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 Development 2019
| Cesar Chavez Futbol Academy (CCFA) | $10,000 | Cesar Chavez Futbol Academy |
| City of King Recreation Department | $35,000 | Road to Success, youth pre-diversion program |
| Community Partnership for Youth | $30,000 | Operating support |
| Epicenter of Monterey | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries | $30,000 | Operating support |
| Gil Basketball Academy | $10,000 | Operating support |
| Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast | $25,000 | Girl Scout Leadership Experience |
| Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast | $25,000 | After-school youth development programs for South County girls |
| Hope Services | $14,958 | Homestart Early Intervention Program Monterey County |
| Hope, Horses & Kids | $10,000 | Equine assisted learning experiences for youth |
| Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower | $12,000 | Starting Strong program in Monterey County |
| MEarth | $14,975 | build leadership capacity for Girls’ Health in Girls’ Hands (GHGH) |
| Partners For Peace | $30,000 | Operating support |
| Paws Helping People Inc, DBA UnChained | $8,000 | Canines Teaching Compassion program in Monterey County |
| Positive Discipline Community Resources | $15,000 | Operating support |
| Raising A Reader | $17,250 | Early childhood literacy and family engagement program |
| Read to Me Project | $18,500 | Operating support |
| Restorative Justice Partners, Inc. | $25,817 | Restorative Justice in the schools |
| Salvation Army Monterey Peninsula Corps | $17,000 | Child Development Center Preschool Program |
| Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties | $25,000 | Foster Grandparent Program in Monterey County |
| Silicon Valley Education Foundation | $15,000 | Elevate [Math] Summer Learning for youth in Salinas and Soledad |
| The Village Project, Inc. | $20,250 | Mae C. Johnson Education and Cultural Enrichment Academy |
Health & Human Services 2019
| Access Support Network | $50,000 | Housing stability and homeless prevention for people living with HIV in Monterey County |
| Alliance on Aging | $45,000 | Operating support for/expansion of programs addressing the needs of older adults |
| American Heart Association | $28,000 | Hypertension Awareness, Prevention and Management in Monterey County |
| Big Sur Health Center | $35,000 | 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 |
| Central Coast Center for Independent Living | $30,000 | Housing navigation and supportive services for people with disabilities |
| Central Coast VNA & Hospice | $35,000 | Telephone and computer systems security upgrade |
| Coastal Kids Home Care | $15,000 | In-home nursing and therapy for children living with illness and disability |
| Community Bridges | $12,000 | La Manzana Community Resources free weekday drop-in assistance for Monterey County residents |
| Community Human Services | $50,000 | Operating support |
| Family Service Agency of the Central Coast | $20,000 | Suicide Prevention Service/Servicio para la Prevencion del Suicidio |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | $50,000 | Emergency Supplemental Food Assistance |
| Gathering for Women-Monterey | $35,000 | Next Steps Case Management Program |
| Health Projects Center | $35,000 | Del Mar Caregiver Resource Center |
| Hospice Giving Foundation | $12,000 | National Healthcare Decisions Day educational programming and outreach (especially in Spanish) |
| Housing Resource Center of Monterey County | $25,000 | Matching funds to support Rapid Rehousing Programs |
| Independent Transportation Network Monterey County | $25,000 | Dignified transportation for seniors and visually impaired adults |
| Interim, Inc. | $25,000 | Catalyst Apartments renovation |
| Kinship Center, A Member of Seneca Family of Agencies | $35,000 | Service Aide for Monterey County resource families |
| Legal Services for Seniors | $12,000 | Free legal services for seniors |
| Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula | $25,000 | Home Delivered Meals |
| Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley | $35,000 | Home-delivered meal program for homebound seniors |
| Monterey County Rape Crisis Center | $30,000 | Child Abuse Prevention Education Program |
| Natividad Medical Foundation | $30,000 | 5 Steps to Prevent Diabetes® Program |
| RotaCare Bay Area, Inc. | $25,000 | RotaCare Monterey free medical clinic |
| Salud Para La Gente | $25,000 | Children’s Dental Disease Prevention and Treatment Program, Monterey County |
| Sun Street Centers | $25,000 | Safe Teens Empowerment Project Drug/Alcohol Prevention Program |
| United Way Monterey County | $25,000 | 2-1-1 Monterey County Information and Referral Services |
| Watsonville Law Center | $15,000 | Community Health Partnership |
| YWCA Monterey County | $20,000 | Domestic Violence Prevention and Outreach 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 |
