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Monterey Peninsula Foundation

To improve the quality of life in monterey county and surrounding areas by providing grants to nonprofit organizations that benefit the community in the areas of youth, education, health and human services, arts and culture, and community and environment. The foundation generates funds by arranging and managing the annual golf…

$18M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
201
Grants FY2025
193
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$703,000
Organizations funded a year
160 to 204
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$51M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Monterey Peninsula Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $857k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving199$17M10%
FY2024193$17M11%
FY2023204$16M60%
FY2017160$12Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$11MHealth$9.7MHuman Services$7.5MYouth Development$6.7MPhilanthropy$6.5MRecreation & Sports$5.1MArts & Culture$4.3MHousing & Shelter$4.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Future Citizens Foundation Dba the First Tee of Monterey County$2,636,320421%
Hartnell College Foundation$1,800,000312%
Housing Matters$1,767,56637%
Monterey County Children & Families Commission$1,625,0004n/a
Salinas Regional Sports Authority$1,550,000231%
Youth Alliance$1,225,00049%
University Corporation at Monterey Bay$1,180,00031%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County$1,157,20347%
Rancho Cielo Inc$931,80046%
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers$875,00032%
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All grantees of Monterey Peninsula Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Future Citizens Foundation Dba the First Tee of Monterey County$2,636,320421%
Hartnell College Foundation$1,800,000312%
Housing Matters$1,767,56637%
Monterey County Children & Families Commission$1,625,0004n/a
Salinas Regional Sports Authority$1,550,000231%
Youth Alliance$1,225,00049%
University Corporation at Monterey Bay$1,180,00031%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County$1,157,20347%
Rancho Cielo Inc$931,80046%
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers$875,00032%
Sun Street Centers$800,00043%
United Way of Monterey County$752,500410%
Cabrillo College Foundation$752,00046%
Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra$750,25047%
Community Bridges$745,00041%
Action Council of Monterey County Inc$742,50045%
United Way of Santa Cruz County$735,00036%
Dientes Community Dental Care$710,00043%
Gathering for Women - Monterey$671,000414%
Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project$650,000325%
Tillamook Police Cadet Association Co Terry Wright$630,250460%
Monterey Peninsula College Foundation$610,000422%
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County$600,25031%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey$575,2504n/a
Starlight Elementary$575,0003n/a
Regents of the University of California$556,0004n/a
Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc$550,00031%
Dominican Hospital Foundation$550,00037%
Food Bank for Monterey County$536,00031%
Walnut Avenue Family & Womens Center$518,50036%
Community Partnership for Youth$507,250329%
County of Santa Cruz$500,0004n/a
Community Food Bank of San Benito County$500,00043%
Natividad Medical Foundation$450,000116%
Encompass Community Services$450,00030%
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation$450,00020%
Digital Nest Inc$440,00033%
Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast$420,000415%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County$415,00036%
Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries Inc$400,0001n/a
Hospice Giving Foundation$367,250315%
Ventures$362,50033%
Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula Inc$354,25033%
Central Coast Young Mens Christian Association$350,25032%
Monterey Bay Economic Partnership Inc$350,000217%
Mpusd$350,0001n/a
Foundation for Mo County Free Libraries$345,000432%
Loaves Fishes & Computers Inc$335,000422%
Human-I-T$329,92430%
Coastal Kids Home Care$327,50042%
Coalition of Homeless Service Providers$326,000410%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Cruz County$310,000411%
Ceiba Public Schools$300,00014%
Point Lobos Foundation$300,00048%
Monterey Museum of Art$300,00036%
Housing Resource Center of Monterey Coun$295,00043%
El Pajaro Community Development Corporation$295,00043%
Central Coast Vna & Hospice Inc$285,00030%
Ncga Foundation$285,00031%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$276,00030%
Big Sur Health Center Inc$275,000411%
Teen Kitchen Project$270,00048%
Big Sur Land Trust$267,00022%
Arts Council Santa Cruz County$260,00036%
Center for Community Advocacy$255,00039%
Health Projects Center$255,00032%
Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance Inc$255,00032%
Salinas Valley Health Foundation$250,00018%
Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks$250,00019%
Inclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration$250,0001n/a
Jacobs Heart Childrens Cancer Support Services$250,00032%
Arts Council for Monterey County$250,00037%
Interim Inc$250,00011%
Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building Board of Trustees$250,00022%
Monterey County Symphony Assoc Inc$250,00033%
