Engaging the Next Generation in Giving
John and Ann Mahoney John and Ann Mahoney are long-time Monterey residents who give generously both of their time and resources. John was raised in California and earned his bachelor’s degree […]
Generation to Generation – Planning Your Succession of Giving
By Betsy Buchalter Adler, Guest Blogger, Community Foundation for Monterey County Board member, Donor Educator Series Presenter In my parents’ modest home, back in the 1950s, there was a “pushke” – […]
Donor Advised Fund Enhances Philanthropy
Investing in the Community – Kevin Cartwright & Steve Eimer Kevin Cartwright and her husband Steve Eimer have long been investors in our community. They began working with the CFMC […]
Growing Giving – Jean Duff
Jean Duff was introduced to philanthropy by her late husband, Jim Duff. Jean, a native of England, met and married Jim in Los Angeles, where Jim had a successful business […]
Passing Your Values to the Next Generation: The Benjamin Family
If young people start giving early, it’s habit forming. – David and Laurie Benjamin Community Foundation for Monterey County staff recently spoke with David Benjamin about his family’s philanthropy and […]
The Trinidad & Lupe Gomez Family Fund
The American Dream From humble roots Trinidad and Lupe Gomez epitomize the American Dream. Both were from migrant farmworker families who followed the crops in California before settling in Gonzales. […]
The Joel and Dena Gambord Fund
We often refer to the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) as “your partner in philanthropy.” What does that mean? We work with each individual, family and business to provide […]
Give Local: The Brown Family Fund
Ann and Jay Brown recently opened the Brown Family Fund at the CFMC. We asked Ann, who was the 2013 CFMC Board Chair, why she and her husband made the […]
A Promise Kept: The Ramsey Shirk Fund
Beth Shirk moved to Salinas to be near her mother, Pat, who had retired here from Michigan in the mid-1980s. Beth’s brother, Ramsey, was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987. A […]
Giving Now & Later – Marian Buccafurni
Marian Buccafurni and her late husband Paul Lawrence founded a biotechnology company in Silicon Valley in 1985. Over the next 15 years, the company developed technologies, a large patent portfolio […]
