How We Select Fund Beneficiaries

Organizations selected for funding are usually small, “hands-on” groups that directly impact families and children with special needs: education, literacy, social and general well being. All organizations have 501(c) (3) status.

Beneficiaries are selected by the Town Crier Staff based on the following criteria:

  • Size and scope of agency
  • Efficiency in use of funds: what percentage directly affects clients
  • Degree to which the grant results in permanent change
  • How Holiday Fund grants are leveraged for additional funding

Meet Our Beneficiaries
Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC)

Funds designated particularly to support counseling and services to families with addictions.
Hidden Villa

Hidden Villa uses Holiday Funds to provide “summer camperships” for underprivileged families.
Mentor Tutor Connection

Volunteer tutoring and mentoring programs at elementary and high schools in Mountain View and Los Altos, which are changing the lives of countless “at risk” students.
Women SV

Offers support for women trapped in a relationship with a powerful, sophisticated abuser.
Community Service Agency
Community Service Agency Healthy Foods

Provides funds to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables to supplement food distributors.
Help One Child

Recruits and trains foster parents throughout Silicon Valley, and provides support for adoptive parents.
Music For Minors

For 33 years, this group has been building a comprehensive, credited, and well respected music education program designed to keep music in our schools.
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Sky’s the Limit Fund

A nonprofit organization founded by two Los Altos women that supports families of youth in crisis through wilderness therapy programs.
Bay Area Furniture Bank

Provides furniture and household items to the underserved in the local community.
MERIT Program/KCI/ Foothill College

MERIT (Making Education Relevant and Interactive through Technology), a research-based, educator development program designed to help teachers bolster their curriculum.
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley

Provides stability and hope to abused and neglected children in the Santa Clara County foster care system by matching children with trained, caring volunteers to acts as friends and mentors.
Community School of Music and Arts Artistic Intelligence program

Brings music, art and dance to special needs students through partnerships.
Veterans Resource Center at Foothill College

Helps war veterans transition to academic life and plan for future jobs.
MVLA Scholars

Serves low-income first-generation college students from Mountain View and Los Altos.
Day Worker Center of Mountain View

Connects day workers with jobs offered by homeowners and businesses.
Los Altos Youth Theatre

Making theater a safe and great place for children to be.