Stinson/Bolinas Community Fund

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED JUNE 2025

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp - $3000 – To Provide funding for first aid training for counselors and for Marine Lab activities.

Bolinas Stinson Young Stewards of the Land - $3000 – To provide scholarship funds, wilderness excursion and supplies

Theater Arts Workshop - $2700 – To provide funds for general operating costs for the program.

Greater Farallones Association - $2000 – To fund an ocean science class at the Bolinas Stinson School.

West Marin Monarch Sanctuary - $2500 – To provide funding for the continued planting, fencing and labor needed to establish the monarch sanctuary.

The Bolinas Hearsay News - $2700 – To provide funding for printing materials and administrative work.

Bronwen Murch - $2000 – To provide funding for the Gospel Flat Showspace.

Firehouse Community Park Agency - $1500 – To provide funding for new woodchips for the playground.

Rosie Newhall - $1200 – To provide funding for free monthly community potluck dinners at the Stinson Beach Community Center.

Stinson Beach Historical Society - $2700 – To provide funding for equipment to digitize the archives.

West Marin Senior Services - $3000 – To provide funding for the care manager to support seniors in West Marin.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED OCTOBER 2024

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp - $1500 – To Provide funding for tuition assistance for qualifying families.

Bolinas Stinson Young Stewards of the Land - $3000 – To provide scholarship funds, camp out funds, and junior mentor stipends.

Theater Arts Workshop - $2500 – To provide funds for general operating costs for the program.

Eli Likover - $1100 – To provide funding or time and materials for an ongoing children’s art classes.

West Marin Monarch Sanctuary - $2000 – To provide funding for the continued planting, fencing and labor needed to establish the monarch sanctuary.

St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church - $1000 – To provide funding for a free weekly meal program.

Stinson Beach Volunteer Fire Association - $3000 – To provide funding for a promotional film for the Stinson Beach Fire Station capital campaign.

Lucian Patton - $1000 – To provide arts grant funding for the film – Dirty Old Town.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED JUNE 2024

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp - $1500 – To provide funding for training, kayaks, pizza making and lifeguard training.

Greater Farallones Association - $1800 – To fund an ocean science class at the Bolinas Stinson School.

Bolinas Stinson School - $500 – To provide funding for the Banana Slug String Band to perform at the Bolinas Stinson School.

Bolinas Stinson Young Stewards of the Land - $1500 – To provide scholarship funds for the program.

A Wilder Harmony - $1500 – to provide funding for a scholarship program for a preschool.

Theater Arts Workshop - $2500 – To provide funds for general operating costs for the program.

West Marin Monarch Sanctuary - $2000 – To provide funding for the clearing and planting of a target section of the land to provide Monarch habitat.

Bolinas Community Land Trust - $500 – To provide funding for events run the BCLT Youth Advisory Committee.

Firehouse Community Park Agency - $1500 – To provide funding for the purchase and installation of a new water fountain at Mesa Park.

Stinson Beach Historical Society - $2000 – To provide funding for the digitization and uploading of archival photos.

Rosie Newhall - $1200 – To provide funding for free monthly community potluck dinners at the Stinson Beach Community Center.

West Marin Senior Services - $3000 – To provide funding for the care manager to support seniors in West Marin.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED DECEMBER 2023

Ole Schell - $3000 - To provide funding for the installation of a butterfly corridor on local property.

BCC Aerial Arts - $2053.41 – To provide funding for aerial equipment installed at the Bolinas Community Center.

Bolinas Community Center - $2000 – To provide funding for the purchase of new equipment for the BCC.

Theater Arts Workshop - $3000 – To provide funding for after school theater classes and a spring performance.

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp - $3000 – To provide funding for tuition assistance.

Bolinas Stinson Young Stewards of the Land - $1800 – To provide funding for the spring camp out and a stipend for community specialists.

Bolinas Film Festival, Inc - $3000 – To support funding for improved video and audio infrastructure.

Eli Kale Likover - $1330 – To provide funding for free arts classes at the Library.

West Marin Senior Services - $3000 – To provide funding for the emergency support for Stinson/Bolinas elders.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED JUNE 2023

Bolinas Animal Fund - $500 - To provide funding for community members pet needs and services.

Eli Kale Likover Community Art Classes - $500 - To provide tuition assistance for art classes.

Bolinas Film Festival - $1500 – To provide funding for the acquisition of film and audio/visual equipment required for a local film festival.

Bolinas Stinson Beach School Foundation - $750 – To provide tuition assistance for BSBSF programs.

