West Marin Fund Announces First Community Grants

West Marin Fund Announces First Community Grants

Point Reyes Station—The West Marin Fund today announced the award of its first round of grants, totaling more than $54,000 to twenty-seven nonprofit organizations in West Marin. Grants ranged from $600 to $4,000. They support capacity-building to enhance nonprofit fundraising through improved websites, social media, donor management databases, training, and other creative projects.

“We are pleased to play a role in helping sustain these important and deserving West Marin organizations in our very first grant cycle,” said Executive Director Catherine Porter. “With these awards, we’re supporting nonprofits engaged in health, education, the environment, science, the arts -- the nonprofits that support the quality of life we have here in West Marin.  And that is the West Marin Fund's goal, to strengthen our coastal communities by investing in the organizations that serve them."

Prior to its first grant cycle, the Fund surveyed local nonprofit leaders and hosted workshops on information technology, social media, and board management. Its next grant cycle, which opens in April, will focus on supporting organizations trying to increase youth participation—from internships and youth-oriented services to opportunities for young people to become community citizens and philanthropists.

The West Marin Fund is a community foundation organized to serve the people of the rural villages of West Marin. The Fund carries out its mission by providing new funding and other assistance to existing nonprofits, expanding charitable giving and volunteer activity from residents and visitors, and supporting innovative endeavors that benefit the community but are beyond the scope of existing nonprofit groups. "We raise money from the community to invest in the community" says Porter.

Complete List of Grantees

Audubon Canyon Ranch

Bolinas Children’s Center

Bolinas-Stinson Youth Group

Bolinas Community Center

Bolinas Community Land Trust (BCLT)

Claudia Chapline / Art at the Cheese Factory

Community Land Trust of West Marin (CLAM)

Coastal Marin Fund

Commonweal New School

Dance Palace

Environmental Action Committee of West Marin (EAC)

Friends of Sam’s House

Gallery Route One

Inverness Association

KWMR

Marin Organic

Papermill Creek Children’s Center

Point Reyes Farmers’ Market

Point Reyes National Seashore Assn. (PRNSA)

Regenerative Design Institute

Shoreline Acres Pre-School

Slide Ranch

Stinson Pre-School

Stinson Beach Community Center

Tomales Bay Watershed Council

West Marin Commons

West Marin Senior Services

The West Marin Fund serves the West Marin coastal area -- from Muir Beach in the south to Dillon Beach in the north -- and the contiguous ranch lands. The area includes the villages of Stinson Beach, Bolinas, Olema, Inverness, Point Reyes Station, Marshall, Nicasio, and Tomales. The Fund is a 501(c)(3) California public benefit nonprofit corporation. All donations to the West Marin Fund are fully tax-deductible.