Center for Nonprofit Excellence Announces 2025 LEAD Institute Cohort
28 Nonprofit Leaders Selected from Monterey,San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties Monterey County, California — The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) selected 28 emerging nonprofit managers to join the […]
LEAD Institute Alumni Spotlight
Stephanie Barron Lu, Executive DirectorPositive Discipline Community Resources When catching up with 2020 LEAD Institute Alum, Stephanie Barron Lu, we asked, “What inspires you about the work you’re doing now […]
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 […]
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 […]
COVID-19 Relief Fund
Covid-19 Relief Fund The COVID-19 Relief Fund was created in March 2020 to address the immediate and longer-term needs of our region’s most vulnerable residents. The Community Foundation for Monterey […]
CFMC Awards More Than $3 Million in COVID-19 Grants
COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on the lives of Monterey County residents. Since launching March 16, 2020, COVID-19 Relief Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has […]
Valuing Diversity & Moving Towards Inclusion
By Cristina Medina Dirksen Everyone has likely played the game Monopoly. The object is to acquire properties, collect mounting rents from players who land on your properties, thus building compounding […]
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 […]
Benchmark Salaries, Compensation & Benefits for Monterey County Nonprofits
Each year, nonprofits in Northern California, including many Monterey County organizations, participate in a survey on current compensation and benefits. Produced by Nonprofit Compensation Associates, the 2025 report contains more than […]
Organizational Assessment to Help Your Nonprofit Thrive
Organizational Health Any visit to the gym around the New Year shows how many of us take stock of our physical health and fitness this time of year. Nonprofits are […]
