This Fund benefits the Stinson Beach and Bolinas communities by giving small grants to local organizations and projects.
The Stinson/Bolinas Community Fund was created in 1998 at the Marin Community Foundation by a group of community members who pooled their charitable dollars to provide an ongoing source of funding for projects that benefit the Stinson Beach and Bolinas communities. Since then, the Fund has distributed over $1,000,000 to more than 250 local projects and organizations.
Donors who contribute $1,500 or more to the Fund are invited to join a committee that recommends projects to be supported through this community effort. Through the Stinson/Bolinas Community Fund Grants Program, grants are distributed twice a year. The maximum grant the Fund provides to each grantee is $3,000 per grant cycle, and there is no minimum amount. More information available at sbcfgrants.org.
Should you choose to support this organization or project, your contribution will be made to Marin Community Foundation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation that is a tax-exempt public charity under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3).
Contributions made via the Donation Center are distributed by MCF to the donor’s intended recipient. In the case of MCF pooled funds, where donations are collected into a single fund and then granted to multiple organizations, MCF receives your donation and distributes the total collected funds to the grantees for that fund. Your contribution may take up to 45 days to be received by MCF and sent to the intended recipient organization. No fees are assessed on any specific donation to or from a fund. The full amount of your contribution to MCF constitutes a charitable contribution that may be tax deductible. Donors should consult their personal tax advisors for any questions regarding tax deductibility based on their personal tax situation.
In some instances, for reasons outside of MCF’s control, a contribution may not reach the intended recipient. This may be due to the intended recipient’s loss of federal or state tax-exempt status or other reasons. In such a case, MCF will select another recipient organization based on its sole discretion.
If you choose to support an organization by visiting their website to donate directly to the organization, Marin Community Foundation does not accept or hold any donation, or receive fees from any donation made directly to another organization.