California · Public charity
West Marin Community Services
To support programs and services that ensure the well-being of individuals and families in West Marin. Human dignity and social justice are the values that guide our efforts.
- $184k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $75k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $68,122
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $68,122
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations West Marin Community Services funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $57k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $136k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $37k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Geronimo Valley Community Center | $239,041 | 3 | 7% |
| Papermill Creek Childrens Corner | $35,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Lions Club of West Marin Inc | $30,677 | 1 | n/a |
| Bolinas Community Inc | $8,750 | 1 | 3% |
| Dance Palace | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The West Marin Fund · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About West Marin Community Services
- How much does West Marin Community Services give?
- West Marin Community Services reported 2 itemized grants totaling $75,122, out of $184,358 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does West Marin Community Services fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (81%), Youth Development (10%), International (9%).
- Who are West Marin Community Services's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: San Geronimo Valley Community Center ($239k), Papermill Creek Childrens Corner ($35k), The Lions Club of West Marin Inc ($31k).
- Does West Marin Community Services fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as West Marin Community Services?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The West Marin Fund, Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
- Where is West Marin Community Services based?
- West Marin Community Services is based in CA.
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