Serving the Coachella Valley Since 1999
OUR Stats & Figures
Speak for Themselves
25 Years
Serving the Coachella Valley
$107m
Assets Under Management
$24.7m
Local Giving to Date
$1.6m
Scholarships Awarded 2019
1,590
Students Sent to College
14,505
College Semesters Funded
PUT YOUR PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS TO WORK
DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
OPEN A DONOR ADVISED FUND WITH US.
Donor Advised Funds are efficient, cost-effective alternatives to private or family foundations
Donor Advised Funds
A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a giving vehicle that provides you with immediate tax benefits and allows you to support the charities of choice through grant recommendations on your own timetable.
Trusted Advisors PROGRAM
Or if you'd prefer to use your own Investment Advisor to manage your funds, then look no further than our Trusted Advisors Program
Who Uses the Trusted Advisors Program?
Those with at least $500,000 to start a charitable fund or foundation and wish to use their own trusted financial advisor to manage the charitable dollars.
How it Works
- Recommend Your Financial Advisor to Desert Community Foundation
- Establish your fund by making an initial irrevocable contribution of $500,000+
- Begin recommending grants from your fund to 501(c)(3) organizations in the U.S., as frequently as you wish
Scholarship Funds
OPEN A SCHOLARSHIP FUND WITH US
With over 20 years of managing scholarship programs for the finest private country clubs in the Coachella Valley, we're happy to share what we know.
(Bonus: Our Scholarship Funds come with our exclusive Advisory Committee formed with local educators, administrators and college specialists).
Country Club Scholarship Funds
Invaluable insights into the best practices of setting up your club's scholarship fund.
Private or Corporate Scholarship Funds
You and DCF set the scholarship criteria together with the invaluable input of our Advisory Committee.
WHO WE ARE
WE ARE THE desert's COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
SERVING THE COACHELLA VALLEY EXCLUSIVELY.
SINCE 1999.
The Coachella Valley is home.
As a result, we have a deep understanding of its challenges and extraordinary potential.
Through our partnerships with local donors, nonprofits and community members, we are dedicated to the promise of creating a strong and prosperous future for the region.
Join us in our mission of a healthy and educated Coachella Valley
(Will Open in New Tab)
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Manuel Arrendondo
BOARD MEMBER
BOARD MEMBER
BOARD MEMBER
Sandra Comrie
BOARD MEMBER
Jeff Gonzalez
BOARD MEMBER
Dorothy Hamilton
BOARD MEMBER
Dan Kirby
BOARD MEMBER
Ricardo Loretta
BOARD MEMBER
Richard Oliphant
CHAIRMAN
Greg Sanders
BOARD MEMBER
Rosalin Schiller
BOARD MEMBER
Edward Tauber
BOARD MEMBER
Jack Shakely
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS
William Powers
FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER
(1941 - 2020)
Ron Gother
FOUNDER
(1932 - 2013)
GET IN TOUCH
760-674-9080
Mary Panesar, Executive Director
mpanesar@desertfoundation.org
75-105 Merle Drive
Suite 300
Palm Desert, CA 92211
Desert Community Foundation is a proud founding sponsor of CVGiving Day.
Mark Your Calendars!
TUESDAY, March 4, 2025
© 1999-2024 Desert Community Foundation
since 1999, serving the local communities of: palm springs, desert hot springs, thousand palms, cathedral city, rancho mirage, palm desert, bermuda dunes, indian wells, la quinta, indio, coachella, thermal, mecca & oasis
made with 💚 in palm desert, california
ma(760) 674-9080 desertfoundation.org