• DINNER • DANCING • GIVING • SERIOUSLY GOOD VIBES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2026
RANCHO NICASIO
4:30 - 9:00 PM
• DINNER • DANCING • GIVING • SERIOUSLY GOOD VIBES
OUR PURPOSE
HERE COMES
THE SUN
Nocturnal Sun marks the launch of Marin Waldorf School’s annual Community Fund campaign. Together, we’ll celebrate the vitality, generosity, and future of our community alongside dear friends and new leadership. The Marin Waldorf Community Fund sustains the people, programs, and learning environment that make a Marin Waldorf Education possible. Every gift supports our mission to help children realize their highest potential through an education that ignites the imagination, engages the intellect, and strengthens the will. Marin Waldorf graduates leave with more than knowledge. They leave with curiosity, compassion, resilience, creativity, and the confidence to meet the world with purpose. We are not simply funding a school. We're investing in the kind of human beings the world needs more of.
M A R I N W A L D O R F
SC H O O L G A L A
M A R I N W A L D O R F SC H O O L G A L A
WHAT
An evening of delicious food,
live music, joyful dancing,
and meaningful giving
WHERE
Rancho Nicasio
September 26, 2026
4:30–9:00 PM
WHY
To launch the Marin Waldorf
Community Fund, because the
future is shaped by how we
educate children!
A NEW TRADITION IS RISING
THE NEED
BEYOND
TUITION
A Marin Waldorf education is built on mission, not margin. Every budget decision begins with a simple question: what best serves our students? Not what is least expensive? Tuition covers [X%] of the school’s annual operating budget. The remainder is made possible by the generosity of families, alumni, board members, and friends who believe in our mission. This philanthropic support allows Marin Waldorf to provide an education where childhood is protected, not rushed, and where imagination, creativity, and meaningful human connection remain at the heart of learning.
Your generosity not only sustains this distinctive educational experience but also the vibrant and diverse community that makes it possible. Through tuition assistance and scholarships, Marin Waldorf welcomes families across the economic spectrum, enriching every child’s educational experience.
During the 2026-27 academic year, Marin Waldorf School will invest over $800,000 in tuition support, including $537,000 in financial aid benefiting 26% of enrolled students and $272,000 in diversity scholarships.
For more than 50 years, Marin Waldorf School has believed that the future is shaped by how we educate children. Nocturnal Sun is an invitation to invest in that belief, in the enduring value of a Marin Waldorf education, and the kind of future it helps create. Together, we aim to raise $220,000 for the Marin Waldorf Community Fund, strengthening the people, programs, and opportunities that will serve today’s children and generations still to come.
Whether you join us
as a guest or as a sponsor,
you’ll help strengthen the
people, programs, and
opportunities that define
Marin Waldorf Education.
SHINE OUT
SPONSOR THE GALA
Help launch the Marin Waldorf
Community Fund and champion
an extraordinary education.
BUY TICKETS
Come be a part of the FUN!
THE IMPACT
WHY WE
GIVE
Marin Waldorf School is the only accredited Waldorf school in Marin County, serving children from pre- school through 8th grade.
In an age of constant distraction, accelerating technology, and increasing pressure on children to perform, Marin Waldorf School offers something increasingly rare: an education that protects and honors childhood as a vital stage of human development. We believe children need time to wonder, create, move, build, imagine, and belong. We believe that creativity and play deserve a place alongside academic excellence. We believe that reverence for nature and meaningful relationships with teachers help children grow into grounded, capable, and compassionate adults. We invest in imagination, artistic expression, craftsmanship, and storytelling not out of nostalgia, but because engaging the head, hands, and heart instills the qualities children need to thrive.
These qualities do not emerge by accident. They are cultivated every day by exceptional teachers, a vibrant community, and a campus designed to inspire curiosity, confidence, and a lifelong sense of responsibility toward the world.
Delivering this education takes more than tuition. It takes a community that believes in our mission and is willing to invest in it. Every ticket purchased, every sponsorship secured, and every paddle raised helps ensure that childhood remains protected, not rushed, and that generations of children grow into the kind of human beings our world needs more of.
Launching a new tradition of philanthropy to help Marin Waldorf shine for generations to come.
FOUNDING SPONSORSHIP
SOLSTICE $20K
Premier recognition across marketing materials & event communications
Featured acknowledgments in digital marketing campaign
10 Gala tickets + case of wine + limited-edition gala gift
FLARE $10K
Prominent recognition across event marketing & communicationsFeatured acknowledgment in digital campaign
8 Gala tickets + case of wine + limited-edition gala gift
MERIAN $5K
Logo placement on event signage & printed materials Acknowledgments in digital marketing campaign6 Gala tickets + 6 bottles of wine + limited-edition gala gift
DUSK $2.5K
Recognition across event marketing & communications
4 Gala tickets + 2 bottles of wine + limited-edition gala gift
EMBER $1.5K
Recognition across event marketing & communications
2 Gala tickets + limited-edition gala gift
YAY!
Sponsors may also support signature event elements such as music, auction paddles, printed programs, welcome cocktail, bar, or dinner.
M A R I N W A L D O R F S C H O O L G A L A
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S C H O O L G A L A
Marin Waldorf School is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
