The Jay Pritzker Foundation Centennial Endowment Fund
As College of Marin turns one hundred, we have a rare opportunity to secure the future of student support—permanently. A portion of the annual earnings funds vital services—emergency grants, food access, transportation, childcare—while the principal remains intact, growing over time. Students who walk through our doors ten, twenty, and fifty years from now will benefit from the generosity of this moment.
Emergency Grants and Basic Needs
Immediate, flexible support for the real-life barriers that derail students: car repairs, medical bills, rent gaps, childcare, food, and transportation.
Student Success Programs
Strengthen counseling, tutoring, mentorship, and learning communities like EOPS, MESA, Puente, Umoja, and Compass—that guide students from enrollment to completion.
Workforce Pathways
Prioritizing support for students in high-demand fields—nursing, STEM, fire science, and career and technical education—that directly strengthen Marin's workforce.
Join us in Building a Foundation for Thriving students
The cost of living continues to rise. Financial instability is increasingly forcing students to leave school—not because they lack ability or ambition, but because a system that doesn't account for the real cost of living in Marin leaves everyday barriers unaddressed.
If we meet this moment, students will stay, complete their education, and launch into stronger futures. Families will gain stability. Employers will gain talent. Marin will gain leaders. And through a permanent endowment, this impact will continue for generations.
The centennial is more than a milestone. It is an invitation to build something that lasts. Give today. Double your impact. Build a Foundation for Thriving.
Every Dollar Matched.
Every Future Protected.
Every dollar donated will be matched by The Jay Pritzker Foundation, up to $10 million, creating a permanent endowment dedicated to student success. Investment earnings will fund emergency grants, food access, transportation, childcare, and other essential supports for generations of students.
FOREVER
ENDOWMENT STUDENT IMPACT
We have been doing this work for a century
Every year, hundreds more transfer to top universities, launch careers, and become the workforce and leadership Marin depends on. For sixty years, the Foundation has been building a floor beneath students so they can reach toward new ceilings. Last year alone, we provided more than $2.3 million in scholarships and direct support.
A Community’s Investment, Returned
"College of Marin is one of the most important assets in our community—not only because of its history, but because of the value it's going to add in the future for all of us."
From Marin to Mission Control
"College of Marin changed my life. I found the support that my grandmother and my parents didn't have—and my kids are going to have access to that and more."
A Commencement Speaker’s Journey
"If you would have asked me two years ago, I would not have believed how much I've accomplished here."
