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 "display_name": "Desert Community Foundation",
 "legal_name": "Desert Community Foundation",
 "organization_type": "501(c)(3) community foundation",
 "ein": "95-4725924",
 "year_established": 1999,
 "headquarters_city": "Palm Desert",
 "headquarters_state": "CA",
 "primary_cause": "Community",
 "ntee_code": "T31",
 "short_description": "Desert Community Foundation is a Palm Desert-based community foundation administering donor-advised funds, scholarships, and donor-directed grants for donors and nonprofits across the Coachella Valley.",
 "humanizing": "Since 1999, DCF has been the desert's philanthropic hub \u2014 and in 2023 it founded CV Giving Day to unite the Valley in a single day of giving.",
 "about": "Desert Community Foundation has served the Coachella Valley since 1999, administering donor-advised funds, scholarships, and donor-directed grants, and acting as fiscal sponsor for community initiatives. DCF is the founder and presenting organization of CV Giving Day and covers the year-round cost of operating it, so sponsor dollars fund prizes awarded directly to participating nonprofits.",
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  "Scholarships",
  "Donor-directed grants",
  "Fiscal sponsorship"
 ],
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 "service_cities": [
  "Palm Desert"
 ],
 "service_counties": [
  "Riverside County"
 ],
 "service_region": "Based in Palm Desert, serving the Coachella Valley.",
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 "giving_url": "https://www.desertfoundation.org/get-involved",
 "giving_status": "open",
 "registration_status": "organizer",
 "cvgd_role": "Founder and presenting organization of CV Giving Day",
 "campaign_history": [],
 "financials": {
  "source": "Desert Community Foundation",
  "note": "$121M under management"
 },
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  "https://www.desertfoundation.org"
 ],
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  "nonprofitStatus": "Nonprofit501c3",
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  "address": {
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   "addressLocality": "Palm Desert",
   "addressRegion": "CA",
   "addressCountry": "US"
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  "areaServed": [
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  ],
  "description": "Desert Community Foundation is a Palm Desert-based community foundation administering donor-advised funds, scholarships, and donor-directed grants for donors and nonprofits across the Coachella Valley.",
  "foundingDate": "1999",
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   "Scholarships",
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   "name": "CV Giving Day",
   "url": "https://cvgivingday.pages.dev"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-07-12",
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   "name": "Donate to Desert Community Foundation",
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