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 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 2018
| ACTION Council of Monterey County | $20,000 | Operating support around community building and organizational capacity training |
| Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) | $25,000 | Farmer Education and Enterprise Development |
| Center for Community Advocacy | $25,000 | Adult and youth resident leadership and community engagement |
| El Pajaro Community Development Corporation | $30,000 | Micro-enterprise assistance program in Monterey County |
| Everyone’s Harvest | $12,000 | Fresh Rx: An Innovative Salinas partnership between Alisal Farmers’ Market and Alisal Health Center |
| Goodwill Central Coast | $25,000 | Prosperity Platform, to help families in Monterey County increase income and financial literacy |
| Junior Achievement of Northern California, Inc. | $12,000 | Step Up for Success financial literacy and work readiness programs in Monterey County |
| Loaves, Fishes & Computers | $25,000 | Operating support |
| NALEO Educational Fund | $20,000 | Ensuring an accurate count of the Latino community in the 2020 Census |
| Opportunity Fund Community Development | $25,000 | Economic opportunity through access to responsible capital for entrepreneurs |
| Radio Bilingue, Inc. | $38,000 | Conozca Sus Derechos & Tome Acción/Know Your Rights & Take Action: Focus on the Triqui Community |
| Rancho Cielo | $25,000 | Operating support for youth employment training |
| Salinas Public Library | $25,000 | El Gabilan Library’s new outdoor learning space |
| Salinas Valley Community Church | $10,000 | Adult Literacy Center |
Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation 2018
| ARIEL Theatrical | $12,000 | 2019 Spring musical theatre programs |
| Art in Action | $12,000 | Visual arts curriculum for after-school programs in Monterey Peninsula Unified School District |
| Arts Council for Monterey County | $26,839 | Arts as Healing Intervention Program |
| Big Sur Land Trust | $15,000 | A Phase II Study and repairs to the First Federal Courthouse adobe |
| Carmel Bach Festival | $20,000 | Music education and appreciation programs |
| El Sistema USA/Salinas, Inc. | $20,000 | After-school and summer music instruction program |
| First Mayor’s House of Salinas City | $7,000 | Preserving the Harvey House and artifacts |
| Junior League of Monterey County | $17,000 | Preservation of Monterey’s Old Whaling Station Adobe |
| Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum | $25,000 | Educational programming on the region’s history as a rural farming community |
| Monterey State Historic Park Association | $50,000 | Restoration of the First Theatre |
| Monterey Jazz Festival | $25,000 | Monterey Jazz in the Schools |
| Monterey Museum of Art | $20,000 | School Visit Program expansion |
| Monterey Symphony | $20,000 | Music for the Schools expansion |
| National Steinbeck Center | $12,000 | Operating support |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | $25,000 | Interpretive programs at the Cooper-Molera Adobe |
| Old Monterey Foundation | $17,500 | Interpretive plan and landscape improvements to the Lower Presidio Historic Park |
| Palenke Arts | $12,000 | Multicultural arts center in Seaside |
| Sol Treasures | $30,000 | Operating support |
| Sunset Cultural Center, Inc | $20,000 | Arts education and outreach programs |
| Urban Arts Collaborative (UAC) | $12,000 | Community art, workshops, exhibits and events |
| Youth Arts Collective | $20,000 | After-school arts education and mentorship program |
| Youth Music Monterey | $20,000 | Youth orchestras, chamber ensembles and string instruction |
Environment & Animal Welfare 2018
| Elkhorn Slough Foundation | $30,000 | Conservation, restoration, and stewardship activities |
| Life Lab Science Program | $5,928 | Cultivating environmental stewards at Hall District Elementary School in Monterey County |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $20,000 | Splash Zone Head Start Discovery Program: environmental education for children |
| Monterey County Health Department | $24,000 | Feral Community Cats Shelter, Neuter, Return program at Monterey County Animal Services |
| Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove, Inc. | $25,000 | Watershed Guardians, hands-on watershed citizen science for middle and high school students |
| O’Neill Sea Odyssey | $25,000 | Monterey County Ocean Stewards education program |
| Ventana Wilderness Alliance | $12,000 | Youth in Wilderness in Monterey County |
| Ventana Wildlife Society | $25,000 | Outdoor education for youth |
| Watsonville Wetlands Watch | $25,000 | Wetland Stewards after-school program |
