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  1. Fund for Homeless Women Celebrates 10 Years

    10th Anniversary Celebration for Fund for Homeless Women August 11, 2022 Friends both old and new gathered at Monterey Peninsula Country Club to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Fund for Homeless Women of the Community Foundation for Monterey County. Founders Michael Reid, Marion Penn and Kathy Whilden were honored. Congratulations to Three Amigos recipient Karin Strasser Kauffman. Thank you...

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  2. Fund for Homeless Women Event – April 28, 2022

    Fund for Homeless Women

    Thanks to everyone who gathered to support the Fund for Homeless Women at The Club at Pasadera on April 28, 2022. It was great to see everyone and support this important cause. 100% of the proceeds will be used to benefit women without adequate shelter on the Monterey Peninsula. The Fund for Homeless Women is a field of interest fund...

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  3. President’s Blog: Helping the Homeless

    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...

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  4. Fund for Homeless Women Tops $1 Million Granted

    Homeless Who Has Their Back?

    The Fund for Homeless Women (FHW) of the Community Foundation for Monterey County has topped $1 million in cumulative grantmaking. Since the fund began awarding grants in 2014, it has distributed 43 grants to 11 different nonprofit organizations totaling $1,149,110. The $230,000 awarded in 2018 to seven organizations in December 2018 helped the fund reach the grantmaking milestone. Fund organizers...

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  5. Opportunity & Impact: 2017 Annual Report

    2017 CFMC Annual Report

    Opportunity & Impact: 2017 Annual Report Opportunity and Impact: words that are important to the Community Foundation for Monterey County Whether through grantmaking or the development of new initiatives, we seek opportunities that will make deep impact on our communities. This also takes form in our resource development efforts, as donor advisors or those working on their estate plans seek...

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  6. Fund for Homeless Women – 5 Years Strong

    Holding Hands

    Fund for Homeless Women – Shelter, Safety, Community By The Rev. Michael Reid, Guest Blogger In the Fall of 2011, while in my office at St. Mary’s By the Sea Episcopal Church, I received a letter from a woman asking for help. She said that she had been homeless and was surprised to find so many other women like her...

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  7. “Becoming Visible” — The Fund for Homeless Women

    Michael Reid, associate rector at St. Mary’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church was moved to action by a letter from a formerly homeless woman named Joyce. She described her life as a homeless person, spending the night outside in the elements without a sleeping bag or tent, being vulnerable and living in fear. “She wanted to do whatever she could to make...

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