California · Nonprofit
URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $85,000 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($85,000). 1 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 FY2024
- $57k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $85k
- Net assets
- $234k
What Urban Preservation Foundation does
Mission
Promote community and neighborhood revitalization through historic and architectural preservation and planning, through education, and through adaptive re-use of the built environment. Through its work, upf fosters interest and commitment to the improvement and stability of san francisco neighborhoods and communities. The foundation is focusing on san francisco initially, with the goal of broadening its activities throughout the san francisco bay area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Urban Preservation Foundation completed facade easement reports for the following buildings580 howard st, san francisco, ca54 mint st. (now 14 mint plaza), san francisco, ca410 jessie st. (now 2 mint plaza), san francisco, ca
Urban Preservation Foundation is the managing general partner of arc light co. Affordable, lp and potrero launch affordable, lp which own 178 townsend st, san francisco and 2235 third st., san francisco, respectively.
$2,280 spent$53,525 earned by the program100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,280.
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 2018 to 2019, from $181k to $225k (+25%).
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.
6% of URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $20k.
1 of 1 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 URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $85k 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
URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
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
29% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 3 related entities
- Arc Light Co Affordable LP · partnership
- Potrero Launch Affordable LP · partnership
- 1101 Sutter Affordable LP · partnership
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: 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 URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION?
- URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $85,000 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($85,000). 1 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 URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $85,000 in grants to URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION?
- THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $85,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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