California · Nonprofit
VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC
VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $454,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($350,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $313k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $454k
- Net assets
- $92k
What Voice of San Francisco Inc does
Mission
Voice of San Francisco, Inc. provides sensible content that brings clarity and ushers in a new era of safety, housing, and prosperity for San Francisco and surrounding communities by filling a crucial void in journalism and by offering essential news and investigative pieces that spark meaningful conversations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous updating of an online news publishing site and weekly newsletters for subscribers to the website that serves San Francisco and surrounding communities.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing content updates of an online news publishing platform and weekly newsletters for subscribers
$221,587 spentof which $250,000 as grants$62,143 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $221,587.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC’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
VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC.
“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
88% of VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC'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 $54k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $401k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: 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 VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC?
- VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $454,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($350,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $454,000 in grants to VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOICE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing