San Francisco Special Events Committee

Analysis

San Francisco Special Events Committee is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1986, 40 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 December 2023, San Francisco Special Events Committee reported income of $19.9m and spending of $12.1m, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $282k to $19.9m (+6939%), an average of +190% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 63% 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 Special Events Committee sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gilcrease Museum Management Trust ($19.8m), Kansas City Symphony ($20.0m) and Performing Arts Fort Worth Inc ($19.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $8.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $8.4m.