Bolinas Stinson Young Stewards of the Land - $3000 - To provide tuition assistance for the Bolinas Stinson Earth Allies program.

Greater Farallones Association - $2000 – To provide funding for an ocean science program for Bolinas-Stinson School elementary students.

Bolinas Community Center – Stone Soup - $1500 – To provide free classes for an early childhood learning program at the community center.

Molly Maguire – Kitchens Together - $1000 – To provide funding for a local meal voucher program.

Bolinas Civic Group - $1000 – To provide funding for the community communication platform.

Firehouse Community Park Agency - $3000 – To provide funding for replacement of the well at the downtown park site.

Stinson Beach Fire Protection Dept. - $1500 – To provide funding for new, upgraded equipment for the repeater serving Stinson and Bolinas.

KWMR - $3000 – To provide funding for the installation of new translator equipment in Bolinas.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED DECEMBER 2022

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp - $3000 - To provide funding for tuition assistance.

Bolinas Stinson Young Stewards of the Land - $3000 - To provide funding for the spring camp out and specialists.

Molly Maguire - $3000 – To provide funding for the Kitchens Together program, providing meal vouchers for local community members.

Bolinas Community Center - $1089 - To provide funding for replacement of the lights and fan in the men’s restroom.

Bolinas Museum - $3000 - To provide funding for Bolinas Museum Education program.

Stinson Beach Historical Society - $3000 – To provide funding for the Stinson Beach Historical Society Archival project.

West Marin Senior Services - $3000 – To provide funding for caregiving, expenses, and transportation of local seniors.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED JUNE 2022

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp - $3000 - To provide funding for staff training and to hire local experts for special projects.

Bolinas Stinson Young Stewards of the Land - $3000 - To provide funding for the implementation of the Earth Allies Program, geared toward younger ages.

Greater Farallones Association - $2012 – To provide funding for the Ocean Science program at the Bolinas Stinson School.

Bolinas Community Center - $3000 - To provide funding to support the continued operation of the public restrooms at the center.

West Marin Senior Services - $3000 - To provide funding for transportation and in-home support services.

Bolinas Community Land Trust - $3000 – To provide funding for emergency kits given to low-income families.

Bill Quist - $1000 – To provide funding for the Summer Music Series.

Molly Maguire - $1000 – To provide funding for Pop, Rock, & Soul Shop.

Andrea Densmore - $1000 – To provide funding for Eve, An Opera.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED DECEMBER 2021

Bolinas Stinson Young Stewards of the Land - $1800  – To provide funding for operation of the program.

Bolinas Children’s After School Theater - $3000 – To provide funding for after school theater classes for local youth.

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp - $1500 – To provide funding for tuition assistance.

Lee “Kanoa” Dodd - Goats - $500 – To provide funding for materials necessary for maintenance of a local goat herd accessible to the community.

Anny Owens – Bach’s Daughter - $1000 – To provide funding for the Bach’s Daughter opera.

Bolinas Language Exchange - $500 – To provide funding towards English language classes for spanish speaking community members.

Stinson Beach Historical Society - $2000 – To provide funding towards the archival of historical documents.

West Marin Housing Collaborative - $1780 – To provide funding towards the formation of a local housing collaborative.

Bolinas Community Center - $1000 – To provide funding for repairs to the Bolinas Community Center’s building.

Stinson Beach Community Center - $3000 – To provide funding for repairs to the Stinson Beach Community Center.

Bolinas Community Land Trust - $1000 – To provide funding for equipment needed at the Stinson Beach low income property.

Bolinas Museum - $1500 – To provide funding towards the Arts and Issues series.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED JUNE 2021

Bolinas Community Land Trust - $2000 - To provide funding for emergency kits available for free to low income individuals and families in Bolinas.

Bolinas Community Center - $2180.19 - To provide funding for commercial kitchen appliances and containers for the food insecure program.

Bolinas Children’s After School Theater - $2300 - To provide funding for a series of dance and theater classes for youth.

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp - $3000 - To provide funding for counselor training, special projects, and equipment.

Bolinas Stinson Young Stewards of the Land - $3000 - To provide funding for a spring session camp out.

West Marin Senior Services - $2500 - To provide funding for home healthcare services for seniors in need.

Lucian Patton & Lisa Townsend - $1000 - To provide an Arts Grant for the continuation of the film Pozzo & Lucky.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED DECEMBER 2020

Stinson Beach Affordable Housing Committee — $3000 - To provide funding for assistance to property owners regarding accessory dwellings.

Bolinas Community Center — $2463.65 - To provide funding to fundraise for the community kitchen program.

Bolinas Community Center - $4000 - for stipends to the three volunteers coordinating twice-weekly food box distribution.

Anny Owen – Bach’s Daughter — $2000 - To provide funding to continue the production of the opera Bach’s Daughter.

Bolinas Children’s After School Theater — $2750 - To provide funding for afterschool theater classes for youth.

Greater Farallone’s Association — $1845 - To provide funding for a marine science program at the Bolinas Stinson School.

Bolinas Stinson Young Stewards of the Land — $3000 - To provide funding for scholarships for the program.

Power of Hope Summer Camp — $1000 - To provide funding for the summer camp program.

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp — $1500 - To provide funding for tuition assistance for the summer camp program.

KWMR — $750- To provide funding for equipment for programmers to record from home.

West Marin Senior Services — $3000 - To provide funding for transportation and in-home support services.

Eli Kale Likover — $500 - To provide an Arts Grant for a community art project.

Lucian Patton & Lisa Townsend — $500 - To provide an Arts Grant for the film Pozzo & Lucky.

Jaime Kyle — $500 - To provide funding for the neighborhood band, 300 Yards Band.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED MAY 2020

Given the unprecedented moment we’re in, the Stinson/Bolinas Community Fund recently opted to forgo its usual Spring round of small grants in favor of giving several larger grants to people and organizations in Bolinas & Stinson directly assisting those adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bolinas Community Land Trust - $4000 - to pay staff administering BCLT’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund.

Love Dogs for Life - $400 - for pet food and vet bill assistance for local residents in need.

Bolinas Community Center - $4000 - for stipends to the three volunteers coordinating twice-weekly food box distribution.

West Marin Senior Services - $1200 - to provide support for family caregivers.

Stinson's Parkside Cafe - $1500 - which has been distributing daily free dinners to Stinson residents who need them for the past 6 weeks.

In part, the award letter to the Parkside Cafe read, "There are so many people in the Stinson Beach community who have been nurtured by you…this past month. No one told you to do this. There were no government grants involved. Simply the recognition of the power of generosity and love. Your shining example of what we are all capable of but few actually do is something that should be known and recognized everywhere." These same words could be applied to each of our 5 grantees, to whom we give our deepest appreciation.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED NOVEMBER 2019

Love Dogs For Life - $2000 – To provide funding for care for pets in need.

Stinson Beach Affordable Housing - $3000 – To provide funding for inspection costs related to the purchase of a low income property in Stinson Beach.

Bolinas Children’s Center - $3000 – To provide funding for music classes.

BSUSD After School Program - $1500 – To provide funding for tuition assistance.

The Bolinas Children’s After School Theater - $2000 – To provide funding for the theater program.

Bolinas Summer Camp - $3000 – To provide funding for tuition assistance.

Bolinas Bay Performing Arts - $1000 – To provide funding for materials associated with the performance of an updated version of Handel’s Messiah.

Bolinas Museum - $3000 – To provide funding for the Arts and Issues series.

Sound Orchard - $2100 – To provide funding for scholarships to participants of the chorus.

West Marin Senior Services - $2000 – To provide funding for transportation, in-home support services and senior exercise classes.

ARTS PROJECTS FUNDED NOVEMBER 2019

Pawel Kruk - $1000 – To provide funding for the performance Bonnie ‘Prince’ Bully: It Hurts Us.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED JUNE 2019

Bo Baby Group — $624 – To provide funding for a parent/baby group at the Bolinas Community Center.

Bolinas Children’s Center — $3000 – To provide funding for maintenance and repair to the Children’s Center space.

Bolinas Stinson Summer Camp — $3000 — To provide funding for counselor training.

Power of Hope Summer Camp — $2000 — To provide funding for outreach to local families and tuition assistance.

The Bolinas Museum — $1000 — To provide funding to hire a local student to market the museum.

Bolinas Bay Performing Arts — $3000 – To provide funding for scholarships and production support for The Little Mermaid.

Jeff Warrin – Metabolic Films — $1000 – To provide funding for the production of A Day in the Country.

The Piero Resta Foundation — $2000 – To provide funding for the production of Piero Resta: Meteora!

Bolinas Community Land Trust — $2000 — To provide funding for the continuation of the beautification of 6 Wharf Road.

Pathfinder Communications — $2500 – To provide funding for continued education and outreach for the implementation of a Microgrid in West Marin.

Sound Orchard — $1500 – To provide funding for scholarships to participants of the chorus.

West Marin Senior Services — $1500 – To provide funding for transportation, in-home support services and senior exercise classes.