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In the Media

Marin County Fair in the IJ

A retrospective at the Civic Center made the front page in March 2025.

Dumplings in the IJ

Judy Kim's Dumpling workshop gets a writeup in February 2025.

Dumplings in 7x7

More on this fun workshop in March 2025.

Master Plan in the IJ

Our project proposal for Sowing the Seeds was approved in January 2025; read the IJ's coverage.

California Dreams in the Bohemian

The Bohemian covered Robb Havassy's exhibition of his artwork, California Dreams, in January 2025.

Marin Magazine on Chiaki Knits

A feature on knitting instructor Chiaki Hayashi ran in Marin Magazine in January 2025.

Botanical Art in Marin Living

Featured in the Spotlight section of the October 2023 issue.

A Mortal Moment

Isabella Cook finds out why the latest Studio exhibition "is, quite literally, a matter of life and death."

Look: WERKSTATT Pop-Up

Jane Vick profiles Lilia Chandran in the Pacific Sun

Botanical Art in Marin Living

September 29, 2023

We’re delighted that readers of Marin Living Magazine will catch a glimpse of the 26th Annual Exhibition of Botanical Art, on view in The Studio through November 26, 2023. You can leaf through the whole issue (don’t miss page 24!) here.

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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