Giving
Thank you for considering a tax-deductible financial gift towards the sustainability of The Marin Foundation and our bridge building work. The Marin Foundation is an IRS recognized 501c3 non-profit organization, incorporated for the purposes of scientific research, education and religion. For a full overview of The Marin Foundation’s projects that are funded by your donations and also satisfy our exempt purposes, please click here. To see our list of upcoming events click here.
To donate (tax-deductible) on an automatic reoccurring monthly basis, on a secure link, click here.
To give a one time tax-deductible donation on a secure link, click here.
The following are some examples of what your generous donations accomplish:
$10 pays for the materials for 1 person who attends a bridge building training session hosted by The Marin Foundation, anywhere in the world.
$25 pays for 1 month of the hosting, maintenance, site design and updates for our Love Is An Orientation blog.
-Since the blog’s creation on September 13, 2008, it has had over 750,000 unique visitors and over 1.5 million page views disseminating our important bridge building message. To see the statistical breakdown, click here.
$50 pays for the space and time needed to invest in personally talking to 1 family, pastor, youth or government official who have reached a point of no hope with the LGBT-conservative disconnect.
-Overwhelmingly, since The Marin Foundation’s inception in July 2005 we have spent countless hours of time through phone calls, coffee shop and house meetings, along with all of our spiritual, physical and emotional energy to meet with in-person, email, or talk on the phone to every single person that reaches out for help. On average The Marin Foundation receives around 35 intakes a day (via email, phone, Facebook and Twitter) from people all over the world wanting help in some way, shape or form. It is our commitment that we individually respond, as best as we can, to each and every one. We believe that all life must be uniquely dignified and deserve our effort.
$100 pays for a scholarship for 1 person to go through The Marin Foundation’s educational classes.
-For a detailed explanation of our Culture War Curriculum, click here. Since its inception is 2006, 1,008 LGBT and heterosexual people have completed our full curriculum with the knowledge of how to peacefully and productively handle the social, theological, historical, political and scientific means of Western society’s LGBT-conservative culture war.
$500 pays for 1 month (consisting of 2 meetings) of The Marin Foundation’s small group Living in the Tension (LITT) Gatherings.
-Since 2008, we have had 120 people from all different shades of faith and sexuality in our culture today – from the far left to the far right, LGBT and hetero – commit to each other to live their journeys together. We have also planted 6 other LITT groups throughout the United States and the United Kingdom off of the same model.
$1,000 pays for 6 entrance fee scholarships for people to attend 1 of The Marin Foundation’s small 2-day conferences held in Chicago.
-The Marin Foundation hosts 3 small, 2-day conferences in Chicago throughout the year as an in-depth follow up for those interested in one-on-one time with The Marin Foundation team regarding the principles, tangible applications and the building, growing and sustaining of a bridge building community in their own local community. We held our first such event in 2011, and 61 people attended. The 2012 schedule will be released Fall 2011.
$2,500 pays for 1 of The Marin Foundation’s large group Living in the Tension Gathering events.
-These large group gatherings are held 3 times a year at the world famous Roscoes Tavern in Boystown, Chicago. Each gathering The Marin Foundation brings in a religious, cultural, LGBT or political thought leader to give a lecture and Q&A regarding their field of expertise. The video of each gathering is then posted online for the rest of the world to participate in the discussion. The last 3 speakers have included intersex individual PD Williams, spiritual advisor to President Clinton Dr. Tony Campolo, and controversial author and pastor Jay Bakker (will be posted soon); with an average of 250 LGBT and conservative straight people attending each event.
$3,000 pays for 1 on-site, 3-day training session anywhere in the world, conducted by The Marin Foundation team.
-Since 2007 The Marin Foundation team has conducted 215 such sessions in 8 different countries to over 250,000 people live. Topics have included reconciliation, faith, cultural influence, sex, building bridges between the LGBT and conservative communities, answering the tough questions on sexual identity, among a number of others. The reach and impact from such sessions is immeasurable, and we have been humbled to add a voice of love and practical applications to reconciliation within what has been traditionally a divisive topic that tears families, churches and countries apart.
To donate (tax-deductible) on an automatic reoccurring monthly basis, on a secure link, click here.
To give a one time tax-deductible donation on a secure link, click here.
Each donation is fully tax-deductible to the furthest extent of the law.
The Marin Foundation takes, very seriously, the responsibility of being a faithful steward to every dollar donated to our work. Because we are a 501c3 public charity, all of our tax records are open to public inspection. If you would like an official copy of any of The Marin Foundation’s yearly IRS returns, please call the Internal Revenue Service telephone assistance about Exempt Organizations from 7am-7pm CDT Monday-Friday at 877-829-5500. We are also currently in the process of putting all of The Marin Foundation’s yearly tax returns on this website.
The program information and financial requests on this page are current as of July 29, 2011
