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Marin Foster Care Association Named 100MARIN Fall 2025 Philanthropy Award Recipient
At the 100MARIN Celebration of Philanthropy on October 8, members voted Marin Foster Care Association as this year’s top honoree, awarding them $15,000 to support their work with children and families in foster care. Four other local nonprofits—Sanzuma, EAH Housing, Center for Domestic Peace, and Enriching Lives through Music (ELM)—each received $1,000 awards.
Since 2015, 100MARIN has united community members and businesses to collectively contribute more than $400,000 to local nonprofits.
A huge thank-you to our 100MARIN members and sponsors for making this year’s Celebration of Philanthropy possible! Stay connected and renew your membership to keep the giving going in 2026.
About 100MARIN
Imagine the power of 100 caring hearts coming together to create real change. That’s the idea behind 100MARIN, Marin County’s premier giving circle. Founded in 2015 by passionate local business professionals, our mission is simple: to amplify impact through collective giving.
Each year, our network comes together to pool donations and support outstanding Marin County nonprofits. Through this model, we maximize the power of individual generosity and directly invest in organizations that uplift our community.
How It Works:
- Anyone in the 100MARIN network who makes an annual donation can nominate local nonprofits.
- Five nonprofit finalists are selected to share their stories at our Celebration of Philanthropy event.
- Attendees vote at the event, and the winning nonprofit receives the full donation fund. The remaining finalists each receive $1,000 to support their work.
- Since our founding, 100MARIN has awarded over $429,000 to 62 nonprofits, with hundreds of organizations nominated. Every dollar contributed goes directly to strengthening our community.
Event Attendance & Participation:
To attend the event, a $150 donation per person is required. This donation is 100% tax-deductible, all contributions are pooled together to create a collective fund that is donated to the selected nonprofit organization. By donating at least $150, you become part of 100MARIN and are eligible to attend the event for free.
Key Points:
- $150 = 1 person attending the event.
- Your donation is fully tax-deductible.
- Your donations are pooled together to support a Marin County nonprofit.
Sponsorship:
2025 Nominees
Sanzuma
Sanzuma works to end food insecurity by transforming school meals with freshly grown, organic produce from their own urban farm. Through hands-on education, nutrition programs, and farm-to-cafeteria initiatives, they empower children and communities to grow, cook, and enjoy healthy food while building long-term resilience.
Center for Domestic Peace
Center for Domestic Peace leads a comprehensive community effort to end domestic violence in Marin County, offering emergency shelter, legal advocacy, and counseling for survivors. Through prevention programs, education, and mobilizing allies, they work to transform communities so domestic violence no longer exists.
Marin Foster Care Association
Enriching Lives through Music (ELM)
ELM provides youth with immersive, tuition-free music education combined with academic and social support that nurtures confidence and creativity. By breaking down barriers to arts access, ELM empowers students to pursue their dreams and transform their futures through the power of music.
EAH Housing
EAH Housing develops, manages, and preserves affordable housing for low-income families, seniors, veterans, and individuals with special needs across California and Hawai‘i. Beyond providing homes, they foster healthy, inclusive communities where residents can access resources, stability, and opportunities to thrive.
Thank You To Our 2025 Sponsors
Past Nominees & Recipients
Fall 2023
Fall 2023 Presenting Nonprofits:
Adopt A Family of Marin (recipient)
For over 30 years, Adopt A Family of Marin have put their arms around struggling families. Their vision is no homeless children in Marin County. They are an integral part of the circle of protection for struggling families in our community. Adopt A Family of Marin’s mission and actions are focused on increasing the stability of individual families.
- Adopt a Family of Marin (recipient)
- Bread & Roses
- Cedars
- First Responder Support Network
- Sparkle Foundation
Fall 2022
Fall 2022 Presenting Nonprofits:
Mount Tamalpais College (recipient)
For nearly 25 years, Mount Tamalpais College—formerly known as the Prison University Project and Patten University at San Quentin—has provided a world-class higher education to students who are incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. In 2022, Mount Tamalpais College was granted Initial Accreditation by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Mount Tamalpais College is an academic institution unlike any other in the U.S.: an independent liberal arts college specifically dedicated to serving incarcerated students.
- Marin City Community Development Corporation
- Mount Tamalpais College (recipient)
- Performing Stars
- Vivalon
- Zero Breast Cancer
Fall 2021
Fall 2021 Presenting Nonprofits:
Okizu (recipient)
Okizu (oak-eye-zoo) comes from the Sioux language and means unity, to come together, to heal from a hurt, to make whole. The mission of Okizu is to help all members of families affected by childhood cancer to heal through peer support, respite, mentoring, and recreational programs. The specific purpose of Okizu is to operate peer support programs for children and families affected by childhood cancer based on the community-forming nature of a residential camp experience. For that reason, all of Okizu’s programs are offered free of charge to the families they serve.
Center for Judicial Excellence
Halleck Creek Ranch
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
Okizu (recipient)
Side by Side
Fall 2020
Fall 2020 Presenting Nonprofits:
Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity (AHO) (recipient)
Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity (AHO) is an organization designed for youth, by youth, for the future of youth who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. Since its inception in January 2005, AHO has been leading the way in addressing the growing trend of youth homelessness in Marin County, the greater Bay Area and Sacramento. AHO’s Mission: To provide young adults ages 18 to 25 who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness a trained life coach, the essential resources and leadership opportunities to become financially self-sufficient contributing adults.
