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The journey continues in the final days of Monterey County Gives! for 2025.
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The journey continues in the final days of Monterey County Gives! for 2025.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Dec 29, 2025

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about my interview with Dan Baldwin, the retiring president and CEO of the Community Foundation for Monterey Coun…

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Today is Black Friday, but you can rethink gift-giving as a charitable endeavor.
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Today is Black Friday, but you can rethink gift-giving as a charitable endeavor.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 28, 2025

Are you shopping for Black Friday deals today? Sara Rubin here, reporting that I am not—I’d much rather wait around until tomorrow for Small B…

Concours d'Elegance reports record amount raised for charities, aims higher for 2026.
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Concours d'Elegance reports record amount raised for charities, aims higher for 2026.

  • Dave Faries
  • Nov 18, 2025

Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is looking at some neat round numbers—and lofty ones, at that.

Working together, we can all lift up our community through Monterey County Gives!
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Working together, we can all lift up our community through Monterey County Gives!

  • Bradley Zeve
  • Nov 13, 2025

Bradley Zeve here. Every year, I’m reminded that Monterey County’s nonprofits aren’t just patching holes in the social fabric—they are testing…

United Way Monterey County develops a tool designed to make life easier for people in need – and for the nonprofits that serve them.
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United Way Monterey County develops a tool designed to make life easier for people in need – and for the nonprofits that serve them.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 13, 2025

ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 13, A GROUP OF 20-SOME REPRESENTATIVES OF COUNTY AGENCIES, NONPROFITS AND POLICYMAKERS are gathered in a conference …

Despite federal funding chaos, United Way commits to another year of Preschool Service Corps.
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Despite federal funding chaos, United Way commits to another year of Preschool Service Corps.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 1, 2025

Sara Rubin here, happy to report on a glimmer of good news despite the whiplash of federal funding uncertainty. Last week, the board of United…

Nonprofits share their thoughts on how federal policy shifts are affecting them.
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Nonprofits share their thoughts on how federal policy shifts are affecting them.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Jul 28, 2025

Erik Chalhoub here, thinking about the work nonprofit organizations do day in and day out. Their jobs are often thankless, even though they fi…

New owners are optimistic about reinvigorating the National Steinbeck Center.
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New owners are optimistic about reinvigorating the National Steinbeck Center.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jul 9, 2025

Sara Rubin here, wondering what John Steinbeck’s characters would make of downtown Salinas of today. The cleaned-up neighborhood would be unre…

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