Collaborate With Us
Let’s work together to make Santa Cruz County a better place to live for everyone who calls it home.
Agency Funds
Increase Your Assets
Start a fund and grow your reserves. Advantages of having an agency fund with us include:
- Growth & Stability of Financial Assets
- Strong Investment Returns
- Flexibility to create an endowed fund for steady revenue or a fund expended as needed
- Acceptance of Securities on Your Behalf
- Issuing Charitable Gift Annuities on Your Behalf
- And Much More
Support for Nonprofits
Grantmaking
We’re here to help Nonprofit Partners and Grantseekers understand our funding opportunities and what they may mean for your organization.
Recent Impact
Due to the generosity of the Santa Cruz County community, we awarded $23.8M in grants to nearly 768 organizations in 2024.
Here to Help
Nonprofit Resources
Supported by a gift from the Borina Foundation, we're part of a nationwide network of community foundations and libraries helping nonprofits and grantseekers. We offer free self-guided access to:
- Recent compensation surveys for the nonprofit sector, and other publications.
- The Foundation Directory Online Professional profiles of all major U.S. grantmakers.
- The Foundation Grants to Individuals Online, listing foundations that fund artists, students, researchers and other individual grantseekers.
Schedule an appointment to access our online collections of grant guides and research reports on trends and patterns of giving by U.S. grantmakers.
Looking for help finding a consultant for your nonprofit organization? Our consultant directory is a shared service we offer in concert with our peer community foundations in Monterey and San Benito counties. Listings are posted by consultants – not vetted by Community Foundation Santa Cruz County.
Learn more about our approach to grantmaking and who we're funding here.
2024 Grants List
Thanks to donors past and present, we celebrated another record year of giving and grantmaking in 2024.
2024 Community Grantees
In spring of 2024, we awarded $1.97 million to 92 local nonprofits.
Need More Information?
Contact Kevin Heuer, our Director of Engagement & Impact, to discuss how we can work together to make Santa Cruz County a better place for everyone.