Canal Alliance (recipient)
Canal Alliance offers immigration legal services, education and career programs, and social services to help Latino immigrants and their families overcome the barriers to success. Their services help their clients graduate from college, learn English, become a U.S. citizen, get legal support, immediate assistance and acquire job skills.
Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity (AHO) (recipient)
Canal Alliance (recipient)
Community Action Marin
Marin Community Clinics
MarinHealth Foundation
Next Steps Liason Project
Fall 2019
Fall 2019 Presenting Nonprofits:
Marin Center for Independent Living (recipient)
Marin Center for Independent Living’s (Marin CIL) mission is to assist persons with all types of disabilities to achieve their maximum level of sustainable independence as contributing, responsible and equal participants in society. Marin CIL was organized by a group of dedicated volunteers in 1979, following the world changing movement for disability rights begun next door in Berkeley in the 1960s. Ed Roberts, together with several other quadriplegic students, called for the opening of the University of California-Berkeley to students with disabilities, and the first curb cuts and ramps were born.
Italian Street Painting Marin
Kids Cooking for Life
Marin Center for Independent Living (recipient)
Schurig Center for Brain Injury Recovery
Slide Ranch
Fall 2018
Fall 2018 Presenting Nonprofits:
Project Avary (recipient)
Project Avary offers long-term support, resources, guidance and training for children with incarcerated parents. Their programs are tailored to meet the needs of this unique population by providing youth development in leadership, emotional and social intelligence, and independent living skills. Since 1999, this year-round program has met the unique emotional needs of children with a parent in prison. They intervene early in the lives of children at the ages of 8 to 11 and make a long-term 10-year commitment to each child and family.
Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity (AHO)
Artists Teaching Art (ATA)
Cool the Earth
Lifehouse
Project Avary (recipient)
Fall 2017
Fall 2017 Presenting Nonprofits:
Bloom (recipient)
Bloom is a non‐profit organization that provides complimentary wardrobes to men, women, and children who are transitioning to a life of self‐reliance. Their clients are among the low income or working poor populations who are referred by supporting social services agencies. The population served includes participants in substance abuse recovery programs, victims of spousal abuse, as well as others who are homeless, jobless, or suffering from economic hardship. Bloom not only provides clothes to satisfy the requirements of the workplace, but also to enhance the social and recreational needs of their clients who are working to transition to a life of self‐sufficiency.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Bay
Bloom (recipient)
Conservation Corps North Bay
The Marin History Museum
The Marin YMCA
Fall 2016
Fall 2016 Presenting Nonprofits:
Marin City Health & Wellness (recipient)
Marin City Health & Wellness provides services from San Rafael to San Francisco. Founded to provide affordable and accessible health care services to residents of public housing, they are uniquely located in the communities where their clients live.
Services include, state-of-the-art medical and dental care, natural birth center, behavioral and mental health programs and healthy lifestyle programs for all ages.
Beyond Differences
Ceres Community Project
Enriching Lives through Music
Marin City Health & Wellness (recipient)
Marin Humane
Winter 2016
Winter 2016 Presenting Nonprofits:
Wednesday’s Gift (recipient)
Wednesday’s Gift is a critical piece of Marin County’s social safety net. For years, they have been busy helping local individuals and families obtain the basic necessities of life: food, clothing, and shelter. In addition to their year-round work, Wednesday’s Gift organizes holiday giveaways of food, clothing, and toiletries to hundreds of homeless and disenfranchised people each year. Their gift bags contain key essentials for survival, and each one is accompanied by a holiday card that has been made by local school children.
ExtraFood.org
Marin County Bicycle Coalition
Marin County School Volunteers
The Novato Theater
Wednesday’s Gift (recipient)
Summer 2015
Summer 2015 Presenting Nonprofits:
Jessica’s Haven (recipient)
Jessica’s Haven’s mission is to be a small dog rescue that offers vocational and social opportunities to individuals with disabilities. Their rescue dogs benefit from being socialized, bathed, walked, played with, and love all the attention received from the program’s participants.
Center for Domestic Peace
EHA Housing
Jessica’s Haven (recipient)
Legal Aid of Marin
Marin Art & Garden Center
Winter 2015
Winter 2015 Presenting Nonprofits:
North Bay Children’s Center (recipient)
North Bay Children’s Center provides comprehensive high-quality childcare and early education programs fueled by our vision of excellence and a spirit of innovation.
Their mission is to assure optimal development for every child served through culturally rich programs that prepare children from diverse backgrounds to succeed socially, emotionally, and academically.
Their Garden of Eatin’ program that weaves a culture of health and wellness throughout the organization and serves as a model for other communities to emulate.
Agricultural Institute of Marin
Ritter Center
WildCare
North Bay Children’s Center (recipient)
Artworks Downtown
Steering Committee
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Jennifer Bowman, Bowman Real Estate Group
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Joe Delaney, Robertson Stephens
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Nina Gardner, Acrisure
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Kevin Kearney, Kevin Kearney Real Estate
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Mary Jo Lafaye, Mutual of Omaha Reverse Mortgage
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Jonathan Leidy, Portico Wealth Advisors
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Donatella Levintow, Heritage Bank of Commerce
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Krystalynn Schlegel, M.G. Schlegel & Associates
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Mariah Shields, Arrow Benefits Group
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David Winnett, Liuzzi, Murphy, Solomon, Churton, Hale & Winnett LLP