IRS 990 Nonprofit Profile
The San Francisco Foundation
Overview
Founded in 1948, the San Francisco Foundation is one of the nation’s largest community foundations—a grantmaking public charity dedicated to improving life within a specific local region. Our mission is to mobilize resources and act as a catalyst for change to build strong communities, foster civic leadership, and promote philanthropy in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The San Francisco Foundation is a 1948-founded community foundation and grantmaking public charity dedicated to improving life in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its mission is to mobilize resources and act as a catalyst for change—building strong communities, fostering civic leadership, and promoting philanthropy—with an equity agenda focused on advancing racial equity and economic inclusion. The organization supports giving and impact tools such as Donor Advised Funds and funds/investment vehicles including the Bay Area Leads Fund and the Bay Area Community Impact Fund, and reports progress through public-facing annual reports and an equity-in-action dashboard.
- Sector
- Public, Societal Benefit
- Faith identity / affiliation
- {'basis': [], 'value': None, 'evidence': [], 'confidence': 0.05, 'serves_all_regardless_of_religion': None}
- Official website
- https://WWW.SFF.ORG
- Public contact
- (415) 733-8500 · [email protected]
Community FoundationBay Area GrantmakingCivic LeadershipRacial Equity And Economic Inclusion
Programs and Current Appeals
- What We Do
Ongoing
- Our Equity Agenda
Ongoing
- Bay Area Creative Corps Program
Ongoing
- Bay Area Community Impact Fund
Ongoing
Places of Operation
Public sources identify operations or appeals in 1 place.
San Francisco
Official Sources and Evidence
This profile summarizes 9 official source pages and 77 evidence items alongside IRS Form 990 data.
- https://sff.org/about-us/
- https://sff.org/about-us/financial-statements/
- https://sff.org/about-us/board-of-trustees/
- https://sff.org/about-us/our-team/
- https://sff.org/privacy-policy/
- https://sff.org/whistleblower-policy/
- https://sff.org/news/
- https://sff.org/make-an-impact/ways-to-give/
- https://sff.org/contact-us/
Financials
- Filing year
- 2023
- Total revenue
- $200.0M
- Total expenses
- $236.3M
- Total assets
- $1.7B
- Program expenses
- $224.9M
- Administration
- $8.7M
- Fundraising
- $2.7M
- Program share of expenses
- 95%
- EIN
- 10679337
- Sector
- Public, Societal Benefit
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Leadership and Compensation
- Fred Blackwell - CEO
- $593K
- Sonja Velez - CFO
- $383K
- Judith Bell - CIO
- $380K
- Galen Maness - COO
- $367K
- Valerie Goode - Chief Marketing Officer
- $345K
- Rehana Abbas - CPO
- $319K
- Khanh Russo - VP Of Policy & Innovation
- $263K
- Michael Bankert - Controller
- $251K
- Raquiba Labrie - Vp, Programs
- $250K
- Pamela Doherty - Senior Director Of Planned Giving
- $232K
Officers, directors and key employees with total reported compensation, from Form 990 Part VII.
Governance
- Voting board members
- 13
- Independent members
- 13
Grants
- Grants to U.S. organizations and individuals
- $203.5M
- Grants outside the U.S.
- $33K
Foreign Activity
Reported $33K in grants and assistance outside the United States (Form 990 Part IX line 3; detail on Schedule F).
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