The Village Project Inc$240,00034%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$240,00030%
First 5 San Benito$235,0003n/a
Monarch Services-Servicios Monarca$225,00032%
Santa Catalina School$225,00011%
Alliance on Aging Inc$225,00034%
National Center for Youth Law$223,75031%
San Benito County Arts Council$220,000315%
Seneca Family of Agencies$220,00020%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc$215,00035%
Community Initiatives$215,00030%
AIM Youth Mental Health$213,500310%
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County$212,00041%
City of Monterey$200,0002n/a
Mission San Juan Bautista Preservation Fund$200,000335%
Partners for Peace$200,000420%
World Golf Foundation Inc$200,00010%
Salud Para la Gente$200,00010%
Montage Health$200,00010%
The Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center$195,25036%
Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes Inc$190,00035%
Hospice of Santa Cruz County$185,00040%
Family Service Agency of the Central Coast$185,00032%
The YWCA Monterey County$180,00033%
Kuumbwa Jazz Society$180,00043%
Pacific Repertory Theatre$175,00030%
Palenke Arts$175,00028%
Monterey Peninsula Junior Golf Association Inc$173,000422%
Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove Inc$170,00029%
ONeill Sea Odyssey$170,00045%
Salinas City Center Improvement Association$170,000311%
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation$170,00030%
Life Lab Science Program$165,00032%
Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County$165,00033%
The Salvation Army$165,0004n/a
Watsonville Wetlands Watch$160,00025%
Community Human Services$160,00030%
The Diocese of Monterey Parish and School Operating Corporation$151,5004n/a
Monterey Jazz Festival$150,00031%
Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley$150,00033%
Partnership for Children$145,00049%
Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County$145,00031%
Positive Discipline Community Resources$140,000340%
The Tech Interactive$140,00021%
KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International$140,00046%
Monterey County Rape Crisis Center$140,00032%
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services$140,00027%
The Lyceum of Monterey County$135,000439%
Grey Bears$130,00031%
FoodWhat Incorporated$130,00033%
Salinas Valley Fair Inc$125,00014%
Ventana Wildlife Society$125,00032%
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust$125,00028%
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music$125,00045%
Harmony at Home$120,25022%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$120,00040%
The 418 Project$120,00023%
Sol Treasures Inc$120,000414%
Read to Me Project$120,000415%
Montage Health Foundation$120,00020%
Pajaro Valley Arts Council$120,000323%
California Farmlink$120,00031%
Jake Owen Foundation$117,5001n/a
Hazel Hawkins Hospital Foundation$115,000120%
Special Olympics Northern California Inc$111,00040%
Legal Services for Seniors$111,00026%
Rotacare Bay Area Inc$110,00043%
Community Housing Improvement Systems & Planning Association$110,00030%
Big Brothersbig Sisters Agency of Santa Cruz County Inc$110,000312%
Itn Monterey County$110,00045%
The Carmel Foundation$105,00032%
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc$105,00031%
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks$100,00021%
Youth Arts Collective Inc$100,000413%
Senderos$100,000311%
El Sistema Usasalinas Inc$100,00035%
BenitoLink Inc$100,00037%
Women's Foundation of California$100,00021%
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County$100,00013%
Campaign for the Preservation of Mission San Antonio de Padua$100,000112%
Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust$100,00038%
Everyones Harvest$100,00043%
Valley Health Associates$100,00023%
Save Our Shores$100,00047%
Sunset Cultural Center Inc$100,00041%
Nami Santa Cruz County$95,00034%
Raising A Reader$95,00041%
Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay$90,00021%
San Benito Agricultural Land Trust$90,00038%
Chartwell School$90,00031%
Ventana Wilderness Alliance$82,50038%
Friends of Olympia Station Inc Dba Tandy Beal & Company$80,00048%
The Parenting Connection of Monterey Co$80,000421%
Josephine Kernes Memorial Pool$80,00038%
Rising Worldwide$80,00036%
Parents Helping Parents Inc$80,00041%
Monterey County Office of Education Programs Foundation$80,000155%
Spay Neuter Imperative Project California$80,00031%
Western Flyer Foundation$80,00032%
Outreach Unlimited$80,00039%
The Marine Mammal Center$75,00010%
Foundation for Educational Excellence$75,00020%
Association of Faith Communities of Santa Cruz County$75,00033%
First Night Monterey$75,00038%
Cancer Patients Alliance$75,00033%
ALS Network$70,00030%
Homeless Garden Project$70,00032%
Dentistry 4 Vets$70,00033%
Salinas Valley Fair Heritage Foundation Inc$70,000113%
Santa Cruz County Symphony Association$70,00032%
Hope Horses & Kids$65,00047%
Special Kids Connect$65,00032%
Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc$65,000413%
Exploring New Horizons$65,00031%
Ariel Theatrical Inc$60,00033%
Coastal Watershed Council$60,00025%
Elkhorn Slough Foundation$60,00020%
Friends of Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science$60,000317%
Carmel Youth Center Inc$60,00026%
Eden Housing Resident Services Inc$60,00020%
Carmel Ideas Foundation$59,00034%
The Wahine Project$55,25043%
Multiplier$55,00020%
Brighter Bites Inc$55,00020%
Monterey Bay Power Over Parkinsons Inc$55,00037%
