Blog & Events

December 16, 2016

Southern Monterey County Foundation – Neighbors Helping Neighbors

By Paulette Bumbalough, Chair, Southern Monterey County Foundation (SMCF) Neighbors Helping Neighbors If there are few appropriate descriptors of King City and South Monterey communities, they are GIVING and Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Our 3-year old Southern Monterey County Foundation, an affiliate of the Community Foundation for Monterey County has had the pleasure of doing just that each year and enjoying the process. Back...

November 29, 2016

Business Experts Offer Free Consulting to Nonprofits

Can the Stanford Alumni Consulting Team (ACT) help your nonprofit? By Alex Lilley, Stanford ACT member since 2005 Stanford ACT is a team of seasoned business consultants who joined together to offer local nonprofit organizations pro bono consulting so they can better serve their communities. Stanford ACT was started by alumni of the Stanford Business School in 1987 and has been...

November 28, 2016

Strive Together, Bright Futures & Rise Up Monterey County

By Janet Shing, Community Foundation for Monterey County Senior Program Officer “Strive Together” Conference Inspires As a steering partner for Bright Futures Monterey County, I recently had the opportunity to attend Strive Together‘s conference. The gathering was named “Rise Up,” in honor of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech. I cannot think of a more appropriate location for this conference than...

November 21, 2016

Giving with Purpose – Ken & Mary Wright

Ken and Mary Wright, CFMC Donor Advisor Fund Holders, share how they give with purpose. Ken is a CFMC board member and Soberanes Fire Grant Committee member, Mary is former CFMC board chair. Donor Advised Funds – Proactive Grantmaking Donor advised funds through the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) allow donors to really target very specifically what their interests are and allow...

November 17, 2016

Community Foundations – What We Do Together

Celebrating Community Foundations – #CFweek November 12 – 18, 2016 the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) joined hundreds of community foundations across the country to reflect and celebrate “Community Foundation Week.”* For more than 25 years, this week-long awareness campaign has educated communities about the vital role these philanthropic organizations have played in fostering local collaboration to address civic and economic...

November 16, 2016

Sharpe, Belli Join CFMC Board of Directors

Economist, Business Consultant Join CFMC Board of Directors The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has two new members of its Board of Directors with the additions of William F. Sharpe and Teri Belli. Dr. William Sharpe, of Carmel, is an internationally noted economist, a 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economic Sciences and is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford...

November 14, 2016

Philanthropic Choices: Good vs. Good

By Betsy Buchalter Adler, Board member Community Foundation for Monterey County, Principal Adler & Colvin (retired), Trustee and Program Officer, Claire Giannini Fund Good vs Good Imagine that you’re walking down Alvarado Street in downtown Monterey, on your way to get some coffee. You’ve got a nice crisp $5 bill in your pocket; you can easily afford a large pumpkin...