United Way and Donor Advised Funds
June 1, 2025 | In Fresh Cuts | By Philanthropy Project Pete Manzo is President and CEO of United Ways of California. Despite being significant grantmakers in
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June 7, 2025
Guest Opinion
The Day After: Finding Balance
SELF-CARE IS BALANCE OUR WORK IS MORE THAN “JUST A JOB” WE LEAD BY EXAMPLE By Joan Garry I woke up early. With coffee in
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November 6, 2024
The Queen of Green: The Ann Ostermann Era comes to an end at Open Studios
“It’s been my honor to produce this tour for the last 20 years. Open Studios gives visitors a unique inside look at the artistic process
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November 1, 2024
🚨Take Action! Continue the Push for Nonprofit Equity
CalNonprofits continues our push to improve government-nonprofit partnerships through the California Nonprofit Equity Initiative, and we need your support to keep three bills moving forward when
Rose Filicetti
July 17, 2024
Farewell from Rachel Kippen, Our Ocean Backyard | Monterey Bay: A place to surface
Rachel Kippen is one of our original founders and represented the Environmental/Ecology sector of nonprofits in the planning and developmnt of our fledgling nonprofit membership
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June 7, 2024
How Silence Can Speak A Thousand Words
National Day of Silence was a foreign concept to me until my freshman year in high school. National Day of Silence is a national peaceful
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April 23, 2024
Guest Commentary | Building the future, rooted in the past
By Susan True is the CEO of Community Foundation Santa Cruz County for the Sentinel With Rowland Rebele’s recent passing, and at year’s end, I’ve
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January 4, 2024
A Call for Collaboration and Action: Towards an Inclusive Economy in the Monterey Bay Region
By Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) Economic growth can’t be measured by Gross Domestic Product alone: Rather, it must be weighed against the distribution of
Rose Filicetti
January 4, 2024
How to Start a Nonprofit Organization in 7 Steps (any state)
By Donny Gamble of SMBGuide.com, an online resource dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and philanthropists start and grow their organizations. (No vetting has been done by
Rose Filicetti
January 4, 2024
The Biggest Nonprofit Takeaways of 2022
From Joan Garry Consulting: Leading a nonprofit in 2022 was no easy task, but you were up for it — even in the face of
Rose Filicetti
December 6, 2022