Recent Grants
In 2020, we awarded over $2.1 million through the Community Impact Grant program.
More detailed information on the grants awarded can be found below by program area.
Children & Youth Development 2020
| Alisal Union School District | $30,000 | Alisal Early Learning Center at Buckhorn |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County | $25,000 | College & Career Readiness Program |
| Bright Futures Monterey County | $30,000 | Increasing College and Career Readiness |
| Central Coast YMCA | $48,000 | Youth Fit 4 Life (two-year grant) |
| City of Greenfield: Greenfield Community Science Workshop | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Community Partnership for Youth | $26,000 | Operating support |
| Epicenter of Monterey | $20,500 | Operating support |
| Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast | $21,430 | After-school youth development programs |
| Harmony At Home | $31,000 | Teen Success Program |
| Hartnell College Foundation | $30,000 | Salinas Valley Promise program |
| Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower | $12,000 | operating support |
| Partners For Peace | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Positive Discipline Community Resources | $15,000 | Operating Support |
| Read to Me Project | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Restorative Justice Partners, Inc. | $20,000 | Operating support |
| Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties | $50,000 | Foster Grandparent Program in Monterey County (two-year grant) |
| Silicon Valley Education Foundation | $15,000 | Elevate [Math] 2020: summer learning in Soledad |
| Special Kids Connect | $10,820 | Operating support |
| The Village Project, Inc. | $20,250 | Mae C. Johnson Education and Cultural Enrichment Academy |
Health & Human Services 2020
| Access Support Network | $100,000 | Maximize housing stability and homeless prevention for people living with HIV in Monterey Co (two-year grant) |
| Alliance on Aging | $30,000 | Operating support |
| Big Sur Health Center | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Big Sur Marathon Foundation | $10,000 | Just Run, youth fitness program |
| Carmel Foundation | $10,000 | Operating support |
| CASA of Monterey County | $50,000 | Operating support (two-year grant) |
| Central Coast Center for Independent Living | $25,000 | Independent living services and support for people with disabilities in Monterey County |
| Central Coast VNA & Hospice | $25,000 | Operating support for services in Monterey County |
| Coalition of Homeless Services Providers | $30,000 | Operating support |
| Coastal Kids Home Care | $15,000 | Pediatric home health care and counseling |
| Community Bridges | $15,000 | Free drop-in assistance for Monterey County residents |
| Community Homeless Solutions | $30,000 | Operating support |
| Community Human Services | $50,000 | Operating support (two-year grant) |
| Covia Foundation | $20,000 | Home Match Monterey |
| Family Service Agency of the Central Coast | $20,000 | Suicide Prevention Services in Monterey County/Servicio para la Prevencion del Suicidio |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | $25,000 | Emergency Supplemental Food Assistance |
| Gathering for Women-Monterey | $20,000 | Operating support |
| Health Projects Center | $25,000 | Operating support for services in Monterey County |
| Hospice Giving Foundation | $10,000 | Operating support |
| Independent Transportation Network Monterey County | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Interim, Inc. | $25,000 | Sun Rose Apartments construction |
| Kinship Center, A Member of Seneca Family of Agencies | $30,000 | Placement Program for Monterey County foster-involved youth |
| Legal Services for Seniors | $10,000 | Operating support |
| Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula | $20,000 | Home Delivered Meals |
| Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley | $30,000 | Operating support |
| Monterey County Rape Crisis Center | $50,000 | Operating support (two-year grant) |
| Natividad Medical Foundation | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | $30,000 | Clinical operating funds for Seaside and Salinas health centers |
| RotaCare Bay Area, Inc. | $20,000 | RotaCare Monterey Free Medical Clinic |
| Salud Para La Gente | $25,000 | Operating support (to serve Monterey County residents) |
| Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital dba Mee Memorial Hospital | $15,000 | Operating support |
| Sun Street Centers | $50,000 | Operating support for Prevention (two-year grant) |
