How much does Civic Space Foundation give?

Civic Space Foundation reported 31 itemized grants totaling $2,952,456, out of $3,174,040 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 30 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.

What does Civic Space Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (19%), Community Improvement (18%), Youth Development (5%).

Who are Civic Space Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Into The Streets ($1.3M), Valencia Corridor Merchants Association ($350k), Community Youth Center of San Francisco ($200k).

Does Civic Space Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 97% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Civic Space Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, SF New Deal.

Where is Civic Space Foundation based?

Civic Space Foundation is based in CA.

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California · Public charity

Civic Space Foundation

Partner and invest in the people, organizations, and projects working to build civic gathering spaces around the country.

$3.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 31
Itemized grants FY2025: 30
Organizations funded FY2024: 97%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $3.0M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $40,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $1,276,500
Organizations funded a year: 4 to 30; FY2023 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $6.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 97% of the organizations Civic Space Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	31	$3.0M	74%
FY2024	30	$4.2M	97%
FY2023	4	$55k	n/a

94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$795kCommunity Improvement$763kYouth Development$200kFood & Nutrition$176kPublic Benefit$120kRecreation & Sports$30kCivil Rights$25kEnvironment$18kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Into The Streets	$1,276,500	1	n/a
Valencia Corridor Merchants Association	$350,000	1	n/a
Community Youth Center of San Francisco	$200,000	2	0%
Excelsior Action Group	$188,147	2	12%
Sf Black Wall Street Foundation	$150,000	2	4%
Noe Valley Merchants and Professionals Association Inc	$150,000	2	55%
Cole Valley Merchant Association	$125,000	2	98%
BeChinatown	$120,000	1	n/a
Johns Grill	$115,000	1	n/a
San Francisco Community Business Resources	$114,594	1	n/a

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All grantees of Civic Space Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Into The Streets	$1,276,500	1	n/a
Valencia Corridor Merchants Association	$350,000	1	n/a
Community Youth Center of San Francisco	$200,000	2	0%
Excelsior Action Group	$188,147	2	12%
Sf Black Wall Street Foundation	$150,000	2	4%
Noe Valley Merchants and Professionals Association Inc	$150,000	2	55%
Cole Valley Merchant Association	$125,000	2	98%
BeChinatown	$120,000	1	n/a
Johns Grill	$115,000	1	n/a
San Francisco Community Business Resources	$114,594	1	n/a
The Urban Land Institute	$102,500	1	0%
North Beach Business Assoc	$100,000	1	n/a
Soma West Community Benefit District	$60,000	1	1%
Glen Park Association	$56,509	1	n/a
San Francisco Parks Alliance	$55,000	3	0%
Hot and Cool Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
EMPIRE Distribution Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
American Journalism Project Inc	$50,000	1	0%
La-Mas Inc	$50,000	1	6%
Geary Blvd Merchants Assoc	$50,000	1	n/a
Wah Mei School	$50,000	1	1%
Dear Community	$40,000	1	n/a
Chris & Greg Events LLC	$40,000	1	n/a
Fillmore Merchants & Improvement Association Inc	$30,000	1	11%
North of MarketTenderloin Community Benefit Corporation	$30,000	1	0%
La Voice	$25,000	1	1%
Castro Street Fair	$25,000	1	n/a
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights	$25,000	1	0%
Illuminate the Arts	$25,000	1	2%
Noise Pop Industries LLC	$25,000	1	n/a
African-American Shakespeare Company	$25,000	1	n/a
Precita Eyes Muralists Association Inc	$16,750	1	3%
Ocean Avenue Association	$12,000	2	1%
Oasis Arts Inc	$11,200	2	2%
Chinese Historical Society of America	$11,000	1	n/a
Community Initiatives	$10,000	1	0%
Marigold Project Inc	$10,000	1	3%
Gumbo Social	$10,000	1	n/a
Downtown Community Benefit District	$10,000	1	0%
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Instituto Familiar de la Raza	$10,000	1	0%
Checkin LLC	$8,000	1	n/a
Greening Projects	$7,500	1	2%
Outer Sunset Neighbors	$7,359	1	n/a
Comfort & Joy	$5,828	1	2%
Gold Toast LLC	$5,143	1	n/a

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.

Civic Space Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 25.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Francisco FoundationCA15.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · SF New Deal · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Civic Space Foundation

How much does Civic Space Foundation give?: Civic Space Foundation reported 31 itemized grants totaling $2,952,456, out of $3,174,040 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 30 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
What does Civic Space Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (19%), Community Improvement (18%), Youth Development (5%).
Who are Civic Space Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Into The Streets ($1.3M), Valencia Corridor Merchants Association ($350k), Community Youth Center of San Francisco ($200k).
Does Civic Space Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 97% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Civic Space Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, SF New Deal.
Where is Civic Space Foundation based?: Civic Space Foundation is based in CA.