Advocacy

COALITION OF SENSIBLE TAX PAYERS – 501(C)(4) ORGANIZATION

CST is also approved by the IRS as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization which allows us to engage in political activities. Donations help fund our political advocacy, support our campaigns and sponsor other election activities. Any donations are not tax deductible.

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Make 501(c)(4) donations payable to Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers and mail to:

P.O. Box 253, Kentfield, CA 94914

Stock Donations to our 501(c)(4) Fidelity account:

  • Fidelity’s DTC # is 0226.
  • Our account is in the name “Coalition of Sensible Taxpayers.”
  • Our account number is Z48-738706. (Note that the first digit of that account is Z like Zebra, NOT the numeral Two.)

More About CST Advocacy

The nonpartisan CST social benefit organization focuses on political activities that serve the public by promoting candidates for office and advocating for responsible legislation and policies that promote good governance and agency accountability at the ballot. Our 501(c)(4) organization sponsors political efforts on behalf of Marin taxpayers by funding campaigns to oppose certain proposed legislation if we believe it to be poorly crafted or unfair. Equally, we campaign in support of certain measures and ballot initiatives. We also, on occasion, campaign in support of or against candidates in local elections.

Recent Political Activities

In the March 2024 election CST campaigned and won against the Tamalpais High School Unified School District’s proposed $517 million bond issue. This cadillac proposal added every possible goodie from the district’s wishlist for certain local campuses while ignoring others. All of this at a cost of over $1 billion to the local school district taxpayers. CST’s vigorous work on this issue succeeded and the THUSD bond issue failed at the ballot.

In the November 2022 election of Marin Municipal Water District board members, CST campaigned in support of 3 out 5 members of the board. All of our candidates were elected by significant margins. By supporting and campaigning for new candidates CST succeeded in transforming a do-nothing agency into a responsible steward of Marin’s precarious water supply.