Marina High School Athletic Booster Club$55,000225%
The Wave Program$51,000321%
Secondmuse Foundation$50,00011%
Junior Achievement of Northern California$50,00021%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$50,00010%
Christian Brothers Institute of California$50,0001n/a
Community Homeless Solutions$50,00012%
National Steinbeck Center$50,00016%
Mearth$50,00024%
Nonprofit Alliance of Monterey County$50,000242%
Central Coast Center for Independet Living$50,00014%
Band Against Msinc$50,00017%
International School of Monterey$50,00021%
Hijos del Sol Arts Productions$50,0001n/a
Senior Citizens Legal Services$50,00014%
Breast Cancer Assistance Group$49,00036%
Live Earth Farm Discovery Program$45,00033%
Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum$44,000228%
Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center$40,00013%
Pacific Grove Unified School District$40,0003n/a
Restorative Justice Partners Inc$40,000112%
Ecology Action of Santa Cruz$40,00020%
Pacific Grove Art Center Associates Inc$40,000117%
California State Parks Foundation$40,00020%
Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center$40,00023%
Central Coast Jr Golf Inc$40,000110%
Mountain Parks Foundation of Santa Cruz$40,0001n/a
Youth Music Monterey$40,00023%
Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast$40,00011%
Monterey Bay Veterans$39,60048%
The Equine Healing Collaborative Inc$39,60031%
Carmel Valley Rotary Club Foundation$37,3003n/a
Turning Point of Central California Inc$36,00010%
Agriculture and Land Based Training Association$35,00013%
The Epicenter of Monterey$35,00031%
Big Sur Marathon Foundation Inc$35,00021%
Shine Together Inc$35,00012%
Cert Auxiliary of Santa Cruz County$30,0003n/a
California Polytechnic State University Foundation$30,00020%
Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation$30,00012%
Dj Foundation Inc$30,000139%
Chamber Music Monterey Bay$30,00028%
City of King$30,0001n/a
Silicon Valley Education Foundation$30,00010%
Salinas Area Reading for Fun Program$27,500147%
National Caca Community Involvement Fund$27,10026%
Hope Services$25,00010%
Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery$25,0001n/a
Casa de la Cultura Center$25,0001n/a
San Juan Home & School Club$25,0001n/a
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$25,00010%
Santa Cruz County Junior Golf Association$25,0001n/a
Shakespeare Play on Santa Cruz Shakespeare$25,00021%
Carmel Unified School Distr$23,5001n/a
G I Josie Inc$21,5003n/a
Carmel River Watershed Conservancy$21,50029%
Live Oak School District$20,0001n/a
Scotts Valley Community Theater Guild Inc$20,00016%
Junior League of Monterey Co Inc$20,000114%
Monterey County Pops$20,0001n/a
Alisal Center for the Fine Arts$20,00014%
The Sunshine Kids Foundation$20,00011%
Big Sur Unified School District Dba Pacific Valley School$20,0001n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area$20,00010%
Carmel Public Library Foundation$20,00013%
Esperanza Del Valle Inc$20,000116%
Breakthrough Mens Community$20,00017%
Aspiranet$20,00010%
Access Support Network$20,00011%
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation$20,00010%
Save the Waves Coalition$20,00021%
Bay View Academy$20,00010%
Central Coast Youth Sports Organization$20,000114%
Spring Hill - the Advanced Elementary School of Santa Cruz$20,00012%
The Hawn Foundation$20,00011%
Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra$20,00028%
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School$18,50030%
X Academy$17,50026%
El Teatro Campesino$15,00014%
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center$15,00011%
Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties$15,00010%
Monterey Fire Safe Council Inc$15,0001n/a
Center for Farmworker Families$15,00012%
Monterey Bay Swim Club$15,0001n/a
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue$15,00011%
Chinese American Citizens Alliance- Grand Lodge$12,5001n/a
Monterey Bay Sports League Inc$12,0001n/a
Symbiotic Solutions$12,0001n/a
White Stag Leadership Development Academy$10,80021%
Culinary Institute of America$10,70010%
Catamaran Literary Reader$10,00014%
Carmel Dance Festival$10,00014%
Classic Guitar Society of Carmel$10,0001n/a
San Antonio Development Fore Youth Inc$10,00011%
Young Life$10,00010%
Rights Counsel$10,000115%
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired$10,00010%
Peacock Acres$10,00010%
Orchestra in the Schools Inc$10,00016%
Jewel Theatre Company$10,00011%
Paws Helping People Inc$10,000112%
EternityWorks$10,00013%
Orlando Health Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts$10,00010%
Smile Train Inc$10,00010%
Santa Cruz Education Foundation$10,0001n/a
Max's Helping Paws Foundation$10,00019%
Warrior Dog Foundation$10,00012%
Trinity Christian High School$8,00011%
San Benito County Historical Society$7,5001n/a
Communities Moving Forward$7,100110%
Monterey Elks Youth Activities Association$6,0001n/a
Monterey Bay Gymnastics Association$5,50016%

