California · Nonprofit
SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK (California) receives grants from 671 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,500,273 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($17,741,736). 439 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $167M
- Funders on record
- 671
- Grants received
- $147M
- Net assets
- $122M
What San Francisco Food Bank does
Mission
To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and raising public awareness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pantry programs:2,165,844 individuals served.ongoing pantry programsthe food bank has a variety of ongoing food pantry programs designed to provide a lifeline for people who need help. Over 225 pantries provide food to low income seniors, families, children and other individuals, enabling them to plan and prepare meals in their own homes, an essential aspect of promoting good health, normalcy and dignity. Relying largely on the support of grants and contributions, the food bank operates the following types of pantries: (program description continues in schedule o)-healthy children pantries--this program combats child hunger by distributing nutritious foods every week in family friendly environments such as public schools, childcare centers, parenting support centers and other child focused locations. -senior pantries and home delivered groceries--these programs enable the food bank to help low income seniors and adults with disabilities secure immediate access to nutritious food. The food bank provides weekly groceries to thousands of older adults struggling to maintain their health and independence.-neighborhood pantries--the food bank established a network of weekly pantries to…
$137,722,547 spentof which $102,399,711 as grants$183,404 earned by the program87% of program spendingAgency distribution shopping program: more than 225 of the food bank's member agencies, including community centers, religious organizations, soup kitchens, shelters, affordable housing, senior programs, aids support programs and childcare centers, visit the warehouse on a regular basis to select bread, dry goods, meat and fresh produce for their clients.
$8,703,653 spentof which $6,863,785 as grants$229,474 earned by the program5% of program spendingSupplemental food program for seniors: this program provides a monthly box of nutritious usda food to more than 10,500 low-income senior citizens.
$8,036,987 spentof which $6,287,633 as grants5% of program spendingAll other programs: strategic partnerships, advocacy, and voicethe strategic partnership, advocacy, and voice (spav) department collaborates with our communities, partners, and participants to develop strategies, actions, and solutions aimed at reducing barriers and improving access to food and improve food security systems. Additionally, it advocates with community and participants for policy changes aimed at addressing the underlying causes of hunger. The food bank is leading efforts to address root causes of hunger through multiple innovation pilots that will change the food banking industry. In collaboration with community partners, here are the innovation pilots that are underway:-community markets: the food bank is piloting community markets, which are designed to provide nutritious and culturally centered foods to address access to healthy and cultural food within our communities, paired with coordinated services to address the root causes of food insecurity. Community markets are a transformative vision of going from a traditional 'pantry' model that is transactional and open limited hours with no wrap-around services, to larger market-style agencies that are open multiple…
$3,827,888 spentof which $80,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $158,291,075.
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.
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 $41M to $84M (+104%).
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 16% · 2018 15% · 2019 24% · 2020 26% · 2021 38% · 2022 22% · 2023 20% · 2024 27% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Tanis Crosby
Executive director
Board chair
Jonathan Walker
Board chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 132 funders to 287 funders, grant income rose $4.3M → $18M.
67 of 671 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 671 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 FOOD BANK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
68% 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 FOOD BANK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 15% · 2018 12% · 2019 16% · 2020 12% · 2021 14% · 2022 23% · 2023 12% — diversifying over time.
“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 FOOD BANK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
56% of SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK'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 $65M that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $82M arriving through sponsors registered in 23 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.
Government funding SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
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 FOOD BANK
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- End Hunger LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK?
- SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK (California) receives grants from 671 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,500,273 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($17,741,736). 439 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK have?
- IRS filings report 671 organizations giving $146,500,273 in grants to SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK, 439 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $17,741,736 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 671 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing