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The San Francisco Foundation

EIN 01-0679337Community Development California Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Greater Impact Together - The community foundation of the Bay Area

The San Francisco Foundation is the community foundation serving the Bay Area since 1948, granting more than $800 million over the past ten years. Through the generosity and vision of our family of donors, both past and present, The San Francisco Foundation awarded grants totaling $82 million in fiscal year 2011. By focusing on policy, advocacy, community organizing, and systems change, the Foundation addresses community needs in the areas of community health, education, arts and culture, community development, and the environment. In response to the economic downturn, The San Francisco Foundation is focusing funding on safety net partners, job creation and training, and foreclosure response and neighborhood preservation for the next two years.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.17Overall score
out of 100

100.00Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$153,318,491

Total expenses · USD$167,683,582

Program expenses

$160,640,871.56 recorded amount

95.8%

Fundraising expenses

$1,844,519.40 recorded amount

1.1%

Administrative expenses

$5,030,507.46 recorded amount

3.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Fred Blackwell
Recorded compensation: $400,147.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.23%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The San Francisco Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	The San Francisco Foundation is the community foundation serving the Bay Area since 1948, granting more than $800 million over the past ten years. Through the generosity and vision of our family of donors, both past and present, The San Francisco Foundation awarded grants totaling $82 million in fiscal year 2011. By focusing on policy, advocacy, community organizing, and systems change, the Foundation addresses community needs in the areas of community health, education, arts and culture, community development, and the environment. In response to the economic downturn, The San Francisco Foundation is focusing funding on safety net partners, job creation and training, and foreclosure response and neighborhood preservation for the next two years.
`ein` EIN	01-0679337
`tot_exp` Total expenses	167683582.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.03
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.011000000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.958
`fscore` Financial score	100.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Fred Blackwell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	400147.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0023
`motto` Tagline	Greater Impact Together - The community foundation of the Bay Area
`name` Charity name	The San Francisco Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	153318491.0
`score` Overall score	97.17
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	160640871.556
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1844519.4020000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	5030507.46

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 01-0679337
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.