Mel and Regina Mason Honored with 2021 Distinguished Trustee Award
Each year the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) presents the Distinguished Trustee Award to an individual or couple who has demonstrated philanthropic leadership in our region. Seaside residents Mel […]
Designing 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 […]
A Great Idea – The Jett Fighter Fund
Jett Ramsey loved rainbows, the color green and his pet rabbit, Pepper Pancake. His grandmother, Debbie Harlan, speaks warmly of watching him ride around in his little green Jeep the […]
Guide 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 […]
Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative (SIEDI)
What is SIEDI? SIEDI (Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative) began as a collective journey by nine community-based organizations with a shared commitment to build a more inclusive and equitable economy […]
Guide to Leadership Transitions
How can nonprofit organizations best support healthy, successful executive transitions? In the Guide to Leadership Transitions, rising leaders and veteran nonprofit board members share stories, strategies, and wisdom to support […]
Giving Local — John and Annette Romans
We recently met John and Annette Romans on a warm afternoon in Greenfield at Annette’s childhood home where her mother still lives. John and Annette were both born and raised […]
Bruce and Linda Taylor Honored
(Scroll down for slideshow) Each year the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) presents the Distinguished Trustee Award to an individual or couple who has demonstrated philanthropic leadership in our region. […]
S.T.A.R. Foundation Grand Finale
S.T.A.R. Foundation Closes: Grants $500,000 to Sol Treasures, Creates Performing Arts Scholarship “The performing arts are the guiding star of who you are because if you don’t have the performing […]
My Scholarship Story: Angela Diaz
Taylor Farms Scholarship Recipient Angela Diaz Shares Her Story Angela Diaz, from Salinas, CA, is a sophomore at CSUMB majoring in Agriculture Plant and Soil Science and a first generation […]