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Learn more about the Marin Master Gardeners Exploring Habitats Program

Visit Marin Art and Garden Center with your second-grade class and learn about the plants and animals that live in the diverse environments on the grounds. 

Sign up below; slots fill quickly, so be prepared to choose an alternate date if your first choice fills up while you are completing the form. Please be ready to supply your email and phone number, the number of students in your class, and whether you will be coming by carpool or bus. We will do our best to get you scheduled!

Field trips are offered on the following dates:

September 24 | October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
March 25 | April 1, 22, 29 | May 13

Fee: $175

Please note that this program is open to second-grade teachers at public or private schools in Marin County only.

Marin Master Gardener docents will contact each teacher a week or two before your field trip with further information to help you prepare your class.

If you were not able to secure your preferred date, please email info@maringarden.org and we will put you on the wait list in case another class has to cancel.

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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