Tickets & Sponsorship Opportunities

On September 15, this culinary adventure will bring together the Center’s most supportive community members for an evening of gourmet bites and libations from local restaurants, wineries and purveyors.

Purchasing a table or tickets to this event helps keep the Garden free and open to the public, maintain our historic buildings, and help us expand educational and cultural programs to a wider audience. Sponsors will gain exposure to an important audience of arts and culture champions.  

Online ticket sales close September 15 at 10 am

Limited tickets will be available at the gate at $250/person

To allow everyone to enjoy the experience of Edible Garden without interruption, the event will not include a fundraising appeal or auction component. Please consider contributing as a sponsor now, and savor the evening as a supporter of these beautiful surroundings.

Celebration—$15,000

Individual Sponsors at this level receive:

  • 2 VIP Tables with seating for 16 in a premiere location
  • Reserved table signage with your name
  • Full Slide promo on screen in slideshow
  • Name on front gate banner
  • Name on website
  • Verbal recognition on stage
  • 2 first in/out valet passes
  • Pellegrino on tables

Business Sponsors at this level also include:

  • Listing on Marin Art and Garden Center website as Presenting Sponsor with link to your website
  • Recognition in monthly newsletters to all newsletter subscribers (5000 subscribers)
  • Four dedicated social posts throughout the fall
  • Dedicated feature in one newsletter

Inspiration—$10,000

Individual Sponsors at this level receive:

  • 1 VIP Table for 8
  • Reserved table signage with your name
  • Half Slide promo on screen in slideshow
  • Name on front gate banner
  • Name on website
  • Verbal recognition on stage
  • 1 first in/out valet passes
  • Pellegrino on tables

Business Sponsors at this level also include:

  • Listing on Marin Art and Garden Center website with link to your website
  • Recognition in monthly newsletters to all newsletter subscribers (5000 subscribers)
  • Four dedicated social posts throughout the fall

Honor—$5,000

Individual Sponsors at this level receive:

  • 6 VIP seats, blended table in a preferred location
  • Quarter Slide promo on screen in slideshow
  • Name on front gate banner
  • Name on website

Business Sponsors at this level also include:

  • Listing on Marin Art and Garden Center website with link to your website
  • Recognition in monthly newsletters to all newsletter subscribers (5000 subscribers)
  • Two dedicated social posts throughout the fall

Sharing—$2,500

Individual Sponsors at this level receive:

  • 4 VIP seats, blended table in a preferred location
  • Name on screen in slideshow
  • Name on front gate banner
  • Name on website

Business Sponsors at this level also include:

  • Listing on Marin Art and Garden Center website with a link to your website
  • Recognition in monthly newsletters to all newsletter subscribers (5000 subscribers)
  • One dedicated social post

Wonder—$1,500

Individual Sponsors at this level receive:

  • 2 VIP seats, blended table in a preferred location
  • Name on screen in slideshow

Business Sponsors at this level also include:

  • Listing on Marin Art and Garden Center website with a link to your website
  • Recognition in monthly newsletters to all newsletter subscribers (5000 subscribers)

Individual Ticket—$200

1 seat, blended table

Thanks to all who have already joined as sponsors:

Honor

Robert Beadle
Dudley & Michael Del Balso
Linda & Jon Gruber
Ellin & Ned Purdom
Pam Sher

Sharing

Nina & Piers Barry
Robin Donoghue
Allison & Dave Friedberg
Stephanie & Andy Evans
Amie Boswell-Kennett & Greg Kennett 
Jan & Thomas Ross Perry
Tracy & Matthew Salter

Wonder

Jennifer Ames
Joey Buckingham
Pat & John Cahill
Diane & Frank Doodha
Katie & Max Eulenstein
Hilary Foster
Jessica Fairchild & Kai Broms
Jennifer & Robert Leathers
Robin & Robert Mayer
Stacy & Mark Nelson
Marcia & Michael Skall

Media Sponsors:

@thespoonlist

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