California · Nonprofit
SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (California) receives grants from 92 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,241,266 to it, the largest being WILLIAM K BOWES JR FOUNDATION ($20,023,603). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $59M
- Funders on record
- 92
- Grants received
- $54M
- Net assets
- $316M
What San Francisco Conservatory of Music does
Mission
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (sfcm) educates exceptionally talented musicians from around the world to become artists of the highest caliber, as well as musical citizens prepared for the challenges of the twenty-first century.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Collegiate instruction - sfcm is an accredited college granting bachelor's and master's degrees in music performance. Expenses include salaries, scholarships, recruitment, and academic support (library, student services, etc.). 451 students were enrolled across the following programs: 14 advanced certificates, 12 artist diplomas, 230 bachelors music, 2 certificates, 165 masters music, and 28 professional studies diplomas. 450 students received sfcm scholarships.
$38,767,659 spentof which $15,613,381 as grants$27,685,898 earned by the program88% of program spendingPre-collegiate and adult extension - music instruction for 4-18 year olds and continuing education for adults. Instruction includes early childhood music classes, private music instruction, and classes. Expenses include salaries, scholarships, advertising, and support. 327 students were enrolled and 155 students received scholarships. 193 students were enrolled in continuing education and adult extension.
$4,760,947 spentof which $383,172 as grants$4,113,566 earned by the program11% of program spendingSan Francisco Conservatory of Music partners with organizations to produce product/projects that align with carrying out sfcm's mission, such as various classical music recordings.
$373,505 spentof which $373,505 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $43,902,111.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $214M to $313M (+47%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 7% · 2022 9% · 2023 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Timothy Foo
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $8.8M.
17 of 92 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $83M from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest The Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation for the Arts). These are real filings, and they are not money SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC raised.
From the IRS filings of SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 92 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
SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 56%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
37% 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 SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 39% · 2019 24% · 2020 47% · 2021 71% · 2022 45% · 2023 45% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
48% of SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
81% of SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states 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.
Against its field
SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC's funding base is broadening — from 26 funders to 40 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- Department of Education$1.5M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Pooled Income Funds (2) · corp_trust
- Opus 3 Mothership LLC · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: 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 SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC?
- SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (California) receives grants from 92 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,241,266 to it, the largest being WILLIAM K BOWES JR FOUNDATION ($20,023,603). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC have?
- IRS filings report 92 organizations giving $54,241,266 in grants to SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 59 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC?
- WILLIAM K BOWES JR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,023,603 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 92 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