Neighbors for a Better San Francisco is a Bay Area–focused funder that backs local civic life through media and storytelling, immigrant and Asian/Pacific Islander community organizations, tenant/housing advocacy, and civic engagement programming for families and youth. Their grants skew to San Francisco-based nonprofits and mission-driven production entities, suggesting an interest in shaping local narrative, outreach, and neighborhood-level organizing. The foundation mixes a few very large, targeted awards with multiple mid-sized grants to repeat local partners, indicating strategic bets plus steady support for core community institutions.
Concentrated regional giving: a few very large, multi-grant awards to production firms plus repeated mid-size grants to core Bay Area civic, cultural, and advocacy organizations; supports both new project-driven recipients and recurring community partners.
Neighbors for a Better San Francisco has made its largest recent awards to San Francisco civic-media producers, including $100,000 grants to GBTBmedia LLC and Mr Badly Productions LLC in both 2023 and 2024. That pattern points to a funder that uses substantial, repeated grants to support local narrative and production work alongside community organizing. The foundation also backs organizations tied to Asian and Asian Pacific Islander communities, tenant advocacy, family engagement, and women’s support networks, with most of its giving staying in California and a strong concentration in San Francisco. Recent recipients include Inspire SF, Asian Inc, Voice of San Francisco Inc, and Asian Pacific American CC, showing a mix of media, cultural, and civic groups. The grant list also includes repeated support for organizations such as Global SF and SF Association of Realtors Foundation, suggesting an interest in long-running local partnerships rather than one-off awards. Overall, the foundation’s grantmaking is centered on neighborhood-level civic life in the Bay Area, with funding that reaches both established community institutions and mission-driven media entities.
Local civic media is a clear priority. In 2025, Neighbors for a Better San Francisco gave $60,000 to Inspire SF, while earlier $100,000 grants went to GBTBmedia LLC and Mr Badly Productions LLC for production-related work. The foundation also supports Asian and Asian Pacific Islander organizations: it gave $50,000 to Asian Inc and $50,000 to Asian Pacific American CC in 2025. Tenant and housing advocacy appears as another theme, with a $29,500 grant to CA Friends of Tenants Caucus. Family and civic engagement programming is represented by $50,000 to SF Parent Coalition and $15,000 to Planned Parenthood of N CA, indicating support for community-facing services and outreach in the region.
Typical grants cluster tightly at a mid-sized level, with p25, median, and p75 all reported as $20,000, even as the top end reaches $100,000. The recent record shows repeat support for several recipients across multiple years, including GBTBmedia LLC, Mr Badly Productions LLC, Sisters Circle Women Sup Net, Global SF, and SF Assn of Realtors Found. That repeat pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than isolated awards. The foundation is not a funder of individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its grantmaking is regional, with most awards going to California recipients.
$385K
$21K
$3.5M
$5.2M
Most grants fall between $20K and $100K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$100K
Steven S Lucas
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Notable grantees: GBTBmedia LLC, Mr Badly Productions LLC, Inspire SF, Asian Pacific American Community Center, CA Friends of Tenants Caucus
Grantmaking is heavily California-centered, with 60% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. San Francisco is the main recipient city, appearing across media, civic, and community organizations such as Voice of San Francisco Inc, TogetherSF, and Asian Inc. Other Bay Area locations include Oakland, South San Francisco, and Concord. Outside California, the recent grants list also includes Sheridan, Wyoming, through two production companies that received the largest grants.
The recent grants point to support for civic media and production entities, Asian and Asian Pacific Islander community organizations, tenant and housing advocacy groups, family and youth civic engagement programs, and women’s support or reproductive health organizations. Examples in the grant list include media, cultural, tenant, parent, and health-related nonprofits and LLCs.
The reported grant-size distribution is centered at $20,000: p25 is $20,000, median is $20,000, and p75 is $100,000. That means many awards sit at the lower end of the foundation’s recent giving, with a smaller number of much larger grants at $100,000.
Yes. The recent grant list shows repeated awards across years to several recipients, including GBTBmedia LLC and Mr Badly Productions LLC in 2023 and 2024, Sisters Circle Women Sup Net in 2023 and 2024, and Global SF and SF Assn of Realtors Found across multiple years. That indicates ongoing relationships with some grantees.
Most grants go to California recipients, and 60% of grants are to organizations in the HQ state. San Francisco is the dominant recipient city, with additional Bay Area awards going to Oakland, South San Francisco, and Concord. The list also includes a smaller number of recipients in Sheridan, Wyoming.
Neighbors for a Better San Francisco gives regional grants, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. The recent record shows a mix of large targeted awards and repeated mid-sized grants, which suggests a combination of strategic bets and ongoing support for local partners.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspire SF | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Asian Inc | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Voice of San Francisco Inc | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Asian Pacific American CC | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| SF Parent Coalition | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| TogetherSF | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| CA Friends of Tenants Caucus | San Francisco, CA | $29,500 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Moonstar Charitable Org | South SF, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| SF Assn of Realtors Found | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Planned Parenthood of N CA | Concord, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| GBTBmedia LLC | Sheridan, WY | $100,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| Mr Badly Productions LLC | Sheridan, WY | $100,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| SF Parent Coalition | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| SF Parent Coalition | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| Stop Crime SF | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| Sisters Circle Women Sup Net | San Franciswco, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| Stop Crime SF | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| Global SF | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| SF Assn of Realtors Found | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| SF Assn of Realtors Found | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| SF Assn of Realtors Found | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | See Part IIV |
| CA Friends of Tenants Caucus | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| CA Friends of Tenants Caucus | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | See Part IV |
| GBTBmedia LLC | Sheridan, WY | $100,000 | 2023 | See Part IV |
| Mr Badly Productions LLC | Sheridan, WY | $100,000 | 2023 | See Part IV |
| Global SF | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2023 | See Part IV |
| Sisters Circle Women Sup Net | San Franciswco, CA | $20,000 | 2023 | See Part IV |
| SF Assn of Realtors Found | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | See Part IIV |
Inspire SF
$60,000See Part IV
Voice of San Francisco Inc
$50,000See Part IV
Asian Pacific American CC
$50,000See Part IV
SF Parent Coalition
$50,000See Part IV
See Part IV
CA Friends of Tenants Caucus
$29,500See Part IV
Moonstar Charitable Org
$20,000See Part IV
SF Assn of Realtors Found
$20,000See Part IV
GBTBmedia LLC
$100,000See Part IV
Mr Badly Productions LLC
$100,000See Part IV
SF Parent Coalition
$50,000See Part IV
SF Parent Coalition
$50,000See Part IV
Stop Crime SF
$20,000See Part IV
Sisters Circle Women Sup Net
$20,000See Part IV
Stop Crime SF
$20,000See Part IV
Global SF
$20,000See Part IV
SF Assn of Realtors Found
$15,000See Part IV
SF Assn of Realtors Found
$15,000See Part IV
SF Assn of Realtors Found
$10,000See Part IIV
CA Friends of Tenants Caucus
$10,000See Part IV
CA Friends of Tenants Caucus
$10,000See Part IV
GBTBmedia LLC
$100,000See Part IV
Mr Badly Productions LLC
$100,000See Part IV
Global SF
$20,000See Part IV
Sisters Circle Women Sup Net
$20,000See Part IV
SF Assn of Realtors Found
$10,000See Part IIV