Marin Arts Council

Name

Marin Arts Council

Legal name

Marin Arts Council

Website

https://marinarts.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arts and Culture Community Resource

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events (7113), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic & Municipal Festivals (City Days, Public Celebrations) (MPAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services (BPAIACAI)

Keywords

• Community arts calendar
• Arts event directory
• Nonprofit arts promotion
• Cultural resource platform
• Artist venue listings

Headquarters

HQ city

San Rafael

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Marin Arts Council accepts donations to support arts programming and operations in Marin County.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Marin Arts Council (operating as MarinArts) operates a 24/7 online community calendar and interconnected directories that aggregate and promote arts and culture events, artists, venues, and organizations across Marin County, California. The platform is offered as a free public resource, supported by donations, sponsorships, and grants, with multilingual accessibility.

Product overview

MarinArts is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization operating as a 24/7 online arts and culture resource for Marin County. The platform functions as a unified hub combining multiple services: the MarinArts Community Calendar as the core platform for event discovery and promotion, supplemented by three interconnected directory services (Artist Directory, Venue Directory, and Organization Directory). The organization also maintains content platforms including the Uptake editorial blog and the MarinArts Presents video broadcast program (both currently on hold), and provides an event submission platform for community members to contribute events. The platform serves as the primary arts discovery and promotion mechanism for Marin County, with features supporting accessibility filtering, multilingual access, and community engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MarinArts Community Calendar A 24/7 online community calendar that aggregates and promotes arts and cultural events throughout Marin County, allowing users to search and filter events by category, organization, venue, city, date range, and accessibility features.
• Artist Directory An online directory of local artists in Marin County, searchable by artist type and last name, enabling users to discover and connect with visual artists, musicians, performers, filmmakers, and other creative professionals.
• Venue Directory An online directory of arts venues and cultural spaces in Marin County, searchable by venue type and location, providing information about theaters, galleries, concert halls, libraries, and community centers.
• Organization Directory An online directory of arts and cultural organizations in Marin County, covering categories including nonprofits, galleries, theaters, music venues, dance companies, and cultural associations.
• Event Submission Platform A platform allowing organizations, venues, and artists to submit events to the MarinArts calendar for promotion and visibility to the community.
• Uptake Blog An editorial blog featuring articles about Marin arts and culture, including artist profiles, event previews, cultural commentary, and Marin 101 educational content. Currently noted as on hold.
• MarinArts Presents A professional broadcast program showcasing local nonprofit arts organizations in Marin County, created in partnership with Strategic Development Technologies to raise funds and visibility for arts nonprofits. Currently noted as on hold.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Marin County Department of Cultural ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarin County government department providing cultural services; co-presents events and programs with MarinArts.
• Marin Cultural AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural association that partners with MarinArts on events and cultural programming.
• Merlone GeierminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor supporting MarinArts operations and programs.
• MarinLinkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal partner supporting MarinArts through donations and sponsorships.
• Individual Sponsors (Janisse Hull, Susan Searway)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerIndividual sponsors providing financial support for MarinArts.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Global self-service event ticketing and discovery platform — comparable as an event-listing and submission infrastructure that any Marin County arts organization could use as an alternative to MarinArts.
• Time Out: City-by-city events, attractions, and cultural-activities guide — comparable in curating local arts and culture event calendars, though operating across major metros rather than a single county.
• Artsy: Global online arts marketplace and editorial platform covering galleries, auctions, and artists — comparable to MarinArts as a digital arts-discovery resource but at global rather than county scale.

Emerging players

• Atlas Obscura: Discovery platform for cultural, experiential, and place-based events and destinations — overlaps with MarinArts as a curated community/cultural-discovery destination, though covering experiences globally.

Others

• Issuu: Digital publishing and discovery platform for catalogs, portfolios, and editorial content — adjacent to MarinArts as a publishing/directory tool used by artists and cultural organizations for visibility.

Direct peers

• San Francisco Arts Commission: City and county arts agency for San Francisco that promotes local arts events, funds artists and organizations, and maintains public-facing cultural programming — the most direct county/municipal-arts counterpart to MarinArts.
• California Arts Council: State agency that funds and promotes California arts organizations and could partner with or supersede a county-level council like MarinArts — directly comparable as a public-arts funding/promotion body.
• National Endowment for the Arts: Federal agency that funds and promotes arts across the U.S.; comparable to MarinArts in its mission of supporting community arts visibility, though at vastly larger scale.
• Fractured Atlas: Nonprofit that provides services, fiscal sponsorship, and a discovery platform to artists and arts organizations — overlapping with MarinArts in supporting independent artists and small cultural orgs.
• Americans for the Arts: National nonprofit that supports local arts councils, advocates for arts funding, and aggregates tools and research for community arts — comparable in mission as an arts-promotion nonprofit serving communities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/macarts
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/marinartsorg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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