Democratic Socialists of America – San Francisco
Legal name: San Francisco Dsa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822194307
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4155458376
- Rating
- 42
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $88,470
- Expenses
- $85,646
- Assets
- $93,581
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- JENNIFER BOLEN (CO-CHAIRS)
- ADITYA BHUMBLA (CO-CHAIRS)
- ELLYN DALY (AT LARGE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We work to equalize political and economic power, because true democracy cannot coexist with inequality.
What it reported doing in 2024
Tenderloin healing circle mutual aid project - the projet was designed to facilitate a space in the tenderloin for healing and community that allows both current dsa members and at-large community members (potential future dsa members) to meaningfully connect with one another.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 7
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 7.1%; rating input score 7
- Program expense ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 7
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -23.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 7.1% of revenue deployed · 7.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.