Stinson/Bolinas Community Fund

Local Grants for Locals

Recent Grants

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED JUNE 2010:

Bolinas Children’s Center/Community Action Marin: $3,000
Enhancement of outdoor environment

Bolinas Community Center: $1650
Funding to provide hot water in bathrooms

Bolinas Hearsay News: $2000
For archiving and preservation project

Bolinas Museum: $600
Funding for free “Arts & Issues” series

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp: $3,000
To provide counselor training for  summer 2010

Coastal Marin Fund: $3000
To fund outreach for Coastal Marin Trade Token project

Dance Palace: $800
To fund West Marin teen activities

Marin Literacy Project: $3000
To provide ESL classes in Stinson Beach and Bolinas

S.P.R.O.U.T. Seed Library: $1400
To provide seed saving classes, seed swap, and information sharing

Stinson Beach Preschool: $3000
Tuition assistance for low-income families

StuArt Chapman: $750
Funding to provide three “Growing Old Gracefully” art workshops

Bolinas Community Land Trust: $2700
Funding for “Recycle-A-Bicycle” program

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED DECEMBER 2009:

Anny Owen: $2,250
“Yellow Bike Program” – community bicycle repair/lending program

Audubon Canyon Ranch: $750
To conduct oral histories with individuals who have played critical roles in the formation and history of ACR

Bolinas Children’s Center/Community Action Marin: $2,000
Scholarships and movement program

Bolinas Museum: $2,000
To provide funding towards a two-year program to conduct outreach and programming to the local Hispanic population

Bolinas Stinson After School Program: $2,000
Funding for scholarship program and coordinator salary

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp: $2,000
To provide tuition assistance for summer 2010

Coastal Health Alliance: $1,330
To partially fund community outreach to Stinson Beach and Bolinas communities, to gather input about services currently offered and future plans

Firehouse Community Park Agency, aka Mesa Park: $900
To partially fund creation of 10 artist-designed benches for new downtown Bolinas park

Friends of Sam’s House: $2,000
To ensure the immediate availability of resources to people in need of Sam’s House services

Nate McDonald: $2,000
To fund a Bolinas-Stinson School robotics program

Bolinas-Stinson Transition West Marin: $1,500
Meeting and outreach support

West Marin Senior Services: $2,000
To support case management services to seniors in Stinson Beach and Bolinas


You can download the complete list of grants