California · Nonprofit
SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION
SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION (California) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,261,544 to it, the largest being STUPSKI FOUNDATION ($8,280,325). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 122
- Grants received
- $29M
- Net assets
- $42M
What San Francisco Jazz Organization does
Mission
The San Francisco Jazz Organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. The organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african american community to its diverse present-day expressions around the world. As a non-profit organization, sfjazz works to develop the audience for jazz in the san francisco bay area and beyond. The organization celebrates jazz as a living art form, built on a constantly evolving tradition.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Main events: as one of the largest performing arts organization in the san francisco bay area, sfjazz is committed to presenting performances that inspire music lovers. All sfjazz programs reflect a spirit of artistic exploration, embracing the full breadth of jazz and its related music; emphasize thematic programming, with tributes to jazz masters and celebrations of particular musical instruments, trends or styles; and strive to instill enthusiasm for jazz among wider audiences.hailed by the london observer as "the best jazz festival in the world," the san francisco jazz festival is a celebration of today's best music. Every summer the festival presents a phenomenal array of jazz concerts, from the classic to the avant-garde, gathering the legends of today and the rising stars of tomorrow.originally the san francisco jazz festival was a small-scale event known mostly in the local community, the organization has risen to national and international prominence. Following on the heels of a successful expansion in the fall festival and spring seasons, sfjazz launched in 2008, the world is listening: campaign for the sfjazz center. Inspired by an anonymous gift of $20 million, the…
$12,049,940 spent$9,076,951 earned by the program78% of program spendingEducation: the organization also sponsors year-round education programs for youth and adults aimed at building the audience for jazz and deepening their understanding of jazz music.sfjazz education programs for youth are the following:jazz in the middle - throughout the academic year, sfjazz provides curriculum-based residencies, linking jazz and academic subjects in the classroom. Offered free of charge to sfusd middle schools, the program fosters the connections between classroom curricula and the arts. The goal of jazz in the middle is to build literacy skills through understanding of the historical context and cultural dimensions of music, with students responding creatively to elements of music and applying what they learn to writing and other subjects.sfjazz high school all-stars - throughout the academic year, sfjazz provides advanced jazz training and performance opportunities for talented young musicians in both big band and small ensemble formats, selected annually by competitive audition (free to participants).meet the masters - a series of workshops, school assemblies, open rehearsals, salons, master classes, mentoring sessions, community events and interactive…
$2,133,877 spentof which $1,500 as grants$42,293 earned by the program14% of program spendingSfjazz digital: from the greatest jazz hall in the world straight to your living room, sfjazz digital initiative include fridays live and on-demand providing exclusive online access to the most memorable moments and new performances from the sfjazz center, while providing much-needed support for artists and sfjazz during this challenging time. Featuring multi-camera hd video and state-of-the-art audio, each fully immersive digital offering connects you to the music, to the musicians, and to the feeling of experiencing live music at sfjazz.
$1,231,280 spent$29,177 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,415,097.
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 2021 to 2022, from $65M to $74M (+15%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 28% · 2022 31% · 2023 3% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Greg Stern
CEO (thru 12/31/24)
Board chair
Denise Young
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 35 funders to 62 funders, grant income rose $2.6M → $4.2M.
29 of 122 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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: $36M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Foundation for Sfjazz). These are real filings, and they are not money SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION raised.
From the IRS filings of SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 122 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 JAZZ ORGANIZATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
46% 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 JAZZ ORGANIZATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 34% · 2019 45% · 2020 27% · 2021 21% · 2022 68% · 2023 13% — 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
49% of SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
82% of SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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 JAZZ ORGANIZATION's funding base is broadening — from 35 funders to 62 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.6M on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$1.6M
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 JAZZ ORGANIZATION
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 2 related entities
- Sfj Properties LLC · disregarded
- The Foundation for Sfjazz · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION?
- SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION (California) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,261,544 to it, the largest being STUPSKI FOUNDATION ($8,280,325). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 122 organizations giving $29,261,544 in grants to SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION, 83 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION?
- STUPSKI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,280,325 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION 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 122 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