| United Way Monterey County | $30,850 | 211 Monterey County Resource and Referral System |
| YWCA Monterey County | $25,000 | Youth Education and Advocacy Program |
Community Development 2019
| Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) | $25,000 | Operating support | |
| California FarmLink | $26,000 | Building wealth and sustainability for Latinx growers in Monterey County | |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey | $27,000 | Immigration and Citizenship Program and Services | |
| Center for Community Advocacy | $27,000 | Leadership programs in housing, health and youth education | |
| Community Water Center | $26,000 | Education and advocacy for safe drinking water in Monterey County homes and schools | |
| El Pajaro Community Development Corporation | $26,000 | Monterey County Micro-Enterprise Assistance Program | |
| Future Citizens Foundation | $5,000 | Life Exploration and Preparation program | |
| Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services | $11,000 | Family Financial Resilience During Medical Crisis for Monterey County families | |
| Junior Achievement of Northern California, Inc. | $10,000 | Youth Economic Empowerment Program in Monterey County | |
| Kitchen Table Advisors | $10,000 | Business success for farms and ranches in Monterey County (Kitchen Table Advisors) | |
| Loaves, Fishes & Computers | $30,000 | Operating support | |
| Monterey Bay Economic Partnership | $6,000 | Monterey Bay Career Connect | |
| Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust | $10,000 | Strengthen the viability of sustainable commercial fishing in Monterey County | |
| Radio Bilingue, Inc. | $30,000 | Conozca sus derechos & tome acción/Know your rights & take action program | |
| Rancho Cielo | $25,000 | Operating support | |
| University Corporation at Monterey Bay | $38,000 | Replication and expansion of Monterey County’s Teacher Pathway program |
Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation 2019
| Alisal Center for the Fine Arts | $12,000 | Operating support | |
| ARIEL Theatrical | $20,000 | Operating support | |
| Arts Council for Monterey County | $30,000 | Arts as Healing Partnerships program | |
| Carl Cherry Center For The Arts | $10,000 | Thinking Out Loud, countywide poetry program | |
| Carmel Mission Foundation | $25,000 | Downie Museum Basilica Forecourt Restoration Project | |
| Friends of Olympia Station DBA Tandy Beal & Company | $30,000 | ArtSmart: Arts Education in MPUSD | |
| Junior League of Monterey County | $13,000 | Preservation of Monterey’s Old Whaling Station Adobe | |
| Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum | $25,000 | Educational programming | |
| Monterey County Pops! | $10,000 | Operating support | |
| Monterey County Symphony Association | $25,000 | Music education and exposure | |
| Monterey Jazz Festival | $25,000 | Monterey Jazz in the Schools program | |
| Monterey Museum of Art | $25,000 | School Visit Program | |
| National Steinbeck Center | $13,000 | Operating support | |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | $30,000 | Interpretive programming at the Cooper-Molera Adobe | |
| Palenke Arts | $13,000 | Palenke Arts multicultural arts program | |
| Sol Treasures | $30,000 | Operating support | |
| Sunset Cultural Center, Inc | $18,100 | Arts education and community engagement programs | |
| Vh1 Save the Music Foundation | $11,000 | Early music education rebuild for Monterey County students | |
| Youth Arts Collective | $15,000 | After-school arts education and mentorship | |
| Youth Music Monterey | $25,000 | Youth Orchestras, Chamber Ensembles and String Instruction |
Environment & Animal Welfare 2019
| Big Sur Land Trust | $27,853 | Nature camp programs | |
| Elkhorn Slough Foundation | $28,000 | Elkhorn Hills Stewardship and Outdoor Classroom Expansion | |
| Farm Discovery at Live Earth | $10,000 | Farm Field Trips for Monterey County youth | |
| Horsepower Sanctuaries, dba Redwings Horse Sanctuary | $10,000 | Volunteer & Foster-to-Adopt Program | |
| MEarth | $28,000 | Enhancing STEAM integration and garden infrastructure at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County | |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $20,000 | Splash Zone head start discovery program | |
| Save Our Shores | $15,000 | Carmel beach cleanups | |
| Ventana Wilderness Alliance | $15,000 | Youth in Wilderness for Monterey County youth | |
| Ventana Wildlife Society | $25,000 | Outdoor education for youth | |
| Watsonville Wetlands Watch | $24,000 | Wetland Stewards After School program |
