NAMC’s New Co-Directors
Paulette Lynch, Co-Director
Lisa Griffin Burns, Co-Director
The Nonprofit Alliance of Monterey County is responding to better meet the changing landscape currently facing all nonprofits. Our leadership now features a two person Co-Director structure. Paulette Lynch will be heading our fund development efforts, while Lisa Griffin Burns will be leading organizational logistics and programming, to include a much needed website redesign.
Together, Paulette & Lisa are looking forward to enhanced support of and collaboration with our local nonprofit agencies!
Reach us at our new email address: namc.director02@gmail.com
Toward that end, we have launched this new beta website and welcome your input! Features being considered and fleshed out include a nonprofit calendar, resource links for nonprofit leaders, and other valuable interactive tools. Let us know what would be most helpful to you via the email above.
Stay tuned for ongoing developments!
! NEW DATE !
12th Annual Nonprofit Awards Celebration
Thursday, November 13, 2025 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Location: The Fairview at Laguna Seca
New afternoon format featuring time for networking, a selection of appetizers, a signature "Mocktail", and no-host bar.
10520 York Rd, Monterey
Nominations are still open for the 2025 Nonprofit Awards Celebration! The Nomination Window has been extended to Friday, August 28th by 5 pm.
Being nominated is a unique, fun and moving experience for our nominees and a great opportunity for you to honor a special someone or an outstanding organization doing amazing work for our communities. All nominees will be acknowledged in our special tribute to nominees during the program and receive a special certificate. Award recipients will have the opportunity to address our guests and receive a special award.
Throughout the program, we will recognize every nominee with special tributes to those selected in these categories:
NOMINATION LINKS BELOW
Highlights from 2024 Awards Celebration
Membership & Benefits
As agency, ally or individual, your membership keeps you connected, gives you access to collaborations and helps you succeed. Your participation drives success for nonprofits in Monterey County in many ways as noted below!
Connect
Through membership events and programs, you and your staff will meet dozens of nonprofit leaders –allies, partners, mentors and friends. You will also connect with dozens of community leaders eager to learn more about your work through our programs, newsletter, web directory and annual awards celebration.
Collaborate
NAMC members work together to protect the interests of the nonprofit sector and projects a collective voice to the public about the sector’s unique and essential contributions to solving problems and meeting the most urgent challenges in our communities such as Census 2020 Monterey County. Thanks to web directories and newsletter announcements with the latest resources and initiatives, NAMC helps nonprofits like yours build strategies, generate resources and leverage your potential for greater impact.
Succeed
NAMC raises public awareness of your worth and work, activating donors and institutional partners while building and strengthening networks. Through NAMC, you and your staff will develop skills, knowledge and contacts that will help you fulfill your mission — with the support of your colleagues who are also working every day to create healthier and more vibrant communities are working for everyone.
NAMC Mission Statement
The overall mission of the Nonprofit Alliance of Monterey County (NAMC) is to share information, promote resources and develop programs that help members connect, collaborate and succeed, and ultimately be more resilent!
Our further goal is to optimize the collective power of nonprofits for the benefit of Monterey County communities. NAMC advocates for the nonprofit industry through education, convening, and acting as an information hub.
NOTE: We initiate or support issues, initiatives, and legislative action. But as a non-partisan organization, NAMC does not endorse nor support individual political parties or individual candidates running for office.