Recent Grants
In 2017, we awarded over $1.9 million through the Community Impact Grant program and $486,000 over three years through the Next Steps for Small Nonprofits program.
More detailed information on the grants awarded can be found below by program area.
Children & Youth 2018
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County | $25,000 | Teen Centers Capital Project |
| Central Coast YMCA | $20,000 | Youth Fit For Life |
| City of Greenfield: Greenfield Community Science Workshop | $25,000 | After-school, hands-on science enrichment programs |
| Community Partnership for Youth | $30,000 | After-school mentor-tutor prevention program |
| Epicenter of Monterey | $20,000 | Youth-led community center serving foster youth |
| Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries | $25,000 | General operating support |
| Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast | $25,000 | Girl Scout Leadership Experience |
| Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast | $25,000 | Leadership and youth development programs |
| Hartnell College Foundation | $30,000 | K-12 STEM Program expansion |
| Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower | $10,000 | Starting Strong’ student safety program for migrant children |
| Life Is For Everyone, Inc. [LIFE] | $12,000 | After-school program |
| Monterey Peninsula College Foundation | $23,900 | Outdoor Learning Classroom at Early Childhood Education Lab School |
| OLINGA LEARNING | $12,000 | Wings of Knowledge STEM Program |
| Partners For Peace | $20,000 | Parent Project facilitator training |
| Positive Discipline Community Resources | $10,000 | Parenting for Strong Communities |
| Raising A Reader | $20,000 | Early childhood and family literacy program |
| Read to Me Project | $25,000 | Prevention-based pre-literacy programs |
| Restorative Justice Partners, Inc. | $20,000 | Restorative Justice in the Schools |
| Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties | $12,000 | Foster Grandparent Program in Monterey County |
| Silicon Valley Education Foundation | $12,000 | Elevate [Math] program in Salinas and Soledad |
| The Village Project, Inc. | $25,000 | Mae C. Johnson Education and Cultural Enrichment Program |
| The Wahine Project | $10,000 | El Proyecto de Wahine Sur |
Health & Human Services 2018
| Access Support Network | $48,000 | Housing stability and homeless prevention for people living with HIV in Monterey County |
| Alliance on Aging | $35,000 | Help seniors navigate the programs and access benefits that positively impact their lives |
| Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association | $20,000 | Alzheimer’s education and support for families and healthcare providers |
| Aspiranet | $20,000 | Cherish Receiving Center and Cherish Too Visitation Center in Monterey County |
| Big Sur Health Center | $25,000 | Healthcare for all in Big Sur |
| Big Sur Marathon Foundation | $15,000 | JUST RUN Youth Fitness Program |
| Carmel Foundation | $10,000 | Meal programs for seniors |
| CASA of Monterey County | $25,000 | Court-appointed advocacy for most vulnerable foster youth |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey | $20,000 | CalFresh outreach, enrollment and case management |
| Central Coast Center for Independent Living | $25,000 | Increase independence for people with disabilities |
| Coalition of Homeless Services Providers | $15,000 | General operating support towards coordination of the local homeless service system |
| Coastal Kids Home Care | $10,000 | In-home nursing and therapy for children with illness and disability |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | $30,000 | Emergency Supplemental Food Assistance |
| Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra | $30,000 | Bridge over Barriers: immediate, proactive intervention for homeless adults waiting for assistance |
| Health Projects Center | $25,000 | Del Mar Caregiver Resource Center |
| Independent Transportation Network Monterey County | $15,000 | Dignified Transportation for Seniors and Visually Impaired Adults |
| Interim, Inc. | $20,000 | Shelter Cove unit rehabilitation |
| Kinship Center, A Member of Seneca Family of Agencies | $12,000 | Recruitment of foster and adoptive parents |
| Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula | $20,000 | Home delivered meal program |
| Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley | $25,000 | Home-delivered meal program |
| Monterey County Rape Crisis Center | $25,000 | Child Abuse Prevention Education Program |
| Natividad Medical Foundation | $25,000 | 5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | $26,000 | Clinical operating funds for Seaside and Salinas health centers |
| RotaCare Bay Area, Inc. | $20,000 | RotaCare Monterey, free medical clinic services |
