Monterey County Nonprofits
Many local nonprofit organizations offer volunteer opportunities. If you would like to find a way to contribute your time or make monetary contributions or learn more about what these wonderful nonprofit organizations do, we have put together a list so yo
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
Al and Friends
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 Research Coalition
Artichoke Festival (Castroville Artichoke & Wine Fest)
Arts Council for Monterey County
Arts Habitat
Asian Cultural Experience (ACE)
Azore, Inc.
Bay View Academy (BVA)
Best Life TNR & Rescue, Inc
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
Blue Zones Project
Bob Hoover Academy
Bojuka Parent Student Association, Inc.
Boy Scouts of America
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County (BGCMC)
Breakthrough Men’s Community
Breast Cancer Assistance Group
California Native Plant Society - CNPS
California Rodeo Association
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 by the Sea Rotary Club
Carmel Cares
Carmel Foundation
Carmel Gives
Carmel High School Foundation
Carmel Host Lions Club Foundation
Carmel Music Society
Carmel Public Library Foundation (CPLF)
Carmel River Watershed Conservancy
Carmel Valley Angel Project
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 Cat Allies
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
Corral de Tierra Rotary Club
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
Ecology Action
ECHO Housing (Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity)
Education Foundation for MPUSD
El Camino Real Futbol League
Elizabeth’s Library International
Elkhorn Slough Foundation
Ensemble Monterey
Epicenter of Salinas
Equine Rescue Center
Equine Healing Collaborative (EHC
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
Fisherman’s Wharf Association
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 the Harrison Memorial Library,
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
Goodwill of the Central Coast
Greenfield Cultural Arts Center
Grower Shipper Assoc. Foundation
GRID Alternatives
Guitars Not Guns
Habitat for Humanity
Hands to Help Seniors
Harden Foundation
Harmony at Home
Hartnell College Foundation
Healing Partners of the Central Coast
Helping Our Peninsula’s Environment (HOPE)
Hemophilia Foundation of Northern California
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
Italian Catholic Federation
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 Motorsports
Marina Rotary Club
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 Master Gardeners
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Chapter of Ikebana International
Monterey Bay Charter School
Monterey Economic Partnership (MBEP)
Monterey County Airshow Association, Inc dba California International Airshow.
Monterey Bay Educational Center
Monterey Bay Heritage Alliance
Monterey Bay Sports League
Monterey Bay Spouses Club
Monterey Bay Users Group (MBUG)
Monterey Bay Veterans
Monterey Beach Sportsfest
Monterey Country Dance Community (MCDC)
Monterey County Area Agency on Aging
Monterey County Bar Association
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 Wednesday Night Laundry Runners.
Monterey County Young Professionals Group
Monterey County Youth Museum (MY Museum)
Monterey High Instrumental Boosters
Monterey History and Art Association
Monterey Hostel Society
Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy (MIRA)
Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey Museum of Art
Monterey Pacific Rotary
Monterey Peace & Justice Center
Monterey Peninsula College Foundation (MPC Foundation)
Monterey Peninsula Foundation
Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association
Monterey Peninsula Voices
Monterey Peninsula Volunteer Thrift Shop
Monterey Peninsula Sunrise Rotary
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
MS Monterey
Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation
Nancy’s Project
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 Public Library Foundation
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Pacific Grove Pops Orchestra
Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association
Pacific Grove Rotary Club
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services
Palma School
Panetta Institute for Public Policy
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 (PWN) 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
RotaCare Monterey
Rotary Club of Monterey
Sabu Shake Sr. Memorial Foundation
Salinas Area Modelers, Inc.
Salinas Barrios Unidos
Salinas Host Lions Club
Salinas-Kushikino (Japan) Sister City Association
Salinas Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
Salinas Rotary Club
Salinas Senior Center
Salinas Valley Food & Wine Festival
Salinas Valley Health Foundation
Salvation Army
Santa Lucia Conservancy
Save our Shores
Sea Scribes - Monterey Bay Calligraphy Guild, Inc.
Service Learning Leadership Program, CSUMB Service Learning Institute Shakespeare Society of America
SNIP Bus
Sol Treasures
San Antonio Valley Historical Association (SAVHA)
Sea Otter Classic Foundation
Seaside Rotary Club
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
Steinbeck Rotary Club
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 Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library
The Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation
Transformational Coaches
UnChained
United Way of Monterey County
Valley Health Associates
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
Ventana Wildlife Society
Veterans for Peace, Inc., Chapter 46
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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
Young Adults with Epilepsy, Central Coast
Young Life
Youth Arts Collective
Youth Music Monterey County
Youth on Course
Youth Orchestra Salinas (YOSAL)
YMCA (Central Coast YMCA)
YWCA Monterey County
While we have done our best to capture the name of all Monterey County nonprofits, if you know of one that is missing, please email Dana at darvig@ montereyherald.com or call 831-726-4343.