Monterey County Nonprofits
Action Council of Monterey County, Inc. (Salinas)
Active Seniors, Inc.
Ag Against Hunger
Ag Land Trust of Monterey County
Agricultural and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) AIM for Mental Health
Alisal Center for Fine Arts
All Saints Episcopal Day School
Alliance of Monterey Area Preservationists (AMAP)
Alliance on Aging
American Cancer Society - Salinas
American Cancer Society Discovery Shop (Salinas) American Cancer Society Discovery Shop (Pacific Grove) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American National Red Cross
American Red Cross, Monterey Bay Area Chapter
Animal Friends Rescue Project - (AFRP)
ARIEL Theatrical
Arms of Angels
Arthritis Foundation
Artichoke Festival (Castroville Artichoke & Wine Fest)
Arts Council for Monterey County
Arts Habitat
Bay View Academy (BVA)
Big Sur Arts Initiative
Big Sur Charter School
Big Sur Health Center
Big Sur Land Trust
Big Sur Marathon Foundation
Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade
Birch Bark Foundation
Blind & Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County
Bob Hoover Academy
Boy Scouts of America
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County (BGCMC) Breakthrough Men’s Community
Breast Cancer Assistance Group
California Native Plant Society - CNPS
Camerata Singers
Camp SEA Lab
Cancer Patients Alliance
Canine Companions
Cannery Row Foundation
Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
Carmel Art Association
Carmel Arts Festival (CPAF)
Carmel Bach Festival
Carmel Foundation
Carmel High School Foundation
Carmel Music Society
Carmel Public Library Foundation (CPLF)
Carmel River Watershed Conservancy
Carmel Valley Women’s Club
Carmel Youth Center
Casa de la Cultura Center
CASA of Monterey County
Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey
Center for Community Advocacy
Center for Photographic Art
Central Coast Art Association
Central Coast Lighthouse Keepers
Central Coast Quality of Life Programs
Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Foundation (CCVCF) Central Coast Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) & Hospice Cesar Chavez Foundation
Chamber Music Monterey Bay
Chartwell School
Child Mind Institute
CHISPA - Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning Association, Inc.
Citizens for Sustainable Marina
Coalition of Homeless Services Providers
Coastal Kids Home Care
Colleagues of the Arts (COTA)
Communities for Sustainable Monterey County
Community Emergency Response Volunteers (CERV) Community Foundation for Monterey County
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Community Human Services
Community Partnership for Youth
Confidence Pregnancy Center
Dan and Lillian King Foundation for Constitutional Studies Dance Kids of Monterey County
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center, Inc.
Dentistry For Vets
Door to Hope
Dorothy’s Place
Education Foundation for MPUSD
El Camino Real Futbol League
Elkhorn Slough Foundation
Ensemble Monterey
Equine Rescue Center
Everyone’s Harvest
Family to Family
Farm Discovery
Fire Safe Council for Monterey County
First Mayor’s House
First Night Monterey
First Tee of Monterey County
Fomukong Health Foundation, Inc.
Food Bank for Monterey County
Forest Theatre Guild
Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay Frank Sollecito Jr. Leukemia Fund
Friends of Carmel Forest
Friends of Marina Library
Friends of Monterey Public Library
Friends of Moss Landing Marine Labs (MLML)
Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse (Marina)
Friends of the Salinas Public Library
Friends of the Sea Otter
Fund for Homeless Women
Future Citizens Foundation
G.I. Josie
Gateway Center of Monterey County, Inc.
Gathering for Women
Gen Giammanco Foundation
Gil Basketball Academy
Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast
Girls, Inc. of the Central Coast
Global Majority
Golden Oldies Cat Rescue
Greenfield Cultural Arts Center
GRID Alternatives
Guitars Not Guns
Habitat for Humanity
Hands to Help Seniors
Harden Foundation
Harmony at Home
Hartnell College Foundation
Helping Our Peninsula’s Environment (HOPE)
Henry Miller Library
Hidden Hills Ranch
Hidden Valley Music Seminars
HOPE Services
Hope, Horses and Kids
Hospice Giving Foundation
Hospice of the Central Coast
Housing Authority of the County of Monterey
Housing Development Corporation (HDC)
Housing Resource Center of Monterey County
ILCF - International Language and Culture Foundation IMPOWER
Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging Program (I-HELP) Interfaith Outreach of Carmel
Interim, Inc.
International School of Monterey
ITN MontereyCounty
Jacob’s Heart
Josephine Kernes Memorial Pool
Junior League of Monterey County
Keep Monterey County Clean
Kernes Adaptive Aquatics
Key for a Cure Foundation
Kinship Center
Kiwanis Club of Monterey
Land Watch Monterey County
Legal Services for Seniors
Life After School Program
Loaves, Fishes & Computers (LFC)
Luke’s Legacy Foundation
Lyceum of Monterey County
Mandell Gisnet Center for Conflict Management
Marina Foundation
Marina in Motion (Marina)
Marina Tree & Garden Club (Marina)
Marina Youth Arts
Marine Life Studies
Max’s Helping Paws Foundation
Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula
Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley
MEarth Carmel
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS)
Mission Trails ROP
Montage Health
Montage Health Foundation
Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science (MAOS) Monterey Audubon Society
Monterey and Salinas Valley Model Railroad and Historical Society (MSVRR)
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Charter School
Monterey Bay Educational Center
Monterey Bay Heritage Alliance
Monterey Bay Sports League
Monterey Bay Users Group (MBUG)
Monterey Bay Veterans
Monterey Beach Sportsfest
Monterey County Business Council
Monterey County Committee for Employment of People with Disabilities (MCCEPD)
Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau (MCCVB) i Monterey County Fair Heritage Foundation
Monterey County Film Commission
Monterey County Historical Society
Monterey County Interfaith Alliance
Monterey County Police Activities League (PAL)
Monterey County Pops!
Monterey County Rape Crisis Center
Monterey County Scholarship and Awards Program
Monterey County Sheriff’s Advisory Council
Monterey County Sheriff’s Posse
Monterey County Theatre Alliance
Monterey County Veterans Employment Committee (MCVEC)
Monterey County Young Professionals Group
Monterey County Youth Museum (MY Museum)
Monterey High Instrumental Boosters
Monterey Hostel Society
Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy (MIRA) Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey Museum of Art
Monterey Peace & Justice Center
Monterey Peninsula College Foundation (MPC Foundation) Monterey Peninsula Foundation
Monterey Peninsula Volunteer Thrift Shop
Monterey Public Library Friends & Foundation (MPLFF) Monterey Rape Crisis Center
Monterey Regional Waste Management District
Monterey State Historic Park Association (MSHPA) Monterey Symphony
Monterey Zoo
MPUSD Fund for Arts
Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI)
National Steinbeck Center Foundation
Natividad Foundation
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation
Nonprofit Alliance of Monterey County - NAMC
Northern California Golf Association Foundation (NCGA Foundation)
Occhiata Productions (Monterey)
The Offset Project (TOC)
Old Monterey Foundation
Oldtown Salinas Foundation
Operation Give Back
Orchestra in the Schools
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) @ CSUMB Outreach Unlimited (IHELP)
Pac Rep Theater
Pacific Grove Art Center
Pacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Pacific Grove Pops Orchestra
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services
Palma School
Panetta Institute for Public Policy (Seaside)
Papillon Center for Loss & Transition
Parenting Connection
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Partners For Peace
Partnership for Children
Pass The Word Ministry
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
Peacock Acres
Pinnacles National Park Foundation
Pinnacles Partnership
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Point Lobos Foundation
Pride of Monterey County
Professional Women’s Network of the Monterey Peninsula Project Sentinel
Rancho Cielo
Read to Me Project
Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April
Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Relay for Life
Restorative Justice Partners
Return of the Natives
Rice Plus Project
Sabu Shake Sr. Memorial Foundation
Salinas Area Modelers, Inc.
Salinas Barrios Unidos
Salinas-Kushikino (Japan) Sister City Association
Salinas Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
Salinas Valley Food & Wine Festival
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation
Salvation Army
Santa Lucia Conservancy
Save our Shores
Service Learning Leadership Program, CSUMB Service Learning Institute
Shakespeare Society of America
SNIP Bus
Sol Treasures
Sea Otter Classic Foundation
Sophie’s Heart
South County Animal Rescue (SCAR)
South County Out Reach Effort (SCORE)
Southern Monterey County Center for the Performing Arts Inc. (Greenfield)
SPCA for Monterey County
Special Kids Connect (formerly Special Kids Crusade) Spector Dance
St. Vincent de Paul
Steinbeck Center Foundation
Steinbeck House Restaurant / Valley Guild
Suicide Prevention Service
Sun Street Centers
Sunset Cultural Center
Surfrider Foundation
Tandy Beal & Company
Tatum’s Garden Foundation
TCOPS International, Inc.
Teddy Bears with Heart
The Epicenter of Salinas
The Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library Transformational Coaches
UnChained
United Way of Monterey County
Valley Health Associates
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
Ventana Wildlife Society
Veterans for Peace, Inc., Chapter 46
Veterans Transition Center
Victory Mission
Village Project
Visiting Nurse Association
VNA Community Services
Voices of Monterey County (formerly CASA)
Volunteer Center of Monterey County
Watsonville Wetlands Watch
World Affairs Council of the Monterey Bay Area
Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop
Youth Arts Collective
Youth Music Monterey County
Youth Orchestra Salinas (YOSAL)
YMCA (Central Coast YMCA)
YWCA Monterey County
*We did our best to collect a complete list of all local nonprofit organizations and agencies that serve our communities. We apologize if any were missed.
Please email darvig@montereyherald.com if you are aware of any that were not included so we can be sure and add them next year.