San Francisco Pride Band Inc FKA San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Ba
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810615706
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4155336347
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $157,518
- Expenses
- $167,192
- Assets
- $255,332
- Liabilities
- $12,290
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- Brandon Moss (Director of Production)
- Vi Le (Director of Production)
- Doug Litwin (Director of Marketing)
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
The San Francisco Pride Band provides for the education and musical development of its members, promotes visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, and with its allies, fosters understanding among diverse communities through public performance.Beyond the formal mission statement, the spirit of SFPB is best captured in the revised lyrics written by founder Jon Sims to a popular Broadway song: If they could see me now, that little home-town clan we're singing and we're playing with this all-gay band.I'd like for all the world to see for a factthat we're a source of power they'll never send back! The closet's empty now, just like it ought to be--the time is right for us, just look around and see! What a set-up, Holy Cow! (They'd never believe it.)If my friends could see me now.If My Friends Could See Me Now (New lyrics by Jon Sims, 1978)
What it reported doing in 2024
During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the San Francisco Pride Band continued uplifting San Francisco's diverse LGBTQ+ communities through inclusive and accessible musical programming. We produced Community Concerts in the spring and fall that included world premiere performances, and presented the Dance-Along Nutcracker "Mission: Nutcracker" in December. The Marching Band performed in parades across the Bay Area, and the Pep Band brought music and LGBTQ+ visibility to over 30 events. This was a year of transition for the organization, as we adopted a new name to reflect the organization's mission of representing the entire LGBTQ+ community. In addition, Pete Nowlen, our Concert Band Artistic Director retired after 12 years of service. We concluded the concert band season with a farewell concert to Pete, and initiated a recruitment and selection process for the Concert Band's next Artistic Director.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
SUPPORTED - 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: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.8%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 43.2%; rating input score 43
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.8% of revenue deployed · 43.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.