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League of Women Voters of San Francisco

League of Women Voters of San Francisco (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,405 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($60,350). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$54k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$60k
Net assets
$107k
0/3 repeat funders
01What it does

What League of Women Voters of San Francisco does

Mission

The League of Women Voters of San Francisco encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government. We provide education to encourage people to vote in elections and participate in government. We also engage in advocacy to influence public policy that benefits the community. People of all genders are welcome. We do not support or oppose candidates or political parties.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Voter service is our primary way of carrying out our exempt purposes. Major voter service activities include:The Pros & Cons, an impartial guide to local ballot measuresSpeaker's Bureau, volunteers present Pros & Cons to local groupsCandidate ForumsVoter registration drivesCandidate statement films for local offices that are shared online and on TVVoters Edge website- provide financial support and volunteer support for non-partisan website with election resourcesMember eventseducational events for membersPro/Con Discussion- film non-partisan discussions of local ballot initiativesObserver Corp program- train members of the public on observing public governmentmeetings. Encourage them to attend and report back on what is happeningProvide Election Monitoring for homeowners associationsAdvocacy is also part of LWVSFs exempt purposes. Major advocacy activities include:Educational forums and materials on local issuesBallot measure recommendations for local electionsParticipation in local, San Francisco Bay Area, and statewide ballot measure campaigns

    $39,161 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $39,161.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($37k) Expenses 100 ($30k) Net assets 100 ($94k)2019 Revenue 108 ($40k) Expenses 87 ($26k) Net assets 114 ($107k)2020 Revenue 99 ($37k) Expenses 100 ($30k) Net assets 114 ($107k)2022 Revenue 77 ($29k) Expenses 139 ($42k) Net assets 123 ($115k)2023 Revenue 76 ($28k) Expenses 146 ($44k) Net assets 106 ($100k)2024 Revenue 99 ($37k) Expenses 129 ($39k) Net assets 104 ($98k)2025 Revenue 145 ($54k) Expenses 150 ($45k) Net assets 113 ($107k)
2018201920202022202320242025
Revenue (145)Expenses (150)Net assets (113)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $115k to $100k (−13%).

$98k
$112k
$109k
$115k
$100k
$98k
$107k
2018201920202022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 -3% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

80% of League of Women Voters of San Francisco’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,450 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$7k
’18
$14k
’19
$7k
’20
−$13k
’22
−$15k
’23
−$2k
’24
$9k
’25
28
months of
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.

2018201920202022202320242025
Listed17151617141414
Joined·+2+4·+3+6+3
No longer listed·43·663
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of League of Women Voters of San Francisco’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. 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

League of Women Voters of San Francisco leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund League of Women Voters of San Francisco.

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

100% of League of Women Voters of San Francisco's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $55 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.

NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $60k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

League of Women Voters of San Francisco runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 695 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Months of reserve28.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 695 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds League of Women Voters of San Francisco?
League of Women Voters of San Francisco (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,405 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($60,350). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does League of Women Voters of San Francisco have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $60,405 in grants to League of Women Voters of San Francisco.
Who is the largest funder of League of Women Voters of San Francisco?
THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like League of Women Voters of San Francisco 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), 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