stewardship
The Rudolph E. Futer Fund
The Gumm Fund for the Performing Arts
Literacy Fund
The McKay Fund
The Kathleen and Howard Marks Fund
The Engracia Irene Murray Fund
The Margaret L. Musser Permanent Endowment Fund
The Andrew D. and Marjorie S. Orrick Fund
Out Reach - A Fund for LGBT Life in Monterey County
The Fund for the Salinas Valley
The Dr. Frank Pye Smith Medical Facilities Fund
The Katherine Curtis Springer Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patient Support Fund
The Irving R. and Helen G. Stuart Fund
The James M. and Marjorie E. Sturgeon Fund
The Dr. George and Sam-Kih Thorngate Memorial Fund
The Tri-Counties Blood Bank Fund
The Women's Fund of Monterey County
The Youth Fund
Designated Funds
One of the unique things the Community Foundation does is to hold funds for the benefit of local nonprofit agencies. The purpose of these funds is to provide a permanent, protected stream of operating income for agencies that donors wish to support over time. This may appeal to some donors in that it provides an alternative to making a large lump sum gift to an agency. It may also help the agency, in that many nonprofits may not have the financial expertise needed to effectively manage large, single donations. This type of fund may also be established to benefit capital campaigns.
The 39 Craftsmen/MY Museum Fund
The Alliance on Aging Fund
The AIA Concepts Competition Fund
The Alzheimer's Association of Monterey County Fund
The Nancy Parker Benham Fund
The David Allen Bernahl, II Local Heroes Fund for CASA of Monterey County
The Big Sur Health Center Endowment Fund
The Big Sur Land Trust Fund
The Blind and Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County Fund
The Laurie Boone Hogen Appreciation Fund for All Saints' School
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Monterey County Fund
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts Fund
The Carmel Music Society Fund
The Carmel Public Library Foundation (General and Children's Programs) Funds
The Casa Amesti Foundation Endowment Fund
The Casa Amesti Garden Fund
The Central Coast Lighthouse Keepers Association Fund
The Chamber Music Monterey Bay Fund
The Children's Services International Fund
The Cislini Fund
The Howard and Lynn Classen Endowment Fund (benefiting CALSTAR Emergency Helicopter Agency)
The Community Partnership for Youth Fund
The Cultural Council for Monterey County Fund
The Gloria Daly Fund
The Thomas Doud, Sr. and Anita M. Doud Fund #2
The Elkhorn Slough Foundation Fund
The Fred Farr Buckeye Memorial Fund
The Fenton Founders' Fund for Youth Music Monterey
The Fletcher Fund
The Food Bank for Monterey County Fund
A Fork in the Road- A Fund Providing a Path to a Science Career
The Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries (General, Dallas Shaffer Book, and Staff Development Funds)
The Friends of the Carmel Valley Library Fund
The Friends of the Salinas Public Library Fiscal Sponsorship Fund
The Friends of the Salvation Army, Monterey Peninsula Corps Fund
The John Gill ALS Patient Support Fund
The Girl Scouts of Monterey Bay Fund
The Goodwill Industries of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties Fund
The Allen S. Griffin Fund
The Health Projects Center Fund
The Hester Hyde Griffin Fund for All Saints' School
The Hudson Fund
The Ward D. and Mary T. Ingrim Fund
The Interim, Inc. Fund
The Bob Jones Memorial Camping Fund
The William Kiepura Fund
The King City Library Fund
The Kinship Center Fund
The Bishop Kip Fund for All Saints' School
The Col. Dorothea Terry Layne Fund
The Legal Services for Seniors Fund
The LULAC Council #2055 Endowment Fund
The Lyceum Founders' Fund
The John H. Marble Endowment Fund
The Jane P. McKay Endowment Fund for the Big Sur Land Trust
The Jane P. McKay Endowment Fund for Door to Hope
The Jane P. McKay Endowment Fund for Hartnell College Foundation
The Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley Fund
The Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula Fund
The Eve Mills Memorial Fund for Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley
The Monarch Sanctuary Fund
The Monterey County Historical Society Fund
The Monterey Public Library Fund
The Monterey County Symphony Association Fund
The Monterey Museum of Art Fund
The Joyce Morris Fund
The MPC Women Supporting Women Endowment Fund
The Margaret L. Musser Fund
The Natividad Medical Center Fund
The Danny Nugent Memorial Campership Fund
The Ombudsman for Long-Term Care Fund
The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Association Fund
The Pacific Repertory Theatre Endowment Fund
The Perry Downer House Fund
The Royal Presido Chapel Conservation Project Fund
The St. Timothy Lutheran Church Fund
The Salinas Rodeo Rotary Club Foundation Agency Endowment Fund 2
Friends of the Salinas Public Library Fiscal Sponsorship Fund
The San Ardo Foundation for Education Fund
The Shelter Outreach Plus Fund
The S.P.C.A. of Monterey County Fund
The Robert Stanton Award Fund
The Robert and Virginia Stanton Endowment Fund
The Sunset Theater Endowment Fund
The Sylvia W. Schwartz Endowment for Reading Improvement at Tularcitos School
The Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation Fund
The Tularcitos Parent Teacher Organization Fund
The United Way of Monterey County Fund
The Ventana Wilderness Society Fund
The Merritt V. Weber Fund
The Maud Porter Work Rose Garden Fund
The Ventana Trails Forever Fund
The Western Stage Endowment Fund
The York School Fund
The Y.W.C.A. of Monterey County Fund
All of the Restricted Purpose Funds listed above are component funds of the Community Foundation for
Scholarship and Award Funds
The Community Foundation has a variety of Scholarship Funds which benefit various types of students in many different parts of Monterey County. Scholarship programs are managed by selection committees formed by Fund donors and not by the Community Foundation. Grants from Scholarship Funds are made directly to a school on behalf of enrolled students, and not to students directly. Anyone interested in donating to an existing Scholarship Fund or in starting a new one should contact the Program staff at the Community Foundation for further details.
The Carol Callister Willemsen Butterfield Bacon Fund
The Dr. William D. Barr Scolarship Fund for Excellence in Education
The Bissell Fund
The James Bliss and Annette Sward Forestry and Nursing Scholarship Fund
The California Polytechnic Agricultural Business School Scholarship Fund
The Carmel High School Class of 1952
Supporting Organizations
Supporting organizations are separate legal entities that are affiliated with the Community Foundation. Established with their own boards of trustees, grantmaking identities, and governance structures, supporting organizations enjoy public charity status and the professional services of the foundation, including staff and administrative support.
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