Recent Grants
In 2020, we awarded over $2.4 million through the Community Impact Grant program.
More detailed information on the grants awarded can be found below by program area.
Children & Youth Development 2021
| Harmony At Home | $40,000 | Teen Success Inc |
| Hartnell College Foundation | $30,000 | Salinas Valley Promise |
| Hope Services | $10,000 | Homestart Early Intervention Services for families in Monterey County |
| Hope, Horses & Kids | $15,000 | Equine Assisted Wellness & Learning Program |
| Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower | $12,000 | Operating support for efforts in Monterey County |
| Monterey County Youth Museum | $10,000 | Reimagining MY Museum for 2021-22 |
| Parents Helping Parents Inc. | $10,000 | Parent engagement trainings in Spanish in Monterey County |
| Partners For Peace | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Positive Discipline Community Resources | $15,000 | Operating support: Strengthening Families in Monterey County |
| Raising A Reader | $20,000 | Operating support to serve families in Monterey County |
| Read to Me Project | $30,000 | Operating support |
| Restorative Justice Partners, Inc. | $25,000 | Restorative Justice in the Schools (RJ Schools) |
| Salinas Community Science Workshop | $18,000 | Operating support |
| Special Kids Connect | $15,000 | REACH Academy ~ Academic enrichment programs for children with special educational needs |
| The Wahine Project | $12,000 | Introduction to Ocean for BIPOC |
Health & Human Services 2021
| Alliance on Aging | $40,000 | Operating support to assist with program adaptation and growth |
| Big Sur Health Center | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Carmel Foundation | $10,000 | Meals for seniors (two-year grant) |
| Central Coast VNA & Hospice | $25,000 | Operating support for services in Monterey County |
| Coastal Kids Home Care | $40,000 | Health and mental health care for children with illness and disability |
| Community Bridges | $15,000 | Free drop-in assistance for Monterey County residents |
| Community Health Trust of the Pajaro Valley | $7,500 | Veggie Rx Program for North Monterey County |
| Community Homeless Solutions | $32,000 | Operating support for housing and shelter services |
| Covia Foundation | $20,000 | Home Match Monterey County |
| Dentistry 4 Vets | $15,000 | Dentistry supplies |
| Everyone’s Harvest | $15,000 | Fresh Rx and Market Match in Alisal |
| Family Service Agency of the Central Coast | $30,000 | Suicide Prevention Services in Monterey County |
| Health Projects Center | $35,000 | Operating support for services in Monterey County |
| Hospice Giving Foundation | $15,000 | End-of-Life Education, Preparedness, and Access |
| Housing Resource Center of Monterey County | $35,000 | Operating support |
| Independent Transportation Network Monterey County | $25,000 | Operating support for dignified rides for seniors and visually impaired adults |
| Legal Services for Seniors | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula | $25,000 | Home Delivered Meals |
| Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley | $30,000 | Operating support |
| Natividad Medical Foundation | $35,000 | Operating support |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte | $35,000 | Operating support for the Salinas and Seaside health centers |
| Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation | $25,000 | Patient Assistance Fund |
| Salud Para La Gente | $30,000 | Operating support to serve Monterey County residents (two-year grant) |
| UFW Foundation | $50,000 | Operating support for the Farm Worker COVID Recovery Project in Monterey County |
| United States Healthful Food Council, Inc. DBA Eat REAL | $14,963 | Eat REAL Certification Program in North Monterey County Schools |
| United Way Monterey County | $35,000 | Operating support for 211 Monterey County Information and Referral Services |
| Valley Health Associates | $15,000 | Mobile Health Clinic for Opioid/Stimulant Use Disorder Treatment and Overdose Prevention |
| YWCA Monterey County | $35,000 | Housing services for survivors of domestic violence |
Community Development 2021
| ACTION Council of Monterey County | $30,000 | Operating support for community capacity building |
| Community Water Center | $40,000 | Short and long-term drinking water solutions for Monterey County residents |
| Health Career Connection | $25,000 | Health career internships and professional development for Monterey County college students |
| Mobile Pathways | $15,000 | Democratizing Immigration Law Via Texting for Monterey County residents |
| Monterey Bay Economic Partnership | $5,000 | Student Ambassador Internship program |
| Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust | $14,843 | Economic viability of current and next-generation commercial fishermen |
| Opportunity Fund Community Development | $40,000 | Financial capital and resources for Monterey County entrepreneurs |
| Santa Cruz Community Ventures | $15,000 | Alas, financial capability resilience for Monterey County families |
Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation 2021
| Art in Action | $15,000 | Visual arts education for Salinas City Elementary School District youth programs |
| Carl Cherry Center For the Arts | $10,000 | High School Art and Poetry Program |
| First Night Monterey | $8,000 | Greenfield Cultural Arts Summer Arts Camp |
| Heritage Foundation | $40,000 | Pattee “Jimmy Lyons” Arena Stage Renovation Study |
| Hijos Del Sol Arts Productions | $10,000 | Hijos del Sol Arts Productions at the Migrant Education Program |
| Monterey Jazz Festival | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Monterey Museum of Art | $25,000 | Operating support |
| Palenke Arts | $15,000 | Operating support |
| Sunset Cultural Center, Inc | $20,000 | Integrated Arts Education Programs |
| Western Flyer Foundation | $12,000 | Science Illustration Mentorship Program for Monterey County youth |
| Youth Arts Collective | $25,000 | Operating support for year-round arts education and mentorship |
Environment & Animal Welfare 2021
| Carmel River Watershed Conservancy | $7,500 | Carmel River Watershed Health Report Card Development and Outreach |
| Ecology Action of Santa Cruz | $10,000 | Electric Vehicle Education for Monterey County through STEM curriculum outreach and training |
| MEarth | $30,000 | Environmental stewardship and programming for youth |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $25,000 | Ocean conservation education for Monterey County school children |
| Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove, Inc. DBA Pacific Grove Museum of Natural | $21,000 | Curriculum Design for Bugs! and Changes exhibits |
| Save Our Shores | $15,000 | Carmel beach cleanups |
| Society For The Prevention of Cruelty To Animals of Monterey County (SPCA) | $7,236 | Pet Food Bank |
| Spay Neuter Imperative Project California DBA SNIP | $25,000 | Low-cost, mobile spay/neuter and vaccine clinics in Monterey County |
| Ventana Wildlife Society | $25,000 | Outdoor educational programs |
