California · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $263,992 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($225,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $264k
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Downtown Community Benefit District does
Mission
We lead the way in building a thriving downtown where business gets done, people feel welcome, come to explore, and make memories.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cleaning services - cleaning services are offered daily from 6 am - 8 pm. Cleaning ambassadors perform pan and broom sidewalk sweeps, remove trash and debris, scrub and clean spills, remove graffiti, clean hazardous waste, and power wash sidewalks.safety services - safety ambassadors are visible and engaged members of the team who primarily observe, advise, and report quality of life issues throughout the financial district and jackson square. They operate 6 am - 8 pm daily. Dcbd also funds an outreach worker through a non-profit partner to provide resources to those experiencing homelessness on the streets.mobility management - dcbd partners with the city and regional transportation agencies to advocate for traffic control officers, public transportation and micro mobility projects and ridership usage.
$3,832,893 spent$4,525,347 earned by the program84% of program spendingPublic realm & beautification - dcbd has developed a comprehensive public realm action plan to reimagine downtown san francisco with concepts and strategies to create new public spaces and revitalize existing spaces and alleys with murals, lighting, greening, seating, and on-going activation and events.marketing & promotion - dcbd manages a website, social media channels, and publishes a regular e-newsletter to engage with property owners and managers, businesses, community stakeholders and visitors.economic development - dcbd tracks ground floor vacancies and provides district data to commercial real estate professionals. These tools are used to attract new businesses to downtown san francisco. Dcbd may also provide micro grants to small businesses.
$709,452 spent$297,581 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,542,345.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $6.3M to $5.8M (−7%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 12% · 2024 8% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Robert Silver
President & CEO
Board chair
Glenn Good
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT?
- DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $263,992 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($225,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $263,992 in grants to DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT?
- JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing