Non-Profit Organizations

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• Salinas PAL (Police Activities League) - Salinas Police Activities League, a member of CALPAL (California Police Activities League) combats youth crime and delinquency in the unincorporated areas of Monterey County. We provide opportunities, leadership and life skills to youth today, for a better community tomorrow.

• Natividad Medical Foundation - The Foundation is committed to fund-raising for special equipment and programs that improve access to health care and social services and increasing the awareness of the excellence and range of services at Natividad Medical Center.

Alphabetized List of Non-Profit Organizations:

• ACLU - The Monterey County Chapter of the ACLU maintaining a full-time Complaint Line and a Legal Committee, both overseeing complaints and projects reflective of ACLU concerns.

• Alliance on Aging - The largest and oldest agency devoted exclusively to the welfare of Monterey County’s older men and women.

• Alzheimer's Association - The mission of the Alzheimer's Association is: To eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

• American National Red Cross - Contact them right away, because this kind of help can't wait.

• American Red Cross, Monterey Bay Area Chapter-  information for locals on blood drives, volunteering, and more.

• Animal Friends Rescue Project - (AFRP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding good permanent homes for abandoned, stray, and abused companion animals.  We are also committed to ending the overpopulation crisis through aggressive spay/neuter programs.

• Artichoke Festival (Castroville)

• Arts Council for Monterey County- All about the Arts.

• Big Sur Arts Initiative

• Big Sur Health Center - At the Big Sur Health Center, we are here for the expected, the unexpected and everything in between. We are committed to the care of you and your family. Our team strives to provide the best outcome for every patient, every time.

• Big Sur Land Trust - Works to protect the natural, recreational, and scenic values of Monterey County

• Blind & Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County - Provides services to Monterey  County residents who are blind or visually impaired, helping them overcome the difficulties of vision loss.

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County - Inspires and empowers the youth of Monterey County to realize their full potential to become responsible, healthy, productive and successful citizens.  BGCMC provides a safe haven for over 800 children and teens a day, offering programs that focus on Academic Success, Healthy Lifestyles, Good Character & Leadership.

• Cake4Kids - We bake and deliver free birthday cakes for underserved children who might not otherwise receive one. In a world where the basics of a positive childhood are often out of reach and youth have little to call their own, the seemingly simple gift of a birthday cake can make a huge impact by raising their self-esteem and confidence. We partner with human and social services agencies to accomplish this mission.

• Camp SEA Lab - Fostering lifelong excitement, scientific understanding, and stewardship of our coasts and ocean by providing quality marine oriented programs that promote Science, Education and Adventure for youth, families and teachers.

• Carmel Art Association - One of the oldest run artist galleries in the U.S., it promotes the visual arts with exhibitions of paintings and sculptures that change monthly. The Association also reaches out to the local community with free lectures and demonstrations.

• Carmel Arts Festival - (CPAF), the largest and most diverse performing arts festival in California, is celebrating its fifth year of providing the best music, dance, theatre and spoken word from the Monterey Peninsula and worldwide.

• Carmel Bach Festival  Inspired music-making and the uplifting beauty of Carmel and its environs attracts artists and audiences from across the Monterey Peninsula, the United States, and the world to the Carmel Bach Festival.

• Carmel Foundation - Assists seniors on the Monterey Peninsula. Our Foundation strives to assist its members in carrying out the everyday functions of living, to promote their physical health and emotional well-being, to bring them companionship in a friendly atmosphere, and to provide them an array of activities and services that will enhance and enrich their lives.

• Carmel Mission Foundation - The Carmel Mission Foundation was established to restore and preserve the historic buildings, grounds, and artifacts throughout the Carmel Mission, founded in 1771.

• Carmel Valley Community Youth Center - The specific and primary purposes of this corporation are to provide, promote, construct, maintain, and operate premises, facilities, structures and equipment in Carmel Valley, California, to be used for the education of youth in connection with athletic, health, social, recreational, cultural, and civic matters, and the promotion of such activities among the youth of Carmel Valley.

• Central Coast Visiting Nurses Association - Providing home care, hospice, extended services, and adult day care.

• Cesar Chavez Foundation - The mission of Cesar Chavez Foundation is to improve the level of academic proficiency among farm workers, Latinos and other working families by providing educational opportunities that have never been within their reach.

• Chispa - Is Monterey County's largest non-profit affordable housing provider.

• Colleagues of the Arts - The mission of COTA is to provide opportunities to help gifted, under-served, Monterey County artists realize their potential in the arts by offering support for on-going lessons, equipment, programs, as well as mentor support.

• Coastal Kids Home Care - Coastal Kids Home Care works to improve the quality of life for children facing life's end, those living with prolonged, serious illness, chronic or developmental conditions, or short-term injury, by providing top-notch in-home medical care.

• Communities for Sustainable Monterey County - Communities for Sustainable Monterey County provides fiscal and organizational structure for eight community-based groups, all working under a common mission statement: "To meet the challenge of declining resources and climate change by helping our communities to transition to sustainable practices."

• Community Emergency Response Volunteers (CERV) - CERV's mission is to promote and maintain greater readiness for emergencies throughout the Monterey Peninsula.

• Community Foundation for Monterey County - The mission of the Community Foundation for Monterey County is to inspire philanthropy and be a catalyst for strengthening communities throughout Monterey County.

• Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula - A nonprofit, integrated healthcare delivery system dedicated to identifying and meeting the changing healthcare needs of the people of the Monterey Peninsula and surrounding areas.

• Community Human Services - Provides quality behavioral healthcare services at the Counseling Centers, Family Service Centers, Genesis House, Off Main Clinic, Rising Eagle Youth Services and Safe Place.

• Confidence Pregnancy Center - Provides free and confidential educational, and support services to women and men facing an unplanned pregnancy or sexual health concern. At Confidence Pregnancy Center, our staff continuously provide a professional and safe environment for those who walk through our doors. You will find a group of caring individuals who are committed to walk with you every step of the way. If you are facing a pregnancy or sexual health-related matter with even a hint of uncertainty, we invite you to come.

• Covia Foundation -  promotes and cultivates healthy communities for positive aging through an innovative continuum that actively supports the whole person.

• Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center, Inc - Provides services and assistance for the hearing-challenged public. Also offers support program and youth club for the hearing impaired and their families.

• Door to Hope - Provides recovery services to women and behavioral health services to children and teens.

• Entre Nous Society, Inc. - A local, non profit organization focused on providing financial support to other non profits in Monterey County.

• Financial and Health Ed Foundation - While providing the underserved, and homeless veterans and civilians in our community with basic financial and health information, we hope to grow into a larger organization that can also provide them with life-skills and job-skills training, your donated items, and affordable housing when we get “housing- property” donated to us.

• First Mayor's House - Rooted in the deep soil of the Salinas Valley and enriched by generations of immigrants, the First Mayor's House of Salinas City, with its collection and grounds, serves as the anchor for educational and cultural programs that engage citizens, teachers and students in historical exploration and discovery of a shared community.

• Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries - Provides funding for the 17 Monterey County Libraries, including those located in the most rural sections of our county to operate child literacy programs year-round.

• Food Bank for Monterey County - A certified Feeding America food bank, is the largest supplier of emergency food in Monterey County distributing 6 million pounds of food annually.

• Friends of Moss Landing Marine Labs (MLML) - Involves and educates the public in the research and education efforts of the Moss Landing Marine Labs.

• Friends of the Sea Otter - An organization founded in 1968 to protect and serve the threatened Sea Otter by working with the public and its members to spread awareness.

• Gateway Center of Monterey County, Inc. - A community based organization which provides a wide range of services, including residential care, developmental training, and activity programs for adults with developmental disabilities.

• Gathering for Women - Founded in 2014, Gathering for Women (GFW), a non-profit organization based in Monterey California, provides a safe, dignified walk-in center so homeless and at risk women can access valuable resources and address both their short and longer term needs. No other center on the Monterey Peninsula provides the same level of service to women who are homeless.

• G.I. Josie - Female Veteran Transitional Ranch Community Providing a safe and secure community for female combat veterans and their children to heal and conquer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Military Sexual Trauma (MST).

• Golden Oldies Cat Rescue - Golden Oldies Cat Rescue is a 501c3 nonprofit. We are a resource and advocate for cats ages 6 and older residing in Monterey County, CA, whose guardians can no longer care for them or who are at risk in local shelters. When cats are surrendered to us, they live in our volunteer foster homes until we find permanent loving adoptive homes for them. We do not accept stray or feral cats. We do not accept cats who do not use a litter box.

• GRID Alternatives - GRID Alternatives' mission is to empower communities in need by providing renewable energy and energy efficiency services, equipment and training. The core program is the Solar Affordable Housing Program, where we train and lead community volunteers and job trainees from all walks of life to install solar electric systems with low-income homeowners.

• Habitat for Humanity - Monterey County Chapter of  Habitat for Humanity, International

• Helping Our Peninsula's Environment (HOPE) - Protecting the natural environment on the Monterey Peninsula by providing vision, advocacy, and public education in environmental science and law, and public participation.

• Heritage Society of Pacific Grove - A nonprofit organization formed in 1975 to foster an appreciation of the city's historical and architectural resources through preservation activities and public education. The Heritage Society also works to encourage the preservation and restoration of the buildings that contribute to the beauty and unique character of Pacific Grove.

• Hope Services - Provides a full range of integrated social services for people who have developmental disabilities.

• Hospice Giving Foundation - Hospice Giving Foundation believes living well includes dying peacefully, in comfort, and with dignity. Advocating compassionate end-of-life care, we raise funds and award grants to strengthen local providers’ ability to serve our community. We promote advance planning so families can prepare for and access choices for end-of-life-care.

• Housing Authority of the County of Monterey - Mission is to provide, administer, and encourage quality affordable housing and related services to eligible residents of Monterey County

• ITNMontereyCounty - Mission is to provide a community supported, reasonably priced, and customer oriented dignified transportation service for senior and adults with visual impairment, maintaining independence by allowing individuals to stay connected to family, friends, community, and the local economy.

• Jacob's Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services exists to improve the quality of life for children with cancer and support their families in the challenges they face.  Since 1998, Jacob's Heart has provided emotional, practical, financial and peer support to more than 600 local children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and more than 2,000 of their family members.

• Josephine Kernes Memorial Pool - Is a warm water swim & exercise program for disabled children and adults. 

• Keep Monterey County Clean - Dedicated to keeping Monterey County litter free. Report Litter problems easily online, and learn how to help reduce the litter in our area with helpful links. Sponsored by the Monterey Regional Waste Management District.

• Loaves, Fishes & Computers  - Collects and refurbishes donated computers and provides those computers as complete, working systems to prequalified low-income families, individuals, nonprofit organizations and schools.

• Lyceum of Monterey County  - The Lyceum's Mission is to inspire a life-long love of learning through enrichment programs that stimulate intellectual promise, awaken individual creativity, and foster academic achievement.

• Max's Helping Paws Foundation  - The mission of Max’s Helping Paws Foundation is to provide financial assistance to eligible pet owners unable to afford necessary and potentially life-saving medical care of their pet’s illness or injury

• Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula - The agency provides healthy nutrition to homebound adults and active seniors across the Monterey peninsula through its home delivered meals and congregate dining programs. Meals on Wheels owns and operates the Sally Griffin Active Living Center, which offers health and wellness, exercise and enrichment classes and activities to Peninsula residents.

• Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley - Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley promotes a better quality of independent living and addresses the unmet needs of people who are homebound, elderly or disabled and who are unable to shop for or prepare their own meals, by delivering affordable nutritious meals to their Salinas Valley homes and providing friendly contact with caring volunteers.

• Mira - Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy

• Mission Trails - Provides a central information clearing house of Regional Occupational Programs and Adult Education services in Monterey County.

• Monterey Bay Educational Center - Striving to educate, support, and mentor children utilizing independent qualified instructors and unique programs which assist children in achieving their personal goals as well as building a strong academic foundation and a solid set of skills, which will assist them throughout their lives.

• Monterey Bay Veterans - Monterey Bay Veterans, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides fishing trips to disabled people.

• Monterey Bay Users Group - MBUG-PC welcomes all those who want to become more involved in the use of personal computers and are willing to actively participate in club activities to pursue that goal.

• Monterey Condors Club - Preparing our community to fortify their athletic abilities to work in a syncing team-oriented, gradually advancing in style of play, always with respect and dedication towards their opponents..

• Monterey County Film Commission

• Monterey County Historical Society

• Monterey County Scholarship and Awards Program

• Monterey County Sheriff's Posse - Check out their Calendar of Events and Junior Rodeo information.

• Monterey County Veterans Employment Committee (MCVEC) - Promotes the employment of veterans in Monterey County.

• Monterey County Youth Museum (MY Museum) - A community-based non profit organization whose mission is to provide an environment where curiosity and creativity flourish, while both children and adults learn together through experience.

• Monterey History and Art Association - The Monterey History and Art Association sharing the histories and the diverse legacies of people, stories, and places that continue to shape Monterey.

• Monterey Jazz Festival

• Monterey Museum of Art - Expanding a passion for the visual arts and inspiring appreciation of California art - past, present and future, with exhibitions and educational programs for multi-generational audiences.

• Monterey Peninsula Ballet Theatre -  Fostering the passion and development of local youth through the performing arts, where talents and life skills may grow in an inspiring and nurturing environment.

• Monterey Rape Crisis Center - Committed to advocacy services to victims of sexual abuse, and delivers prevention programs to the local schools and community organizations.

• Monterey Regional Waste Management District - Providing integrated waste management services to the greater Monterey Peninsula while preserving our environment and protecting public health through the reduction, reuse, recycling and safe disposal of our waste stream.

• Monterey Symphony - To engage, educate and excite our community through the performance and continual discovery of symphonic music.

• MSVRR (Monterey and Salinas Valley Model Railroad and Historical Society) - Is a non profit educational corporation.

• Nonprofit Alliance of Monterey County - NAMC provides educational workshops, legislative updates, networking and outreach opportunities to elected officials to advocate for the nonprofit community in Monterey County.

• Northern California Golf Association Foundation (NCGA Foundation) - Providing deserving youth the opportunity to develop life skills and values through golf  

• Otter Student Union - The Otter Student Union mission is to be the heartbeat of campus and a bridge to surrounding communities, providing spaces, opportunities, and advocacy that cultivate belonging reflective of California State University, Monterey Bay's founding vision.

• Pacific Repertory Theatre - Produces a full season of live theatre and provides classes in every aspect of the theatre to young people through the School of Dramatic Arts.

• Palma School - Palma School is dedicated to providing young men an excellent college preparatory education in a Roman Catholic environment that embraces the Essential Elements of a Christian Brother Education and challenges each individual to develop spiritually, intellectually, morally, physically, and socially.

• Partnership for Children - Partnership for Children has been providing transportation and family support services for children with life-threatening conditions living in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties since 2007. Partnership for Children’s transportation and financial assistance programs increase access to compassionate care for children on the Central Coast.

• Partners For Peace - Partners For Peace's mission is building strong families for a peaceful community. Currently, Partners For Peace is the only agency in Monterey County providing a continuum of evidenced based services for families and youth.

• Peacock Acres - An agency dedicated to serving the foster youth of Monterey County by providing residential care in group homes.

• Peter Maurin Screen Printers - Is a non-profit organization that provides employment opportunities and training to marginalized persons in the Salinas area.

• Point Lobos Foundation - The Point Lobos Foundation is a partner of Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. Our mission is to advance visitors' enjoyment and understanding of Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, protect its natural environment for future generations and strengthen the Monterey County network of coastal California State Parks.

• Pride of Monterey County - An organization dedicating to providing support to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community by providing literature, events and activities.

• Project Sentinel - Is a government supported non-profit agency that provides education, conciliation, counseling, investigation, and enforcement assistance to persons who experience housing discrimination.

