Donor Stories
Scholarships and College Affordability
College affordability and student loan debt are serious issues for prospective college students. Especially among low-income and first-generation college students, the high costs of tuition, book, housing and transportation along with an aversion to debt create barriers to attaining a college degree. Many students don’t even consider college, attend only part-time (drastically decreasing their likelihood of completion), or drop out...
Read morePartnering With Donor Advisors
A Message from CFMC President/CEO Dan Baldwin Community foundations have always thought of themselves as important partners with their donor advisors. Conversations around the formation of funds typically begin with a description of our ability to match a donor’s interest to community need, or how the CFMC will connect the donor to urgent or emerging circumstances they may want to support. I’ve been the CEO of a community foundation since...
Read moreSafety Net Organizations Empowered – A Donor’s Vision Realized
Rudy Futer entrusted the CFMC with his charitable vision, creating through his estate the Rudy E. Futer Fund for Human and Humane Needs. He directed that the fund be used to make grants for direct human services that support at-risk and underserved populations. The CFMC fulfilled his wishes by investing in organizations through its Community Impact grants program, then took it a step further. In...
Read moreBringing the Arts to MPUSD Classrooms
The MPUSD Fund for the Arts is a field of interest fund dedicated to bringing high quality arts education to every school in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School district. During the 2014-15 school year, the MPUSD Fund for the Arts supported two different approaches to enhancing arts programming: Professional Artists in the Classroom Arts Council for Monterey County‘s Professional Artists in...
Read moreInvesting in Healthy, Safe and Vibrant Communities
Giving Together The power of partnership between our donors, fund holders and nonprofit organizations continues to positively impact our community. In 2014, the CFMC, together with its donor advisors, distributed more than $11 million in 935 grants to 415 agencies in Monterey County and beyond. Grants have been steadily increasing, growing 75% since 2010.
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