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RECENT NEWS

The latest news & updates from CFMC

Center for Nonprofit Excellence Announces 2025 LEAD Institute Cohort

Offering $1.5 million in Scholarships to Local Students

Pajaro Community Grants Announced

Center for Nonprofit Excellence Announces 2025 LEAD Institute Cohort

Moss Landing Fire Relief Fund

Offering $1.5 million in Scholarships to Local Students

Pajaro Community Grants Announced

Year-End Giving Tips & Deadlines

Here for Good Campaign

Housing for Kids

2024 Celebration of Philanthropy

Celebrating Carmel Valley 2024

Spirit of Giving – Mike and Mary Orradre

EVENTS

Find ways to connect with us throughout the year.

February 28

Fundamentals of Fundraising Course Begins

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

January 23

TPO/Littler Annual Employment Law & Leadership Conference

8:45 am - 3:15 pm

January 31

Consulting Project Applications Due

5:00 pm

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RECENT NEWS

The latest news & updates from CFMC

Center for Nonprofit Excellence Announces 2025 LEAD Institute Cohort

Offering $1.5 million in Scholarships to Local Students

Pajaro Community Grants Announced

Here for Good Campaign

Housing for Kids

2024 Celebration of Philanthropy

Why Choose the CFMC vs a Commercial Donor Advised Fund?

Giving Together – Joe and Sheila Mark

Giving Matters – Spring 2024 Newsletter

2024 Women’s Fund Luncheon

My Scholarship Story – Lizeth Patena

Scholar Spotlight – Dayanara Preciado

Investing in Impact – 2023 Annual Report

Spirit of Giving – Mike and Mary Orradre

Strengthening Communities – Janet Shing CFMC Director of Grantmaking

LEAD Institute Alumni Spotlight

Dr. Juan P. Magaña Receives 2024 Alfred Diaz-Infante Award

CFMC Awards More than $2 Million in Storm Relief Grants

Sharing Success – Steve and Marti Diamond

The Southern Monterey County Foundation Grants More Than $23,000

Santa Cruz & Monterey Based Community Foundations Partner on Flood Relief for Pajaro

Making A Difference: Gordon Schacher

Relief. Recover. Rebuild.

Growing LEADers – LEAD Institute

Giving Matters – Spring 2023 Newsletter

2023 Women’s Fund Luncheon Inspires Giving and Action

Making the World Better: Daphne and Stuart Wells

Inspiring Philanthropy; Strengthening Communities – 2022 Annual Report

My Scholarship Story: Brandon Le

Growing Opportunity: Scholarships

Siembra Latinos Fund Announces Inaugural Alfred Diaz-Infante Award Recipient: Ernesto Vela, Ed.D.

Finnigan Scholarship Award Recipients

My Scholarship Story: Laura Rivera

Introducing the CNE Advisor Circle

SMCF Launches Campaign for the Future

2023 Celebration of Philanthropy Honors Martha Karstens

Siembra Latinos Celebration 2023

Caring for Community: Birt and Kathleen Johnson, Jr.

My Scholarship Story: Ismael Rocha

Asian American Hate – CFMC Commentary

“LOVE Big Sur” In Memory of Weston Call

VIDA Community Health Worker Program

Fire Impact Report – Rising Together

Inspired by Book ‘Caste,’ Group Works for Social Justice, Awards Scholarships

Mel and Regina Mason Honored with 2021 Distinguished Trustee Award

Designing a Legacy: Michael Reid

A Great Idea – The Jett Fighter Fund

Guide to Gift Planning

Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative (SIEDI)

Guide to Leadership Transitions

Giving Local — John and Annette Romans

Bruce and Linda Taylor Honored

CFMC Creates Monterey County Storm Relief Fund

Community Fund for Carmel Valley Responds to Local Needs

Give Where You Live: Andy and Steffanie Smith

President’s Blog: Philanthropy as a Force for Good

Steve and Barbara Brooks: Honoring Neighbors

Lydia Villarreal Honored as 2019 Distinguished Trustee

Philanthropy Celebrated

Charles de Guigné Pebble Beach Estate Gift Creates $18 Million Charitable Legacy

About the CFMC – Did You Know?

