Monterey County Gives! 2023

mcgives.com Monterey County GIVES! 2023 7 DONate online mcgives.com Monterey County Weekly mcweekly.com Founder & CEO Bradley Zeve Publisher Erik Cushman Editor Sara Rubin Contributing Writer Caitlin Fillmore Copy Editor Sheila Gibbons Hiebert Features Editor Dave Faries Associate Editor Tajha Chappellet-Lanier Editorial Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Rey Mashayekhi, Agata Pope¸da, David Schmalz Staff Photographer Daniel Dreifuss Art Director/Production Manager Karen Loutzenheiser Graphic Designers Alexis Estrada, Kevin Jewell, Lani Headley Advertising Executives Keith Bruecker, Diane Glim, George Kassal Office Manager Linda Maceira Business Development Director Keely Richter Director of Digital Media Kevin Smith Distribution Coordinator AT Arts Co Community Foundation for Monterey County cfmco.org President/CEO Dan Baldwin, danb@cfmco.org Senior Philanthropic Services Officer Brian Thayer, briant@cfmco.org VP of Philanthropic Services Christine Dawson, christine@cfmco.org Philanthropic Services & Scholarships Assistant Jakie Marquez, jakiem@cfmco.org Director of Gift Planning Cecilia Romero, ceciliar@cfmco.org Philanthropic Services Officer Alisa Smith, alisas@cfmco.org Philanthropic Services Coordinator Jasmine Menor, jasminem@cfmco.org Administrative Coordinator Vanessa Miranda, vanessam@cfmco.org Monterey Peninsula Foundation montereypeninsulafoundation.org CEO Steve John, sj@mpfca.org Vice President of Philanthropy Nancy Enterline, ne@mpfca.org Generation Web generation-web.com President Monica Tovar Innovative Solutions Director Nick Arnold Senior Web Engineer Adam Eberling MCGives! staff Monterey County Gives! is published by Milestone Communications, Inc., a California corporation. The entire contents are copyright 2023. No portion may be reproduced. 831-394-5656, www.mcgives.com. Monterey County Gives! Overall Match Partners Monterey County Weekly Community Foundation for Monterey County Monterey Peninsula Foundation Gunde and Ernie Posey Family Foundation Taylor Farms Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel Colburn and Alana Jones Foundation of the Community Foundation for Monterey County David and Lucile Packard Foundation Cannery Row Company Harden Foundation Nancy Eccles and Homer M. Hayward Family Foundation Anonymous donor HOW TO GIVE Read about the missions, staffing levels, budgets and Big Ideas of 206 participating nonprofits in this guide. Choose which organization(s) you want to support, then donate at mcgives.com. It’s easy. You can also send a check to Community Foundation for Monterey County. Make checks out to CFMC, write MCGives! on the memo line, and attach a list of which nonprofits you wish to contribute to. 2354 Garden Road Monterey, CA 93940 If you wish to drop off cash, call 831-3759712 in advance to make an appointment. mcgives.com Monterey County Gives! is a special project of Monterey County Weekly in partnership with the Community Foundation for Monterey County and the Monterey Peninsula Foundation. Cover Photo: By Tanja Roos Sisters Averie and Sloane Nguyen, participants in MEarth’s summer camp, check out the echinacea blooms in the culinary and medicinal herb garden. Community ARts Council for Monterey County

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