By Dan Baldwin and Steve John Welcome to Monterey County Gives! 2021. A year ago we were deep in the abyss of Covid-19, hearing only whispers about an impending vaccination program. Businesses and families who had seen tremendous hardship were still faced with uncertainty. Many nonprofits had canceled fundraisers and were scrambling to make year-end budgets balance. This threatened their...
By Breanna Wilson, California State University Monterey Bay Intern with the Center for Nonprofit Excellence The Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE) provides opportunities for organizations to grow and thrive to expand their community impact. Focusing on the nuts and bolts of a nonprofit promotes success in other aspects of the organization such as programing and areas that support the community...
Stories of Legacy Giving Many individuals and families have entrusted the Community Foundation for Monterey (CFMC) to carry out their charitable wishes. The latest issue of our annual “Leaving a Legacy” newsletter introduces donors Jean Duff, and Leslie Mulford, two donors who came to the CFMC for their own specific reasons and have found several different ways the CFMC’s array of...
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. Seaside residents Mel and Regina Mason have dedicated their lives to bringing up community through social justice advocacy, mental health awareness, and pressing for change of policies impacting communities of color. Their accomplishments...
The Community Fund for Carmel Valley (CFCV), an affiliate fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, has up to $30,000 available to grant in 2021 to nonprofit organizations, public programs and other groups serving Carmel Valley and Cachagua residents. Grants are expected to range from $1,000 to $3,000 and focus on projects and programs that benefit the communities of...
The Siembra Latinos Fund topped $80,000 in cumulative grants when it awarded $23,000 to six nonprofit organizations in August 2021 for projects and programs serving Latino residents throughout Monterey County. “The pandemic uplifted barriers Latinos face every day. Resources from the Siembra Latinos Fund aim to expand programs and services that help build stronger communities” said Joel Hernandez Laguna, Community...
Caste Action Alliance to raise $50,000 through Community Foundation for Monterey County How did two professional women with different perspectives, one black and one white, find common ground to form a forward-thinking action group committed to “rising up for social and restorative justice?” It started during a Soulful Sunday online class called “The Church of Harriet Tubman & The Underground...
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...
By Dan Baldwin and Steve John Welcome to Monterey County Gives! 2021. A year ago we were deep in the abyss of Covid-19, hearing only whispers about an impending vaccination program. Businesses and families who had seen tremendous hardship were still faced with uncertainty. Many nonprofits had canceled fundraisers and were scrambling to make year-end budgets balance. This threatened their...
By Breanna Wilson, California State University Monterey Bay Intern with the Center for Nonprofit Excellence The Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE) provides opportunities for organizations to grow and thrive to expand their community impact. Focusing on the nuts and bolts of a nonprofit promotes success in other aspects of the organization such as programing and areas that support the community...
Stories of Legacy Giving Many individuals and families have entrusted the Community Foundation for Monterey (CFMC) to carry out their charitable wishes. The latest issue of our annual “Leaving a Legacy” newsletter introduces donors Jean Duff, and Leslie Mulford, two donors who came to the CFMC for their own specific reasons and have found several different ways the CFMC’s array of...
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. Seaside residents Mel and Regina Mason have dedicated their lives to bringing up community through social justice advocacy, mental health awareness, and pressing for change of policies impacting communities of color. Their accomplishments...
The Community Fund for Carmel Valley (CFCV), an affiliate fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, has up to $30,000 available to grant in 2021 to nonprofit organizations, public programs and other groups serving Carmel Valley and Cachagua residents. Grants are expected to range from $1,000 to $3,000 and focus on projects and programs that benefit the communities of...
The Siembra Latinos Fund topped $80,000 in cumulative grants when it awarded $23,000 to six nonprofit organizations in August 2021 for projects and programs serving Latino residents throughout Monterey County. “The pandemic uplifted barriers Latinos face every day. Resources from the Siembra Latinos Fund aim to expand programs and services that help build stronger communities” said Joel Hernandez Laguna, Community...
Caste Action Alliance to raise $50,000 through Community Foundation for Monterey County How did two professional women with different perspectives, one black and one white, find common ground to form a forward-thinking action group committed to “rising up for social and restorative justice?” It started during a Soulful Sunday online class called “The Church of Harriet Tubman & The Underground...
CNE offers this free five-part series for leaders of nonprofits in the Monterey Bay region. We request a commitment to attend all five sessions. Participants who attend all five sessions will receive a leadership development ...
