Marin County Grassroots Leadership Network (MCGLN) is a non-profit membership organization. MCGLN is dedicated to providing leadership training and technical assistance to individuals and neighborhood grassroots organizations, while encouraging communication and cooperation between ethnically diverse groups within Marin County.



Started as a project of Marin Community Foundation (MCF), MCGLN emerged as an organization in 1995 due to the vision of community activists, organizers and service providers who recognized the need for an organization aimed at empowering the voiceless in local communities. In 1998 MCGLN gained 501(c)(3) status and since has emerged as the only Marin-based organization whose primary purpose is to facilitate the development of grassroots leadership within underserved communities. MCGLN's targeted areas of work are Marin City, San Rafael's Canal Area, West Marin, and parts of Novato. These are primarily neighborhoods of color with growing immigrant populations.