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

The Siembra Latinos Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County is proud to announce that Ernesto Vela, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services for the Monterey County Office of Education, […]
Santa Cruz & Monterey Based Community Foundations Partner on Flood Relief for Pajaro
Trusted local foundations have already granted a combined $1.8 million for storm and flood relief and recovery since January Aptos & Monterey, CA – The Community Foundation for Monterey County […]
Finnigan Scholarship Award Recipients

The Autism Society of California, the Finnigan family and the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) proudly announce the names of three highly qualified California students who received Achievement Scholarship […]
Making A Difference: Gordon Schacher

Inspired to give by his late wife, Elke, Gordon Schacher started The Elke Junger Making A Difference Fund on the concept of making a difference, one individual at a time. […]
My Scholarship Story: Laura Rivera

Women’s Fund Scholarship Recipient Laura K. Rivera Shares Her Story Laura Rivera, a Spanish and Political Science major and current Vice-President and Student Trustee of Hartnell College, is a recipient […]
Relief. Recover. Rebuild.

Relief. Recover. Rebuild. by Dan Baldwin, President/CEO Community Foundation for Monterey County This guest commentary was originallly published in the Monterey Herald on March 30, 2023 The past three weeks […]
Introducing the CNE Advisor Circle

Our local nonprofit sector is large and diverse, and the landscape has changed with our experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Not to mention in the ten years since […]
Growing LEADers – LEAD Institute

Applications Now Open for LEAD 2024 Invest in yourself and your community! Apply for LEAD Institute 2024 by 10/2/23: cfmco.org/LEAD. Want to learn more? Please join us for an in-person […]
SMCF Launches Campaign for the Future

Building South County & Celebrating 10 Years of the SMCF (Scroll down for event slideshow) The Southern Monterey County Foundation (SMCF) celebrated 10 years of impact and launched their Campaign […]
Giving Matters – Spring 2023 Newsletter

The Spring 2023 edition of our Giving Matters newsletter includes a message from Community Foundation for Monterey County President/CEO Dan Baldwin and the latest news: CFMC grants more than $1 million […]