What: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County works to distribute millions of dollars in funding to nonprofits and other organizations each year.

Who: 905 organizations and individuals received the funds.

How much: The foundation distributed $13,432,405 in awards in 2014.

Details:

Source: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

SANTA CRUZ >> More than 900 organizations received more than $13.4 million in funding through Community Foundation Santa Cruz County in 2014.

The foundation works with individuals and organizations who want to help organizations through philanthropy. “We’re helping nonprofits understand donors and helping donors understand nonprofits with the endgame being making this a better place.”

A report released by the foundation, which is a nonprofit itself, detailed the 905 recipients of the $13.4 million in funding distributed in 2014. “There’s no way that we would be able to do that kind of work at the level we’re doing without the support of the community foundation.”

Watsonville Wetlands Watch, which received $59,000 through the foundation, depends on the funding for its educational youth program and wetlands restoration efforts.

“Our programs are exclusively reliant on foundation grants, whether it’s the community foundation or other organizations,” she said.

Outside of working with donors, the foundation also hosts workshops for other nonprofits to help them grow and serve their mission, he said.

“Our job is to create more opportunities for donors to invest in our community and come up with creative ways of partnering with entities,” Linares said.

Grants, awards by the numbers

What: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County works to distribute millions of dollars in funding to nonprofits and other organizations each year.

Who: 905 organizations and individuals received the funds.

How much: The foundation distributed $13.4 million in awards in 2014.

Details: www.cfscc.org

Source: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County.