The Adventure of Giving: Michael and Gloria Ipson

President’s Blog: Front Row Seat to Generosity

Leslie Mulford: Flexibility with IRA Giving

My Scholarship Story: Jesus Floriano-Ramirez

COVID-19 Relief Fund

President’s Blog: Meeting Community Need

Monterey County Fire Relief Fund Created

Monterey County Fire Relief Fund Grants $165,165

CFMC Awards More Than $3 Million in COVID-19 Grants

Stories of Legacy Giving

Paying it Forward: Judy Guzman Krueger

Composing A Legacy – Marty Wolf

Changing Lives of Women & Girls in Monterey County

Exploring the Wonders of Monterey Bay-Jack O’Neill and Harry Hind Endowment

Scientist to Philanthropist – Dr. Allen E. Fuhs

RJ Harper Memorial Scholarship – Supporting Golf’s Greatest Lessons

Raymond Costa Invests in Potential

Amy Anderson & George Somero: Living & Giving in Harmony

President’s Blog: Donor Advised Funds – Creating Impact

Siembra Latinos Fund Launches, Announces Grants

Panettas Honored at 2018 Celebration of Philanthropy

Valuing Diversity & Moving Towards Inclusion

Supporting the Future -Taylor Farms Scholarship Program

Women’s Fund: Leading Change

Designing Your Philanthropic Vision

A Legacy of Caring: Maria Segovia

President’s Blog – Soberanes Fire Reveals Community Character

Investing in Education – Church Brothers -True Leaf Farms Scholarship

Giving with Purpose – Ken & Mary Wright

Bill & Emmy Reese – Making Philanthropy a Family Value

Homeless Women Countywide Report

Creating a Legacy – Jim Valentine

Next Level Giving – Carmel Realty Co.

Women’s Fund – Creating Opportunity

5 Tips To Organize Your Grant Proposal

Big Sur Aid Topped $1.3 Million

President’s Blog-(Un)Affordable Housing

Building Healthier Communities: The Hayward Family

Disaster Giving

Paying it Forward: Raymond Costa

Engaging the Next Generation in Giving

Adriana Vieyra: Aspiring for Success

Celebrating Philanthropy – David and Susan Gill

Siembra Latinos Fund: Growing Opportunity for Latinos

Generation to Generation – Planning Your Succession of Giving

The Morse Foundation Scholarship Fund

Passing Your Values to the Next Generation: The Benjamin Family

The Trinidad & Lupe Gomez Family Fund

The Peter and Jackie Henning Fund

Creating a Legacy -The MacDonalds

Give Local: The Brown Family Fund

A Promise Kept: The Ramsey Shirk Fund

Monica Abbott: An Inspiration On and Off the Field

Giving Now & Later – Marian Buccafurni

A Force for Good: Nancy Ausonio

Scholarships Support Nursing Students

President’s Blog – Legacy Giving

The Art of Giving – The Lenore and Dale Meyer Fund

Donor Advised Fund Enhances Philanthropy

Rick and Tonya Antle – Paying it Forward

Soberanes Fire Fund Created

Organizational Assessment to Help Your Nonprofit Thrive

Giving Matters – Fall/Winter 2023 Newsletter

Center for Nonprofit Excellence Announces 2024 LEAD Institute Cohort

CFMC Announces 2024 Board of Directors

Center for Nonprofit Excellence Announces 2025 LEAD Institute Cohort

Moss Landing Fire Relief Fund

Offering $1.5 million in Scholarships to Local Students

Pajaro Community Grants Announced

Year-End Giving Tips & Deadlines

Here for Good Campaign

Housing for Kids

2024 Celebration of Philanthropy

Celebrating Carmel Valley 2024

Spirit of Giving – Mike and Mary Orradre

EVENTS

Find ways to connect with us throughout the year.
To view all Center for Nonprofit Excellence events and other workshops for nonprofits, view our workshops calendar.

March 20

Executive Director Breakfast Roundtable

9:00 am - 10:30 am

March 21

Impact Grants Due

5:00 pm

April 17

Executive Director Breakfast Roundtable

9:00 am - 10:30 am

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