Overview

The MPC Foundation provides opportunities for students in Monterey County to attend college, and helps to ensure their experience at MPC is the best it can be. We accomplish this by providing financial support to students, and by investing resources to complement the college’s programs, faculty and staff, and facilities.

Financial support to students includes scholarships, textbook assistance, and emergency assistance/drop-out prevention. Our signature program is the College Incentive Program, which has helped more than 250 local youth who otherwise may never have gone to college to enroll full-time at MPC since 2015.

Our investments in the campus are often achieved by securing grant funds, which are a great resource for MPC. We also provide grants to faculty and staff through our Faculty & Staff Advancement program.

The Foundation is governed by a 24-member volunteer board, including influential community leaders and six representatives from the campus community. The office staff includes six professionals who collectively work to implement the Board’s strategic vision for the Foundation.

Vision/Mission

Universal Access to Extraordinary Higher Education.

We create opportunities for students and enhance the learning environment at MPC by fundraising and friendraising.

History

In 1994, a small group of dedicated community members created a tax-exempt non-profit organization in order to provide supplemental funding to Monterey Peninsula College. Since then, the Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) Foundation has raised approximately $16 million in support of MPC and its students. As the strategic fundraising arm of the college, the Foundation is uniquely positioned to support innovation and excellence at the college while helping students in making their dreams become a reality.