MCF ORg Profile Form

Does the Marin Community Foundation and the hundreds of donor advised funds there know about your agency? Here's an easy way to ensure that your information is in their database.

A Portrait of Marin

A Portrait of Marin is an in-depth look at how the residents of Marin County are faring in three fundamental areas of life: health, access to knowledge, and living standards.

Nonprofit Compensation

It’s 2012! Time to Participate in "Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits: the 2012 Compensation and Benefits Survey", the best survey of its kind in the country!

Nonprofit Landscape Report

This study, the first of its kind for Marin County, provides an in-depth and extensive exploration of the nonprofit sector – from its organizational profile and to its ability to weather economic fluctuations in the national economy, to its response to increased service demands and changes in funding.

Toolkits

Board of Directors

BoardMatch Marin

BoardMatch supports nonprofits that are in need of board members. Potential board candidates are matched with nonprofits based on the candidate’s interests and background relative to the particular needs of nonprofit boards.

Volunteer Registration

Volunteer Marin, a program of the Center offers a variety of personalized projects that engage you as a volunteer with a meaningful experience for you and your family.

ProBono Marin

Library Resource Center

A Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center

Emergency Volunteer Ctr

The Emergency Volunteer Center acts as a conduit for connecting volunteers to agencies during times of disaster.

Reserve Meeting Room

Reserve a Conference Room at the Nonprofit Resource Center

Resources

Library Resource Center

A Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center

Looking for funding?

The Library Resource Center conveniently located at CVNL is a perfect place to begin researching grants – either for individuals or for nonprofits.

Visitors to the Library and Resource Center can access the Foundation Center Online databases for individuals and nonprofits. We provide a free weekly orientation to the database as well as one-to-one assistance by appointment ($15). A more comprehensive class, Basic Grantseeking, is offered monthly.

The Library also houses an extensive collection of nonprofit literature on topics ranging from governance and board recruitment to step-by-step guides on how to start a nonprofit (501c(3)).

The Foundation Center Database offers:

Foundation Directory Online Professional: Profiles of more than 100,000 grantmakers and one million grants.

Grants to Individuals Online: A database of more than 6,500 foundation and public charity programs that provide support for students, researchers, and other individual grantseekers.

Library Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM M-F Phone: 415-479-5710 / Fax: 415-479-9878

Basic Grantseeking Workshop

Designed for those new to the process of grant-seeking, this training provides an overview of the grant-writing process, and demonstrates techniques using print resources and the online Foundation Center Database.

Foundation Center Online Database Training

Designed for those interested in learning how to use the Foundation Center Directory Online in the process of grantseeking. Space is limited, please call 415-479-5710 for upcoming training dates.

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