• 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

      What is a Community Foundation?

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    • OUR Stats & Figures

      Speak for Themselves

      $107m

      Assets Under Management

      $24.7m

      Local Giving to Date

      1,590

      Students Sent to College

      14,505

      College Semesters Funded

      20 Years

      Serving the Coachella Valley

    • PUT YOUR PHILANTHROPIC MONEY 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.

       

      HOW TO GIVE - LINK

    • 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.

       

      INVESTMENT MANAGERS & ADVISORS TAP HERE FOR DETAILS

      How it Works

      1. Recommend Your Financial Advisor to Desert Community Foundation
      2. Establish your fund by making an initial irrevocable contribution of $500,000+
      3. Begin recommending grants from your fund to 501(c)(3) organizations in the U.S., as frequently as you wish

       

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    • 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.

       

       

      CONTACT US TODAY

      Private or Corporate Scholarship Funds

      You and DCF set the scholarship criteria together with the invaluable input of our Advisory Committee.

       

      CONTACT US TODAY

    • WHO WE ARE

    • OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

      Manuel Arrendondo

      BOARD MEMBER

      Sandra Comrie

      BOARD MEMBER

      Dorothy Hamilton

      BOARD MEMBER

      Dan Kirby

      BOARD MEMBER

      Angus McBain

      BOARD MEMBER

      Richard Oliphant

      CHAIRMAN & BOARD MEMBER

      William Powers

      BOARD MEMBER

      Jack Shakely

      BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS

      Edward Tauber

      BOARD MEMBER

      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

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    © 1999-2019 Desert Community Foundation

     

    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

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