In 2026, we awarded $600,000 in grant funding to four organizations and their partners. These dynamic collaboratives are addressing complex community challenges including increased access to safety net services, improved social service coordination, reducing youth substance abuse, and preserving the oral histories of West Marin residents. Now in its third year, the Collaborative Impact Project is seeing clear progress in West Marin’s collaborative capacity, with applications reflecting stronger organizational partnerships and more coordinated cross-sector planning efforts.
Collaborative Impact
Grants Awarded
This initiative aims to strengthen collaboration among organizations serving West Marin with the overarching goal to reduce service gaps for disadvantaged populations in the region. Launched in 2024 as a pilot project in partnership with the County of Marin and Marin Community Foundation, grants are awarded over two years in the $100,000–$200,000 range. Grants are reviewed and recommended by a Grant Review Committee nominated by West Marin Collaborative members.
- West Marin Community Services – Point Reyes Station
- Partners: Bolinas Community Center, Bridge the Gap – Tomales, Tomales Town Hall, Shoreline Unified School District / Tomales High School and Elementary Schools, Bolinas-Stinson Union School District
- Bringing Services Closer: Expanding Equitable Access in West Marin
- $150,000 · Expand access to safety-net services and case management in northern and southern West Marin by increasing outreach, strengthening trusted local partnerships, and improving coordinated referrals through bilingual resource navigators.
- Bolinas Community Land Trust – Bolinas
- Partners: Bolinas Community Center, Firehouse Community Park Agency, San Geronimo Valley Community Center, Stinson Beach Fire Protection District, West Marin Community Services
- Closing the Gaps: A Bolinas-Stinson Social Services Strategic Alliance
- $150,000 · Create a coordinated, community-informed framework to improve the accessibility, alignment, and long-term delivery of social services in Bolinas and Stinson Beach.
- Marin Healthy Youth Partnerships
- Partners: West Marin Coalition for Healthy Youth (co-lead coalition), including: San Geronimo Valley Community Center, West Marin Community Services, Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, Lagunitas School District, Nicasio School District, West Marin-Inverness School of the Shoreline District, Institute of Interdisciplinary Health Research, North Marin Community Services
- Resilient West Marin: A Collaborative Strategy for Youth Substance Use Prevention
- $150,000 · Reduce substance abuse among youth in West Marin by supporting effective prevention and intervention efforts.
- Bolinas Museum – Bolinas
- Partners: Dance Palace Community and Cultural Center, KWMR Radio, Bolinas Film Festival
- Where Land Meets Story: The West Marin Oral History Project
- $150,000 · Document and share the diverse oral histories of West Marin residents through interviews, multimedia storytelling, and a public archive to preserve local history and strengthen cross-cultural understanding.
In 2025, we awarded a total of $525,000 in grant funding to four organizations who are working with local partners to address a range of issues — from addressing the displacement of ranch families to strengthening youth services in Tomales, enabling older adults to age safely in place, and expanding hands-on career exploration in public schools.
- Community Land Trust Association of West Marin (CLAM) – Point Reyes Station
- Partners: West Marin Community Services, County of Marin Community Development Agency, Urban Vision Alliance, Homeward Bound of Marin
- West Marin Interim Housing Initiative
- $175,000 · Develop interim housing solutions for displaced families by funding a Project Manager for the Interim Housing Project for CLAM and supporting West Marin Community Services to provide a dedicated Case Manager.
- Magnolia Global Academy for Leaders – Petaluma
- Partners: West Marin Community Services, Shoreline Unified School District, Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, Lagunitas School District, Nicasio Elementary School District, Bridge the Gap
- West Marin Engine for Economic Mobility
- $150,000 · Expand career exploration opportunities for middle and high school students by bringing hands-on career exploration, local community mentorship, and future planning into the school day at all six public schools in West Marin.
- San Geronimo Valley Community Center – San Geronimo
- Partners: West Marin Senior Services, West Marin Housing Collaborative, Marin Aging and Disability Institute, Habitat for Humanity, Local Healthcare Providers, West Marin Lions Clubs
- Aging in Place: Home Safety and Maintenance
- $100,000 · Reduce barriers for older adults to safely age in place by providing coordinated home assessments, access to financial assistance for critical home modifications, and guidance on Accessory and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units and home sharing.
- West Marin Community Services – Point Reyes Station
- Partners: Tomales Town Hall, Tomales Presbyterian Church, Shoreline Unified School District, West Marin Lions Club, Rotary Club of West Marin
- Youth Services Coordination In Tomales
- $100,000 · Increase after-school and recreation opportunities for youth in Tomales by coordinating available offerings, providing new enrichment activities, and reducing barriers identified by families, such as transportation and bilingual information.
In 2024, we awarded our first round of Collaborative Impact grant awards totaling $600,000 across four organizations listed below. These grants are aimed at supporting local nonprofits in finding collaborative solutions to such needs as improving health access for Latinx community members, ensuring access to environmental learning opportunities for youth, strengthening healthy local food procurement in West Marin schools, and greater collaboration among the region’s community land trusts.
- Petaluma Health Center – Petaluma
- Partners: Petaluma Health Center and the Botanical Bus
- Multidisciplinary, Holistic, Mobile Health in West Marin
- $150,000 · Improve access to health services for Latinx communities across West Marin by bringing culturally adequate services closer to them.
- Point Reyes National Seashore Association – Point Reyes Station
- Partners: Point Reyes National Seashore Association, Audubon Canyon Ranch, Alliance for Felix Cove/Movement Strategy Center, Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, Greater Farallones Association, Point Blue Conservation Science (STRAW Program), River Otter Ecology Project, Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, Shoreline Unified School District
- West Marin Environmental Learning Alliance
- $150,000 · Ensure all West Marin youth have equitable access to environmental education and optimize resources by coordinating efforts among many providers.
- West Marin Food Systems Group
- Sponsored by Innovative Health Solutions
- Partners: Innovative Health Solutions, Conscious Kitchen, Third I Communications (contracted), Launch for Hire (contracted), Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, and Shoreline Unified School District
- Growing School Food Together – Farm to School Project
- $100,000 · Improve children’s nutrition and create economic opportunities by coordinating school food procurement with local farmers in four school districts.
- West Marin Housing Collaborative – Point Reyes Station
- Sponsored by Bolinas Community Land Trust
- Partners: Bolinas Community Land Trust, Community Land Trust Association of West Marin, Two Valley Community Land Trust, and Stinson Beach Affordable Housing Association
- West Marin Housing Collaborative – Joint Affordable Housing Strategy
- $200,000 · Increase housing supply across West Marin by coordinating efforts among four local land trusts and developing a financing strategy.
