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Mill Valley, CA — March 19, 2026 — Mill Valley’s oldest and historically important nonprofit organization The Outdoor Art Club (OAC) announced its annual list of grant recipients for 2025/2026. This year’s five recipients were selected based on projects that align with OAC’s core values and the grant focal areas of Food Insecurity and Marin Beautification. 

Over the past fifty years, the OAC has donated nearly one million dollars in grants awarded to local nonprofit organizations throughout Marin County. The 410-member OAC is dedicated to the protection and beautification of outdoor spaces, wildlife conservation, and civic, literary and charitable work. This year’s grant recipients:

Food Insecurity
SF/Marin Food Bank: Funds will be immediately used to help source, purchase and distribute fresh and nutritious food to over 5,000 households across Marin County every week.

Center for Domestic Peace                                                                                         
C4DP serves domestic violence survivors and their children throughout Marin County. Grant funds will be used to provide food assistance to program participants, who are primarily low income, and approximately 60% have children. 

ExtraFood                                                                                                                   
ExtraFood recovers and shares food that would have been wasted, and delivers free, nutritious groceries and meals to every community in Marin County, serving 110 total safety net food distribution partners, over 38% of whom are based in San Rafael and 19% in Novato. 

Marin Beautification

Friends of China Camp                                                                                               
China Camp is a California state park but receives no state financial assistance. Grant funds will be used to clear trash and debris along a section of North San Pedro Road and to cut poison oak sufficiently to maintain screening from the sensitive tidal marsh.

Marin City Historical and Preservation Society                                                         
This grant will support the 10-banner expansion of the Marin City Legacy Banner Project, a public art and outdoor beautification initiative that honors the original Black Marinship workers who helped build Marin City during World War II. 

About the Outdoor Art Club
The Outdoor Art Club (OAC) is a nonprofit, philanthropic, member-run organization supporting Mill Valley and its surrounding communities since 1902. Its founders were a group of civic-minded women who sought to effect change in their community through advocacy, leadership, and example, and their spirit of activism guides the Club to this day. One West Blithedale Avenue, Mill Valley, 94941 info@outdoorartclub.org  www.outdoorartclub.org

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