Public Charity

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS is a Public Charity headquartered in SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $9.3M revenue, $11.6M expenses, $92.4M total assets. 54 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $16.8M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 943042571 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Arts & Culture NTEE: A20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$9.3M
Total Expenses$11.6M
Total Assets$92.4M
Grant Records54
Funding Total$16.8M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO BE A GATHERING SPACE FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION THAT FOSTERS MEANINGFUL CONNECTION FOR ALL. OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1993, YBCA WAS FOUNDED AS THE CULTURAL ANCHOR OF SAN FRANCISCO'S YERBA BUENA NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, YBCA HAS SERVED AS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER WHERE ARTISTS AND COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER TO EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGE WITH ART THAT REFLECTS THE DIVERSE REALITIES OF OUR TIME.

Where $100 goes at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

How Yerba Buena Center for the Arts divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$8 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $83 for programs

$50
Community use + special events
60% of program spending
$21
Exhibitions and public programs develop and support all forms of art through multidisciplinary participatory experiences
26% of program spending
$12
Artist initiatives investments to help support the work of artists and their livelihoods
14% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS GENERATING ART AND CULTURE
$1,370,000
$100,000
2024
PROMOTION OF IRANIAN ART/CULTURE/HISTORY
$10,000
2024
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$8,575
2023
TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS GENERATING ART AND CULTURE
$1,354,500

Showing up to 5 of 54 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

MEMBER Alan Seiffert
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER Alexis Juliana Amann
MEMBER Amy Eliot
HEAD AUDIO TECHNICIAN Bert Hebbert Castillo
GENERAL MANAGER Chris Griffin
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMM. Christopher Mark Royalty

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$11,288,460 21 grants
Arts & Culture
$5,075,505 27 grants
Education
$232,600 3 grants
Training & Professional Development
$127,431 1 grant
Environment & Conservation
$30,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $9.3M $11.6M $92.4M
2024 $11.6M $18.6M $17.8M
2023 $15.8M $17.7M $24.7M
2022 $15.6M $18.9M $27.7M
2021 $23.5M $9.7M $31.4M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $23.5M to $9.3M (-60%), with total assets most recently reported at $92.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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