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Approved Caterers

A Fork Full of Earth
100% Local Seasonal Organic
Jasmine Williams / 415-448-5178 / Email

Carrie Dove Catering
Comfortably Elegant / Custom Menu
Kelley Wade / 415-460-9995 / Email

CaterMarin
Creative California Cuisine
Terry Eberle / 415-892-2777 / Email

Classic Culinaire
Local Fresh Ingredients / All Cuisines / Planning
Rachael Daniel / 415-430-8269 / Email

Culinary Excellence
A wide variety of cuisines / Event coordination
Jessica / 925-947-1090 / Email

Dee’s Organic
Locally sourced, organic ingredients
Dolores Coleman / 415-484-3491 / Email

Fork & Spoon Productions
Full-service catering / Event coordination
Anna / 415-308-4835 / Email

Debbie Ghiringhelli Catering
Four generations of creative catering
Debbie Ghiringhelli / 415-847-0006 / Email

Il Davide
Cucina Italiana / Event coordination
David Haydon / 415-454-8080 / Email

Park Avenue Catering
All Cuisines / Based in Wine Country
Anthony Levy / 707-793-9645 / Email

Midsummer Kitchen
Plant-forward / Seasonally inspired
Cleodia Martinez / 925-858-1049 / Email

Sage Catering
Seasonal / Upscale / Coordination
Scot Anderson / 415-491-2222 / Email

All our caterers are green certified.

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Iris Lax about booking an event with us.

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IRS Guidelines for Gifts from Donor Advised Funds to Support MAGC Events

Thank you for your interest in giving to the Marin Art & Garden Center events from your Donor Advised Fund (DAF) or Family Foundation.

We sincerely appreciate your generosity and support!

To ensure your gift follows the current IRS guidelines for DAF/Family Foundation support of an event, we would like to share the below guidelines with you.

  • Raffle tickets, tickets to galas and other special events, auction items, and benefits conferred in connection with a DAF/foundation grant are not permitted.
    • IRS has specifically ruled that fair market value associated with fundraising events cannot be separated, a practice known as “bifurcation.”
      • For example, with Edible Garden, if the price of the ticket is $200 and the FMV fair market value (non-tax-deductible amount) is designated to be $50, the donor must pay from sources other than her DAF/foundation for the full value of the ticket ($200) and not just for the non-tax-deductible amount ($50).
    • We recommend you confer with your financial advisor to confirm if any of these examples of how donors may still use their DAF to support an event would work for you:
      • A donor could sponsor the event, and not attend, and pay fully out of the DAF/foundation.
      • A donor could sponsor the event using DAF/foundation funds and attend by purchasing an individual ticket through non-DAF/foundation funds.
      • A donor could sponsor the event, join the event as a guest of another donor/table guest, and pay fully out of the DAF/foundation.
      • A donor could sponsor the event and host the afforded number of people at their chosen level as long as they pay for the seats at the lowest ticket price ($200 for Edible Garden) outside of their DAF.
        • As an example, a $1,500 sponsor that covers 2 guests, could pay for their sponsorship with $400 from a different source of funds, and then give an additional gift of $1,100 out of their DAF.

 

Please email Tod Thorpe, Director of Development at tod.thorpe@maringarden.org to discuss your gift to Marin Art and Garden Center