| Salud Para La Gente | $25,000 | Children’s Dental Disease Prevention and Treatment Program in Monterey County |
| Sun Street Centers | $30,000 | Safe Teens Empowerment Project |
| United Way Monterey County | $15,000 | 2-1-1 Monterey County Information and Referral Services |
Community Development 2017
| ACTION Council of Monterey County | $20,000 | General operating support around community building and organizational capacity training for fiscal sponsored groups |
| Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) | $25,000 | Small business training in organic farming |
| California FarmLink | $25,000 | Small business development and access to capital for low-income Latino farmers in Monterey County |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey | $25,000 | Immigration services in Salinas Valley and expansion into South Monterey County |
| Center for Community Advocacy | $25,000 | Community leadership development in Pajaro and youth leadership development in East Salinas |
| El Pajaro Community Development Corporation | $25,000 | Small business development (micro-enterprise) training |
| Everyone’s Harvest | $11,000 | Alisal Certified Farmers Market, a farmers’ market providing nutrition education and access to local produce |
| Junior Achievement of Northern California, Inc. | $12,000 | Workforce readiness and entrepreneurial program for youth in North Monterey County |
| Loaves, Fishes & Computers | $19,500 | Free to low-cost computer refurbishing, repair, technical assistance and employment training |
| Radio Bilingue, Inc. | $22,500 | Conozca Sus Derechos & Tome Acción/Know Your Rights & Take Action, an immigrant rights radio show for indigenous people (Triqui) |
| Rancho Cielo | $30,000 | Youth employment training for at-risk youth |
| Salinas Valley Community Church | $12,000 | Adult Literacy Center, a free English literacy program for adults |
| Tatum’s Garden Foundation | $13,000 | Tatum’s Treehouse, a fully inclusive playground in Quail Meadows at Toro Park |
Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation 2017
| ARIEL Theatrical | $9,500 | 2018 spring musical conservatory programs |
| Art in Action | $12,000 | After-school and summer school visual arts program for Monterey Peninsula Unified School District students |
| Carl Cherry Center For The Arts | $8,000 | Thinking Out Loud, countywide poetry workshops and contest |
| Chamber Music Monterey Bay | $6,300 | Visiting Artists Outreach, Our Kids Up Front & Free, and pre-concert lectures |
| Friends of Olympia Station dba Tandy Beal & Company | $12,000 | ArtSmart: An arts education program for children, teachers, and concerts in MPUSD |
| Junior League of Monterey County | $6,000 | Painting and pathway repair at the Old Whaling Station Adobe in Monterey |
| Monterey County Historical Society, Inc. | $9,850 | Presentation of the history of pioneering women of the Monterey Peninsula through the Against All Odds exhibit |
| Monterey Jazz Festival | $12,000 | Monterey Jazz in the Schools program, bringing expert jazz musicians into music programs |
| Monterey Museum of Art | $27,700 | School Visit Program — increasing accessibility to educational art experiences for K-12 students |
| Monterey Symphony | $25,000 | Arts education and audience development in the 2017-18 season |
| Sol Treasures | $30,000 | General operating support |
| Sunset Cultural Center, Inc | $30,000 | Arts education programs |
| Youth Arts Collective | $20,000 | After-school art education and mentorship program for youth ages 14-22 |
| Youth Music Monterey | $20,000 | Youth orchestras, chamber ensembles, master classes and string instruction programs for young people |
Environment & Animal Welfare 2017
| Big Sur Land Trust | $25,000 | Nature camps for youth to inspire a new generation of conservation stewards |
| Elkhorn Slough Foundation | $22,000 | Environmental restoration and land conservation of Sand Hill Farm |
| MEarth | $24,000 | NatureConnect + FoodConnect, an environmental and nutritional educational program for under served youth |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $15,000 | Splash Zone, an environmental education program for Head Start preschoolers |
| Peace of Mind Dog Rescue | $15,500 | Helping Paws, a program to keep pets with their owners and related rescue and adoption services |
| Pinnacles Partnership | $11,967 | Camp Pinnacles, hands-on environmental education and outdoor experiences |
| Point Lobos Foundation | $20,200 | Habitat Heroes, an invasive plant removal, re-vegetation, and long-term conservation project |
| Society For The Prevention of Cruelty To Animals of Monterey County (SPCA) | $10,500 | Pet Meals, a meal program for pets of home-bound individuals |
| Ventana Wildlife Society | $25,000 | Outdoor environmental education for youth from underserved communities |
| Watsonville Wetlands Watch | $20,000 | Wetlands Stewards after-school program |
