Monterey Peninsula Foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations that benefit the community in the focus areas of arts & culture, community & environment, education, health & human services, and youth.
Donor Name: Monterey Peninsula Foundation
State: California
County: Monterey County (CA), San Benito County (CA), Santa Cruz County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/01/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Monterey Peninsula Foundation places a higher priority on applications that offer creative responses to the community’s most pressing, unmet needs and show promise of building ongoing local support for needed services.
Organizations seeking funding should have a broad base of funding support, management capacity to effectively execute the project, a clear plan for project evaluation, outcome measurement, and collaboration among other service providers.
Types of Support
- Operating Support
- Across focus areas, they offer trusted partners the opportunity to receive operating support, providing the greatest degree of flexibility for delivering quality services and programs.
- Program Support
- Across focus areas, they offer trusted partners the opportunity to receive operating support, providing the greatest degree of flexibility for delivering quality services and programs.
- Capital Support
- Capital Support wide range of capital efforts each year. They look for opportunities to contribute toward important community resources in each of focus areas, supporting infrastructure for whole communities.
Project Period
Grant period for a single year grant is October 1-May 31 (8 months).
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants are open to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (including universities, colleges, and charter and private schools), public K-12 schools, and public agencies serving residents of Monterey, Santa Cruz, or San Benito Counties.
- All requested funds must directly benefit residents of Monterey, Santa Cruz, or San Benito Counties.
- All applicants should be current on reporting obligations for any past grants.
- Only one grant per applicant will be considered annually, while exceptions are considered in response to an emergency or for a one-time significant, community-wide benefit.
Grant funds will not be considered for the following:
- Activities that solely promote a religious doctrine
- Academic research
- Creation of, or addition to, an endowment fund
- Expenses incurred before the grant award date
- Fundraising campaigns or events
- Organizations classified as private foundations
- Organizations that discriminate in its employment practices, volunteer opportunities or delivery of programs and services on the basis of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by law
- Organizations that do not have 100% board financial giving (except for public K-12 schools and public agencies)
- Organizations that have been in operation less than three years
- Payment of debt or legal settlements
- Political or partisan purposes
- Staff salaries for school or public agency employees
For more information, visit Monterey Peninsula Foundation.
