Giving with Purpose – Ken & Mary Wright
Ken and Mary Wright, CFMC Donor Advisor Fund Holders, share how they give with purpose. Ken is a CFMC board member and Soberanes Fire Grant Committee member, Mary is former CFMC board […]
Bill & Emmy Reese – Making Philanthropy a Family Value
Bill Reese, a physicist and former Naval Postgraduate School professor, and his late wife, Emmy, a visual artist, met in college in Portland, Oregon. Married 58 years, their values influenced […]
Homeless Women Countywide Report
Report Sheds Light on Homeless Women in Monterey County By Janet Shing, CFMC Director of Grant Making More than 2,700 women living without shelter accessed healthcare from County clinics last […]
Creating a Legacy – Jim Valentine
Creating a Legacy, and Peace of Mind Prior to retirement, a very busy Jim Valentine oversaw 16 skilled nursing facilities, was chief executive officer of a hospital and two retirement […]
Next Level Giving – Carmel Realty Co.
Carmel Realty Company partners with the Community Foundation for Monterey County through the Carmel Realty Foundation Fund to take their giving to the next level. The Carmel Realty Company (CRC) […]
Women’s Fund – Creating Opportunity
A scholarship isn’t just money to Francisca “Frieda” Rios – it’s opportunity. It’s being able to buy a computer to do homework and research from home. It’s knowing that making […]
5 Tips To Organize Your Grant Proposal
Preparing a strong grant proposal is like a team sport, where staff input, board approval, and proposal writers all come together to bring an application over the finish line. This […]
Big Sur Aid Topped $1.3 Million
Community Rallied to Support Big Sur In the wake of a fire, then flooding, then a landslide that isolated iconic Big Sur, generosity proved be just as formidable as the […]
President’s Blog-(Un)Affordable Housing
By Dan Baldwin, Community Foundation for Monterey County President & Chief Executive Officer We think of housing as an inalienable right. We get up. Work. Go home to a house or […]
Building Healthier Communities: The Hayward Family
Bill and Adriana Hayward were inspired early in life by their parents. They were role models who gave thoughtfully and generously to causes that mattered to them. The Haywards count themselves very fortunate […]