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The Marin Art and Garden Center is seeking Town of Ross approval for what is referred to as the Phase 1 Renovations that are part of the Center’s comprehensive Master Plan. We have been working on the Master Plan since 2016 with input along the way from various stakeholders.

 We understand there are likely questions about the elements of plan, its relationship to organizations that operate at the Center and neighbors, as well as potential timing of the project.

 To address these and other questions the Center is organizing a series of informational sessions:

  • Monday October 23 – Affiliated Groups

5-7 pm, Livermore Pavilion

  •  Monday November 6 – Neighbors

5-7 pm, Livermore Pavilion

While there is a focus for each meeting, you are welcome to attend either session. The basic presentation will be common to each meeting. Registration is encouraged but not required to attend on any date.

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Date

Nov 06 2023
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Time

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Questions? email info@maringarden.org or call 415-455-5260

Location

Livermore Pavilion
30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross, CA 94957

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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