California · Nonprofit
SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT
SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,516 to it, the largest being KELSON FOUNDATION ($80,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $147k
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What Soma West Community Benefit District does
Mission
SOMA West Community Benefit Districts primary exempt purpose is to advance the common good, general welfare, and quality of life of all San Franciscans and visitors to San Francisco by enhancing environmental quality and beauty in the District, and... (continued on Schedule O)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Clean, Safe, and Beautiful (7/1/23-6/30/24): In the FY24 SWCBD prioritized key areas: public safety, neighborhood cleanliness,and inclusive community programming. SWCBD ambassadors hard work is driven by real-time data collected through multiple channels. During FY24 we had picked up 627,950 pounds of trash, completed 86,231 sweeping tasks, 55,236 hazardous tasks, removed 15,699 bags of trash, completed 5,595 landscaping tasks, 8,212 graffiti tasks, 9.598 bulk removal tasks and 11,852 other tasks. SWCBD rolled out and maintain over 35 new planters, boulders, throughout the district, bringing more green into our neighborhood. This is an ongoing program that will continue and expand. This year showed the strength of our communitys collaboration and resilience. SOMA West saw major improvements in cleanliness, safety, local business support, and social initiativesmaking it more vibrant, welcoming, and thriving for all.
$3,543,161 spent$3,774,214 earned by the program91% of program spendingMarketing and Advocacy (7/1/23-6/30/24): SWCBD continued to work with scores of neighborhood groups, such as the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District, to hold diverse and welcoming events and activate streets in the district. SWCBD spearheaded the committee responsible for naming the future park at 11th and Natoma. We are cosponsor of the Satuday Neighborhood Cleanup, which happens weekly, rain or shine, and Our Place in the Park Urban Film Fest. SWCBD activated special projects: VMD Park Sidewalk Seating, SOMA West Summer Quest.
$369,049 spent$427,312 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,912,210.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $3.7M to $4.5M (+23%).
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: 2020 2% · 2021 5% · 2023 2% · 2024 4% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $11k → $53k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SOMA WEST 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
SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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
41% 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 SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 95% · 2022 95% · 2023 95% — broadly stable.
“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
96% of SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16 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.
Against its field
SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT has grown faster than half of the 2,299 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,299 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOMA WEST 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 SOMA WEST 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 SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT?
- SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,516 to it, the largest being KELSON FOUNDATION ($80,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $146,516 in grants to SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOMA WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT?
- KELSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOMA WEST 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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