The Community Fund for Carmel Valley (CFCV) aims to serve residents, businesses, and organizations in Carmel Valley by enabling contributions to the greater good. As an affiliate of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, it leverages administrative, investment, and grantmaking expertise to improve the lives of community members both presently and in the future. Governed by a local advisory board of volunteer community members, its mission centers around oversight, fundraising, setting grantmaking priorities, and awarding grants to achieve substantial local impact.
The Community Impact Grants program aims to support larger-scale programs that can demonstrate effectiveness and impact measurement capabilities. The program includes volunteer grant committees that review applications and recommend grants for funding in several priority areas:
Types of support include program, operating, organizational development, and capital support. Program support covers expenses tied to meaningful service implementation and enhancing nonprofit missions. Operating grants are unrestricted and aimed at organizations with a track record of community benefit in Monterey County. Organizational development proposals should aim at strengthening internal capacity and infrastructure for broader community benefits. Capital support is for projects that offer significant social benefits, with a preference for those that have already secured partial funding.