# Desert Community Foundation

Desert Community Foundation is the founder and presenting organization of cv giving day.

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.

> Since 1999, DCF has been the desert's philanthropic hub — and in 2023 it founded CV Giving Day to unite the Valley in a single day of giving.

## Organization facts

- **Organization:** Desert Community Foundation
- **Legal name:** Desert Community Foundation
- **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) community foundation
- **EIN:** 95-4725924
- **Established:** 1999
- **Headquarters:** Palm Desert, California
- **Primary cause:** Community
- **Service area:** Palm Desert
- **CV Giving Day status:** CV Giving Day organizer
- **Official website:** https://www.desertfoundation.org
- **Giving page:** https://www.desertfoundation.org/get-involved

## Programs and services

- Donor-advised funds
- Scholarships
- Donor-directed grants
- Fiscal sponsorship

## Areas served

Based in Palm Desert, serving the Coachella Valley.

## About Desert Community Foundation

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.

## Record

- **Verified:** Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record.
- **Participation years on record:** none recorded
- **Years covered by our records:** 2025, 2026 (absence of a year does not mean the organization did not participate)
- **Last reviewed:** August 19, 2026
- **Canonical page:** https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/desert-community-foundation/
- **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)