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($514k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Monterey Peninsula Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFuture Citizens Foundation Dba the First Tee of Monterey County: $2,636,320 over 4y, 21% of budgetHartnell College Foundation: $1,800,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetHousing Matters: $1,767,566 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetSalinas Regional Sports Authority: $1,550,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetYouth Alliance: $1,225,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetUniversity Corporation at Monterey Bay: $1,180,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County: $1,157,203 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetRancho Cielo Inc: $931,800 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetSanta Cruz Community Health Centers: $875,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSun Street Centers: $800,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetUnited Way of Monterey County: $752,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetCabrillo College Foundation: $752,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetFranciscan Workers of Junipero Serra: $750,250 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetCommunity Bridges: $745,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetAction Council of Monterey County Inc: $742,500 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetUnited Way of Santa Cruz County: $735,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetDientes Community Dental Care: $710,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetGathering for Women - Monterey: $671,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetPajaro Valley Healthcare District Project: $650,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetTillamook Police Cadet Association Co Terry Wright: $630,250 over 4y, 60% of budgetMonterey Peninsula College Foundation: $610,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: $600,250 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc: $550,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetDominican Hospital Foundation: $550,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetFood Bank for Monterey County: $536,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWalnut Avenue Family & Womens Center: $518,500 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetCommunity Partnership for Youth: $507,250 over 3y, 29% of budgetCommunity Food Bank of San Benito County: $500,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetNatividad Medical Foundation: $450,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetEncompass Community Services: $450,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSutter Bay Medical Foundation: $450,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDigital Nest Inc: $440,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetGirls Incorporated of the Central Coast: $420,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County: $415,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetHospice Giving Foundation: $367,250 over 3y, 15% of budgetVentures: $362,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetMeals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula Inc: $354,250 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetCentral Coast Young Mens Christian Association: $350,250 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMonterey Bay Economic Partnership Inc: $350,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetFoundation for Mo County Free Libraries: $345,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetLoaves Fishes & Computers Inc: $335,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetHuman-I-T: $329,924 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCoastal Kids Home Care: $327,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCoalition of Homeless Service Providers: $326,000 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Cruz County: $310,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetCeiba Public Schools: $300,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetPoint Lobos Foundation: $300,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetMonterey Museum of Art: $300,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation Santa Cruz CountyCA166.9× affinity99 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation · Pebble Beach Company Foundation · Barnet Segal Charitable Trust · Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · Community Foundation for San Benito County · Sunlight Giving · Arts Council for Monterey County · Dunspaugh Dalton Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Monterey Peninsula Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Monterey Peninsula Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Monterey Peninsula Foundation

How much does Monterey Peninsula Foundation give?
Monterey Peninsula Foundation reported 201 grants totaling $17,535,486 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 160 and 204 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Monterey Peninsula Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (8%), Health (7%), Human Services (6%).
Who are Monterey Peninsula Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Future Citizens Foundation Dba the First Tee of Monterey County ($2.6M), Hartnell College Foundation ($1.8M), Housing Matters ($1.8M).
Does Monterey Peninsula Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Monterey Peninsula Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, Pebble Beach Company Foundation.
Where is Monterey Peninsula Foundation based?
Monterey Peninsula Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 329 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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