California · Nonprofit
MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER
MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,507,271 to it, the largest being THE MICHAEL & DUDLEY DELBALSO CHARITABLE TRUST ($661,934). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $7.2M
What Marin Art and Garden Center does
Mission
The marin art & garden center is a special gathering place that celebrates learning, growth, and the beauty of nature; a place that welcomes us all to be inspired, educated and entertained-or to "just" be.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, Marin Art and Garden Center (magc) advanced its mission to inspire and educate through nature, horticulture, and the arts. Located on an eleven-acrehistoric site in ross, california, magc maintained public gardens, provided environmental education, and hosted cultural events for the community. Magc operatedthe garden school, a licensed preschool focused on nature-based learning, and offered classes and workshops in gardening, sustainability, and creative arts. Thecenter supported community engagement through exhibitions, performances, and seasonal events. The property was actively used for over 150 short-term rentals and several long-term leases to nonprofit partners, contributing to financial sustainability and public access. Grounds were improved with native plantings,infrastructure updates, and habitat stewardship.
$1,900,178 spent$1,430,847 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,900,178.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $3.4M to $6.5M (+94%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Iris Lax
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $97k → $220k.
10 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
60% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 63% · 2019 23% · 2020 23% · 2021 45% · 2022 68% · 2023 29% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
52% of MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
53% of MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.2M that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from funders outside California, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER?
- MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,507,271 to it, the largest being THE MICHAEL & DUDLEY DELBALSO CHARITABLE TRUST ($661,934). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,507,271 in grants to MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER?
- THE MICHAEL & DUDLEY DELBALSO CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $661,934 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARIN ART AND GARDEN CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing