Funding search · EIN 942541783 · Monterey, CA

Monterey Peninsula Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

607
grants reported
$53.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Community Foundation for Monterey County3 grants · $2.8M
  • Housing Matters3 grants · $1.8M
  • Future Citizens Foundation2 grants · $1.6M
  • Salinas Regional Sports Authority2 grants · $1.6M
  • Hartnell College Foundation2 grants · $1.1M
  • Hollister Youth Alliance2 grants · $837,500
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County3 grants · $817,203
  • First 5 Monterey County2 grants · $750,000
  • United Way of Santa Cruz County3 grants · $735,000
  • First Tee - Monterey County1 grant · $703,000

Giving over time

$17.9M
2022
$18.2M
2023
$17.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 607 grants.

  • $1.5M

    Salinas Regional Sports Authority · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $1.3M

    Housing Matters · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $1.1M

    Community Foundation for Monterey County · Monterey, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $1.0M

    Community Foundation for Monterey County · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $949,400

    Future Citizens Foundation · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $703,000

    First Tee - Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $702,004

    Community Foundation for Monterey County · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $637,500

    Hollister Youth Alliance · Hollister, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $614,144

    Future Citizens Foundation · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $600,000

    Hartnell College Foundation · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Program & capital support

  • $465,000

    Santa Cruz Women'S Health Centers (Santa Cruz Community Health Centers) · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $450,000

    Dientes Community Dental Clinic · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Operating & capital support

  • $450,000

    Monterey Peninsula College Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Capital support

  • $450,000

    Hartnell College Foundation · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $450,000

    Natividad Medical Foundation · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $400,000

    Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Capital support

  • $400,000

    Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Aptos, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $375,000

    First 5 Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $375,000

    Monterey County Children and Families Commission · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $375,000

    First 5 Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $350,000

    Pajaro Valley Unified School District · Watsonville, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $325,000

    United Way of Santa Cruz County · Capitola, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $300,000

    Community Bridges · Watsonville, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $300,000

    Housing Matters · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $300,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County · Seaside, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $295,000

    Sun Street Centers · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $295,000

    Sun Street Centers · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $285,000

    United Way of Santa Cruz County · Capitola, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $267,000

    Hospice Giving Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $265,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County · Seaside, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $252,203

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County · Seaside, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $251,000

    Rancho Cielo · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $250,250

    Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Watsonville Community Hospital Foundation · Watsonville, CA · 2024

    Operating & capital support

  • $250,000

    Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $250,000

    Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $250,000

    Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project · Watsonville, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $250,000

    Cabrillo College Foundation · Aptos, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $250,000

    Interim · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $250,000

    Monterey Bay Economic Partnership Grantee · Marina, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $250,000

    Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $247,500

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating & program support

  • $240,800

    Rancho Cielo · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $240,000

    Community Bridges · Aptos, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $237,500

    Youth Alliance · Hollister, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $236,000

    Food Bank for Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $225,000

    University Corporation at Monterey Bay · Seaside, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $208,750

    Walnut Avenue Family & Women'S Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $205,000

    Santa Cruz Community Health · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $205,000

    Santa Cruz Community Health Centers · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $201,000

    Gathering for Women - Monterey · Monterey, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $200,250

    Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey · Seaside, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $200,250

    Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $200,000

    Palo Alto Medical Foundation for Health Care Research and Education · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $200,000

    Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2024

    Tournament related giving

  • $200,000

    Salud Para La Gente · Watsonville, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $200,000

    Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $200,000

    Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2023

    Operating support

  • $200,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $200,000

    University Corporation at Monterey Bay · Seaside, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $200,000

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $200,000

    Dominican Hospital Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $200,000

    Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $200,000

    Hollister Youth Alliance · Hollister, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $200,000

    Montage Health Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $200,000

    Rancho Cielo · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $196,250

    Community Partnership for Youth · Monterey, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $190,000

    Action Council of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $182,500

    Tillamook Police Cadet Program · Tillamook, OR · 2022

    Operating support

  • $175,250

    Tillamook Police Cadet Association · Prineville, OR · 2024

    Service organizations

  • $175,000

    Community Food Bank of San Benito County · Hollister, CA · 2024

    Special circumstance grant: food security programs

  • $175,000

    Teen Kitchen Project · Soquel, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $175,000

    Digital Nest · Watsonville, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $172,500

    Tillamook Police Cadet Association · Tillamook, OR · 2023

    Operating support

  • $168,750

    Ventures · Watsonville, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $165,000

    Regents of the University of California (Ucsc) · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $159,750

    Walnut Avenue Family & Women'S Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $158,000

    United Way of Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $157,500

    The Village Project · Seaside, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $155,000

    Regents of the University of California · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $151,250

    Meals On Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula · Pacific Grove, CA · 2024

    Operating & program support

  • $150,000

    Arts Council for Monterey County · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Arts Council Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    City of Monterey · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Capital support

  • $150,000

    Encompass Community Services · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $150,000

    First 5 Santa Cruz County · Capitola, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $150,000

    Palenke Arts · Seaside, CA · 2024

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Point Lobos Foundation · Carmel, CA · 2024

    Program support

  • $150,000

    Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey · Seaside, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Encompass Community Services · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    First 5 Santa Cruz County · Capitola, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Housing Matters · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Monterey Museum of Art · Monterey, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    San Benito County Arts Council · Hollister, CA · 2023

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Central Coast Ymca · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Encompass Community Services · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project Dba Salud Para La Gente · Watsonville, CA · 2022

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Saint Augustine, FL · 2022

    Operating support

  • $150,000

    Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building Board of Trustees · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    Operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.