Blog & Events

November 10, 2016

Ready, Set, Give – Monterey County Gives! 2016

Leverage Your Year-End Giving Monterey County Gives! is a community fundraising effort linking donors with participating area nonprofits. This year it kicks off with more than $600,000 in matching funds and challenge gifts. Now it’s your turn to support the “Big Ideas” of 123 local nonprofits. It’s a great way to leverage your year-end giving. In addition to donations directed to...

November 3, 2016

President’s Blog: Celebrating Philanthropy – Like a Grand Slam

by Dan Baldwin, President/CEO Community Foundation for Monterey County The CFMC recently held its “Celebration of Philanthropy.” Not only was it a wonderful event, topped off by Bill Tyler’s remarkable Distinguished Trustee acceptance speech, but it was truly celebratory. Why is philanthropy worth celebrating? Or, maybe more pertinently, why does philanthropy make us want to celebrate? It starts with one...

November 1, 2016

Nonprofit Staffing Challenges – What You Can Do

By Kaki Rusmore, Director of Center for Nonprofit Excellence of the Community Foundation for Monterey County People are at the heart of all nonprofit organizations. Most nonprofits pursue a mission of serving people, of helping people reach their full potential in spite of the challenges life has handed them. Even nonprofits that focus on our natural environment do so with the...

October 28, 2016

Soberanes Fire Fund Grants At Work

We are happy to report that the Soberanes Fire is finally 100% contained and the money raised is starting to make a real difference in the impacted communities. More than $900,000 has been donated through October 2016 and the CFMC has granted nearly $300,000 through our nonprofit partners. Gifts from Near and Far The Community Foundation is overwhelmed by the...

October 25, 2016

Rick and Tonya Antle – Paying it Forward

(Rick Antle passed away April 14, 2018. This interview was published in 2016). Rick Antle was the leader of agricultural giant Tanimura & Antle. Tonya is best known for blazing the trail for organic produce as VP of Marketing at Earthbound Farms, and is now a community volunteer. They use their CFMC donor advised fund to give to the causes that...

October 21, 2016

Bill Tyler: Giving by Design

The Community Foundation is a design studio for philanthropy that invites you to pull up a chair at the table. You would be simply amazed at the possibilities.” – Bill Tyler With causes of importance from heart health care to education and the arts, William H. Tyler III continues to make a lasting impact in the lives of Monterey County...

October 5, 2016

Interns – A Valued Community Resource

Every year students at local colleges and universities serve in our community, but many nonprofits are unaware of them as a resource right here in our own backyard. Peace Corps Volunteers Continue Service The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) admits “Returned Peace Corps Volunteers” participating in the Paul D. Coverdell Fellowship Program. The program offers graduate students...