The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) created the Monterey County Storm Relief Fund on January 10 to assist communities impacted by the 2023 winter storms. The fund is a trusted repository for donations directed specifically for storm relief and recovery throughout Monterey County and 100% of donations to cfmco.org/StormRelief will be used for grantmaking. This winter’s storms have caused...
Responses to CNE’s 2022 Nonprofit Survey offer a glimpse into how our local nonprofit community is faring. Nonprofits shared familiar challenges as well as excitement for the future. Read the full report. 1. Challenges related to the pandemic are far from behind us. Challenges that nonprofits faced prior to the pandemic have been exacerbated: board and volunteer engagement, shifting funder...
Many Monterey County students aspire to attend college, but the cost of higher education keeps them from achieving that dream. The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has been working with generous individual, family and business donors to help close the gap. The CFMC announced that more than $1.4 million in scholarship awards are available in 2023 for Monterey County...
There are many ways to integrate charitable giving into your financial planning in 2022. The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) can help. Each of these options offer tax advantages and can help you make a meaningful difference. We can help you customize a solution that works for you. Be sure to make your gifts by the deadlines for a...
The Fall 2022 edition of our Giving Matters newsletter includes a message of gratitude from Community Foundation for Monterey County President/CEO Dan Baldwin and the latest news: Celebration of Philanthropy with presentation of Distinguished Trustee Award to Bruce and Linda Taylor Monterey County Gives! year-end giving campaign Summer events roundup and photos including Northern Monterey County Foundation, Southern Monterey County Foundation,...
Taylor Farms Scholarship Recipient Angela Diaz Shares Her Story Angela Diaz, from Salinas, CA, is a sophomore at CSUMB majoring in Agriculture Plant and Soil Science and a first generation college student. A Taylor Farms Scholarship recipient, Angela, whose family is from Mexico, is currently part of the College Assistance Migrant Program at CSUMB, and plans to become a successful...
S.T.A.R. Foundation Closes: Grants $500,000 to Sol Treasures, Creates Performing Arts Scholarship “The performing arts are the guiding star of who you are because if you don’t have the performing arts in your life, what’s the point of living?” – Reg Huston Reg Huston is so humble, he can’t remember the names of the awards he’s received in his 50+...
By Dan Baldwin, Community Foundation for Monterey County President/CEO Thomas Friedman famously wrote that PQ (Passion Quotient) + CQ (Curiosity Quotient) = IQ (Intelligence Quotient). If you ever get the chance to hear him speak on this, take full advantage; it’s captivating and energizing. With apologies to Mr. Friedman, I’d like to offer a variant for community foundations. The equation...
By Dan Baldwin, President/CEO, Community Foundation for Monterey County I’ve been the CEO of a community foundation since 2002. Prior to that I was a museum director. So one could say I’ve been engaged in organized philanthropy since 1992. While there have always been people wanting to game the system (pick any system), one of the joys of philanthropy is...
By Dan Baldwin, Community Foundation for Monterey County President/CEO The Community Foundation for Monterey County continually looks for ways to deepen its community impact. With this in mind, we began a new initiative in 2018: Community Impact Investing (CII). Impact investing is not new to philanthropy. Many private and community foundations utilize impact investments in various forms. Impact investments are...
By Dan Baldwin, Community Foundation for Monterey County President/CEO It appears a new era of services for the homeless in Monterey County is just around the corner. Approximately $10.5 million in state HEAP (Homeless Emergency Aid Program) funds have been approved for Monterey County. Many meetings have taken place to get public feedback, to hear from homeless services providers and...
By Daniel R Baldwin, President/CEO Community Foundation for Monterey County As we approach the holiday season and the end of the year, it’s natural to start thinking about what has transpired in 2018. People are justifiably nervous about the advent of a “new normal” in which hardline divisiveness and rough-edged public discourse rule the day. But there is something about...
Monterey County Gives! brings together donors big and small to support local nonprofits and their Big Ideas. Monterey County Gives! Nov. 8 – Dec. 31, 2018 By Dan Baldwin, Community Foundation for Monterey County President/CEO and Steve John, Monterey Peninsula Foundation CEO Monterey County Gives! is here—nonprofits have submitted their applications highlighting their Big Idea for this year, website retooling is...
By Daniel R. Baldwin, President/CEO Community Foundation for Monterey County For the past several months, Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) have been the subject of considerable negative press. And by association community foundations have been drawn into the discussion. Questions about DAFs have been raised in some quarters for many years, especially since financial services providers such as Fidelity and Schwab...
Responses to CNE’s 2022 Nonprofit Survey offer a glimpse into how our local nonprofit community is faring. Nonprofits shared familiar challenges as well as excitement for the future. Read the full report. 1. Challenges related to the pandemic are far from behind us. Challenges that nonprofits faced prior to the pandemic have been exacerbated: board and volunteer engagement, shifting funder...
Many Monterey County students aspire to attend college, but the cost of higher education keeps them from achieving that dream. The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has been working with generous individual, family and business donors to help close the gap. The CFMC announced that more than $1.4 million in scholarship awards are available in 2023 for Monterey County...
There are many ways to integrate charitable giving into your financial planning in 2022. The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) can help. Each of these options offer tax advantages and can help you make a meaningful difference. We can help you customize a solution that works for you. Be sure to make your gifts by the deadlines for a...
The Fall 2022 edition of our Giving Matters newsletter includes a message of gratitude from Community Foundation for Monterey County President/CEO Dan Baldwin and the latest news: Celebration of Philanthropy with presentation of Distinguished Trustee Award to Bruce and Linda Taylor Monterey County Gives! year-end giving campaign Summer events roundup and photos including Northern Monterey County Foundation, Southern Monterey County Foundation,...
The Weston Call Fund for Big Sur of the Community Foundation for Monterey County granted $40,000 in 2022 to 10 nonprofits focusing on projects and programs benefiting Big Sur residents from Mal Paso Creek to the Monterey County line. This brings the total granted from the fund to $86,755 since its inception in 2018. “We are so grateful to those who have...
The Community Fund for Carmel Valley (CFCV), an affiliate fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, is now accepting grant proposals for 2022. Nonprofit organizations, public programs and other groups serving Carmel Valley and Cachagua residents are encouraged to apply. Applications should focus on projects and programs that benefit the communities of Carmel Valley and Cachagua, which covers the...
(Scroll down for slideshow) Each year the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) presents the Distinguished Trustee Award to an individual or couple who has demonstrated philanthropic leadership in our region. Bruce and Linda Taylor bring “Give Where You Live” to an entirely new level. They (and the Taylor Farms logo) show up consistently in support of hundreds of nonprofits, including...
$15 per event, or $60 for all five events if purchased all at once (breakfast included in price). Breakfasts take place on Fridays from 9:00am – 10:30am PST on the following dates: March 24, April ...
$15 per event, or $60 for all five events if purchased all at once (breakfast included in price). Breakfasts take place on Fridays from 9:00am – 10:30am PST on the following dates: March 24, April ...
