Hero Award Recipient
- 2008 Barnet Segal Charitable Trust
- 2009 Dr. Edith Valerie Barnes
- 2010 Andrew & Phylis D’Arrigo
- 2011 John D’Arrigo
- 2012 Community Foundation for Monterey County
- 2013 The Agricultural Leadership Council (TALC)
- 2014 Miles Reiter & Driscoll’s
- 2015
- The California Endowment
- Community Alliance for Safety & Peace
- Four Cities for Peace
- Monterey County Administrative Office – Office of Community Engagement & Advocacy
- Seaside Blue Ribbon Panel
- 2016
- Pebble Beach Company©
- Pebble Beach Company Foundation©
- Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance©
- 2017 The Haynes Charitable Foundation
- 2018 Harden Foundation
- 2019 Hospice Giving Foundation
- 2020 NMC Employees
- 2021 Monterey Peninsula Foundation
- 2022 In Memory of Edward M. Dowd
- 2023
- Sebastian Perez
- Tyler Robertson
- Anastasia “Annie” Perez
- Kenzie Robertson
- For the Wendy Baker RN Memorial Fund – Bake Sales
- Sebastian Perez
- Tyler Robertson
- Anastasia “Annie” Perez
- Kenzie Robertson
- Hailey Robertson
- 2024
- Each honoree has been a vital contributor to the Foundation for over 26 years.
- Dr. E. Valerie Barnes
- Harold W. Keland
- Patricia B. Munoz
- Dr. John Schatz
- Dr. Marc Tunzi