San Francisco Performances Inc

Analysis

San Francisco Performances Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending July 2023, San Francisco Performances Inc reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.4m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $2.4m (+3.7%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, San Francisco Performances Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Icicle Fund ($2.4m), The Rebuild Foundation NFP ($2.4m) and Artists Space Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $261k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $618k. At year end it held assets of $7.6m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $6.3m. It reported 13 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.