WILLIS W. & ETHEL M.
CLARK FOUNDATION
OVER 50 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE

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The Willis W. and Ethel M. Clark Foundation was incorporated in 1953 as a California private foundation and has enjoyed over fifty years of community service to the Monterey Peninsula of California. Its founders were pioneers in educational testing and research and in 1926 started the California Test Bureau (known as CTB). Dr. Clark was a noted educator who became nationally recognized for his work in the development of standardized, diagnostic tests designed to identify a student’s strengths and weaknesses in the basic skills. Mrs. Clark used her business acumen and marketing skills to bring CTB to national prominence. The Clarks loved the Monterey Peninsula and in 1958 moved the company’s headquarters from Los Angeles to Monterey. In 1965, the company was sold to McGraw-Hill and is now known as CTB/McGraw-Hill.
 

2009-2010 Fellowship Application Period – October 15, 2008 – January 31, 2009
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Over 50 years of community service

The Clark Foundation’s early focus was on grants-in-aid for education research and later encompassed assistance in the field of geriatrics.

Current emphasis has been on specific projects which seem timely and of benefit to the community as a whole. In 2002 the Clark Foundation established its $10,000 annual "Investment in Community" Fellowship to help keep outstanding graduate students in the community. Participation in the HeartSave project to acquire defibrillators for police vehicles throughout Monterey County project, and the Lifespan Learning Network undertaken to create awareness of the many educational activities available to local citizens are other examples of projects. Numerous Citizen Recognition Dinners honoring outstanding but often unheralded individuals making major contributions of personal service to the community were held. Videos made in conjunction with the Monterey History and Art Association and with Dorothy's Place are other illustrations of community benefit.

The Clark Foundation invites both the interest and support of the public in the fulfillment of these objectives as well as creative ideas in which it can be involved. Donations to the Clark Foundation are deductible to the extent permitted by law under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3).

© 2007-2008 Willis W. & Ethel M. Clark Foundation
Post Office Box 89 ∙ Pebble Beach, CA 93953-0089
Telephone/Fax  (831) 625.1175
Email:  clarkfoundation@redshift.com