Planned Giving
Year-End Giving Tips & Deadlines
There are many ways to integrate charitable giving into your financial planning in 2023 to make a meaningful difference. The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) can help you customize a solution that works for you. Be sure to make your gifts by the deadlines for a 2023 deduction (see deadlines below). You can give to causes you care about Read more...
Read moreInspiring Philanthropy; Strengthening Communities - 2022 Annual Report
If the Community Foundation for Monterey County is to be effective, if it is truly Inspiring Philanthopy; Strengthening Communities, it is because we’re a reflection of a powerful philanthropic landscape that stretches from Big Sur to Castroville, Salinas to San Ardo, and all points in between. It is truly an honor to be your community foundation. – Teri Belli, Read more...
Read moreMaking the World Better: Daphne and Stuart Wells
“She’s Brooklyn, I’m Bronx,” says Stuart Wells of his wife Daphne. Meeting as youth, they were “both shot by cupid’s arrow” at the same time and married after their first year of graduate school. They both deeply value education, having received free college tuition in New York state schools, and later became teachers themselves, each with a 36-year career. Daphne Read more...
Read moreConnecting for Good - 2021 Annual Report
Connecting for Good accurately reflects our role in 2021. We gained skills in many new areas, skills that will be used again and again. We are, after all, Here for Good. – Teri Belli, CFMC Board Chair We are proud to share with you our 2021 Annual Report. It is 40 pages of compelling stories showing the work the CFMC Read more...
Read moreGuide to Gift Planning
Simplify Your Giving The CFMC “Create Your Legacy” Guide to Gift Planning helps you simplify your giving. The guide reviews the benefits and explains how you can support the causes or nonprofits of your choice through a variety of giving options including: Donor advised funds Gifts of appreciated stock or real estate Life Income Gifts Charitable Gift Annuity (CGAs) or Read more...
Read moreDesigning a Legacy: Michael Reid
Michael Reid dances to his own beat. His path led him from Brooklyn, New York to Monterey County, California. He was the first in his family to attend college and earned a BA in psychology, two Masters’ Degrees and a Ed.D. in Neuromotor Development. He has been married to his partner Bill Robnett for 13 years. Philanthropy has always been Read more...
Read moreCFMC Fall/Winter Newsletter
Our Fall Newsletter, Giving Matters, features our Distinguished Trustees Mel and Regina Mason, a message of gratitude from Community Foundation for Monterey County President/CEO Dan Baldwin, new additions to staff and year-end giving deadlines and options, including Monterey County Gives! Read Giving Matters ShareClick to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click Read more...
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