mcgives.com Monterey County GIVES! 2025 7 DONATE ONLINE MCGIVES.COM Monterey County Weekly Monterey County Now montereycountynow.com Founder & CEO Bradley Zeve Publisher Erik Cushman Editor Sara Rubin Contributing Writer Caitlin Fillmore Copy Editor Laurie Gibson Features Editor Dave Faries Associate Editor Erik Chalhoub Editorial Sloan Campi, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Pope¸da, Katie Rodriguez Staff Photographer Daniel Dreifuss Art Director/Production Manager Karen Loutzenheiser Graphic Designers Annie Cobb, Lani Headley, Kevin Jewell 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 VP of Philanthropic Services Cecilia Romero Director of Donor Services Brian Thayer Director of Gift Planning Anna Faith Senior Philanthropic Services Officer Alisa Smith Philanthropic Services Coordinator Jasmine Menor Philanthropic Services and Scholarship Assistant Jakie Marquez MC Gives! Assistant Vanessa Miranda Administrative Coordinator Aliah Ibarra Monterey Peninsula Foundation montereypeninsulafoundation.org CEO Steve John Vice President of Philanthropy Nancy Enterline Philanthropy Program Manager Ambry Capistrano Generation Web generation-web.com President Adam Eberling Innovative Solutions Director Nick Arnold Tech Lead Waqar Ahmed MCGIVES! STAFF Monterey County Gives! is published by Milestone Communications, Inc., a California corporation. The entire contents are copyright 2025. No portion may be reproduced. 831-394-5656, www.mcgives.com. Monterey County Gives! Overall Match Partners Monterey County Weekly and Monterey County Now Community Foundation for Monterey County Monterey Peninsula Foundation Taylor Farms Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel Colburn and Alana Jones Foundation of the CFMC Post Ranch Inn David and Lucile Packard Foundation Cannery Row Company Cort Companies Harden Foundation Montage Heath Foundation Anonymous (2) HOW TO GIVE Read about the missions, staffing levels, budgets and Big Ideas of 213 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: Two brothers show off their sunflower and marigold mini-gardens, planted while their parents learned vegetable gardening skills at a workshop at Cesar Chavez Library in Salinas. Soon, these seedlings will join the family’s portable garden—part of the Monterey Bay Master Gardeners’ Portable Edible Gardens project. PHOTO BY: Rita Bell CHANGE GATHERING FOR WOMEN HIJOS DEL SOL MEALS ON WHEELS OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF SALINAS
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