• Rancho Cielo - is a comprehensive learning and social services center for underserved and disconnected youth in Monterey County who share our vision of their future success. Our goal is self-sufficiency, and the self-esteem it generates, for all young people.

• Read to Me Project - A nonprofit organization that provides early literacy programming to the most vulnerable Monterey County citizens, children under the age of five. Its mission is to help children achieve kindergarten readiness and a lifetime of literacy by empowering school-age brothers and sisters to read to their young siblings at home.

• Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April - A community based organization dedicated to helping low income or disabled people, especially the elderly, live in warmth, safety and independence through volunteer repair and renovation of owner-occupied homes and non-profit facilities which benefit underserved populations.
  
  

• Redwings Horse Sanctuary - The mission of Redwings Horse Sanctuary is to eliminate the causes of equine suffering through education and community outreach programs, rescue abused and neglected equines and provide permanent sanctuary or selected foster homes for those equines.

• Relay for Life - A team event to fight Cancer.

• Salinas Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation - Offers targeted benefits, valuable resources and unparalleled support that helps local organizations throughout Monterey County.

• Salinas Area Modelers, Inc. - Members of this RC model aircraft club prefer good-time fly-ins to serious competition events.

• Salinas Barrios Unidos - Is a multi-cultural, grassroots, non-profit organization based in Salinas, California. Our mission is to prevent and curtail violence and drug abuse among youth by providing them with life-enhancing alternative activities.

• Salinas Valley Memorial Foundation - The Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation through committees composed of volunteers seeks tax deductible gifts of cash, securities, and other properties as well as deferred gifts. Our goal is to enhance the quality of health care given to the members of our community at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare Systems.

• Set Free Monterey Bay - Set Free Monterey Bay is a Christian organization established to assist adult women (ages 18 and over) sex trafficking survivors to find healing in a Christ-centered, restoration home and to educate the Monterey Bay community about human trafficking.

• Shakespeare Society of America - The SSA Mission is to inspire education and personal development through the Works of William Shakespeare relating to history, culture, literature, theatre and art in America.

• Steinbeck Center Foundation - Exploring Human Values through the works of John Steinbeck.

• Suicide Prevention Service - Our purpose is to provide the tri-county area with support and resources for all residents experiencing a suicidal crisis or loss. We have provided 24-hr, confidential, multilingual suicide crisis line, education and training, and bereavement support services for over 50 years.

• TCOPS International, Inc. -  A peer support network for transgendered law enforcement officers.

• Teddy Bears with Heart - A  non-profit organization that provides Teddy Bears to first responders, hospitals, family services, seniors, and child protective services in order to provide comfort to those in need.

• Valley Health Associates We are a non-profit corporation offering prevention, intervention, and treatment services for alcoholism, alcohol abuse and drug dependency.

• Ventana Wildlife Society - An organization committed to conserving native wildlife and their habitats

• Veterans Transition Center - The VTC seeks to end Veteran homelessness in Monterey County, working towards "Functional Zero" - where no Veteran is forced to be homeless. Since 1996, this 501(c)(3) non-profit has operated on historic Fort Ord land to provide meals, clothing, and housing to Veterans who are homeless or have been incarcerated. We are one of very few programs in the Nation that welcomes Veterans and their families, as well as pets.

• Volunteer Center of Monterey County - Here's your chance to "Act Locally" while you "Think Globally" . Volunteer for something.

• Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop - A unique, upscale store located in Carmel that sells gently used, donated items and returns the net proceeds in the form of grants to worthy Monterey County charities and in the form of college scholarships to deserving young people.

• Young Adults with Epilepsy - our mission is to foster resilience and independence in young adults with epilepsy from the Central Coast. Through education, empowerment, and sustained support, we aim to transform lives by facilitating access to resources, promoting awareness, and creating a nurturing community that embraces diversity and inclusivity.

• YWCA Monterey County - Dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. The YWCA Monterey provides domestic violence prevention, education, crisis intervention, and legal services that protect survivors, and work to eradicate domestic and dating violence.