Investing in Leadership

Must! Charities’ Youth Arts Leadership Development Project will invest in professional development and training for Paso Robles Youth Arts Center (Youth Arts) staff and governing board during a time of exponential growth and demand for services.



Investing in the leadership at Youth Arts will increase those served while identifying opportunities to generate internal value.

Read more about this investment on our Project Page.

We Work for YOU! We are Team Must! 

We work for our donors who collectively invest a lot of money into Must! Charities, and they expect it to be appropriated well.

This is why we thoroughly vet and strategically invest in nonprofits that are willing to be vulnerable, transparent, and accountable.

We are changing the model of philanthropy. We are transforming shared beliefs into action. We are changing our community.

Must! Charities is helping ensure children in rural communities have access to enriched education and mentorship experiences at the Boys and Girls Club.

The Club provides character and leadership development, education and career development, the arts, health and life skills, sports, fitness, and recreation programming in the rural community of Creston. This collaboration allows Creston youth to connect with nationally recognized Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Watch the video above and check our Project Page for more updates and milestones.

PURPOSE HIGHLIGHTS!

Once a year (for the past three years) we partner with some of our local wineries and throw a little party. It’s a party with a PURPOSE.

How it works. We plan the party. Wineries host tables and invite the guests… with one main purpose - to raise as much money as we can in one single night for our community. This year’s party host was Niner Wine Estates and it was quite the night. Wine industry and business leaders from across the country once again came together in Paso Robles with a shared passion for giving back, and give back they did to the tune of close to $2M.

The top lot in the auction was our Fund-A-Need lot - generating $1.1M towards the Must! Charities "Ready2Act" Fund - This fund will enable us to continue to carefully consider, develop, and vet projects with our growing list of community non-profit partners.



This little party is only made possible thanks to our generous sponsors, winery table hosts, donors, and the incredible behind-the-scenes event team each year.