Neighbors for A Better San Francisco Advocacy
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About Neighbors for A Better San Francisco Advocacy
The foundation concentrates on San Francisco civic and political influence, directing substantial funds to ballot measures, political action committees, and neighborhood advocacy groups that prioritize public safety, downtown revitalization, and school accountability. Their giving consistently supports pro-police, pro-business, and government-reform campaigns as well as parent-led education and recall efforts, typically within San Francisco neighborhoods and citywide contests. Repeat large gifts to a handful of PACs and advocacy groups indicate an emphasis on electoral and policy outcomes rather than general charitable services.
Focus Areas
San Francisco public-safety ballot campaigns and pro‑police advocacyCity government reform and pro‑business downtown revitalization effortsParent-led education accountability and school board recall campaignsLocal political PACs and party/club funding for San Francisco elections
Giving Approach
Concentrated, campaign-focused giving: a small number of large multi-hundred-thousand-dollar grants dominate totals, with several repeat grantees and many smaller tactical donations to ballot measures and PACs. Funding is highly place-based (San Francisco) and oriented toward electoral/policy influence rather than diversified nonprofit program support.
Notable grantees: San Fran for Public Safety, Committee to Fix SF Govt, Connected SF, Concerned Parents Supporting, Ed Lee Democratic Club PAC
About Neighbors for A Better San Francisco Advocacy
Neighbors for a Better San Francisco Advocacy puts large sums behind San Francisco ballot fights, public-safety campaigns, and neighborhood political groups. The biggest recent grant in the data was $3,135,000 to San Fran for Public Safety in 2023, a signal that the foundation operates at a scale more typical of election-driven advocacy than small local philanthropy. Other major commitments show the same pattern: $950,000 to Committee to Fix SF Govt in 2025 and $700,000 to Neighbors for SF Non Rep Acct in 2024. The recurring recipients and repeated references to non-representative-account structures suggest a sustained strategy rather than isolated gifts. Its giving also reaches parent-led education and school-accountability efforts, alongside groups tied to downtown revitalization, city reform, and public-safety policy. The foundation’s recent grants cluster around San Francisco civic contests, with several awards aimed at ballot measures, recall efforts, and political clubs. Across the record, the emphasis is on shaping municipal outcomes through organized advocacy, campaign committees, and issue coalitions.
What Neighbors for A Better San Francisco Advocacy Funds
Public safety is a central theme. In 2025, the foundation gave $75,000 to Yes on Prop E for a Safer SF for a ballot campaign, and it also supported Support First Responders Now with $48,000 that same year. City governance and spending reform appear in gifts such as $950,000 to Committee to Fix SF Govt in 2025 and $14,000 to SF for Responsible Spending in 2025. Education accountability is another thread: the funder awarded $370,000 to Concerned Parents Supporting in 2023 and $20,000 to Recall School Board Members in 2023. Downtown and business interests show up in the 2025 grant of $25,000 to Yes on C Housing & Downtown and the 2023 grant of $65,000 to Coalition to Grow SF.
How Neighbors for A Better San Francisco Advocacy Gives
Typical grant size is mid-sized, with a p25 of $16,875, a median of $46,500, and a p75 of $131,750. The distribution is clearly skewed by a few very large awards, including multimillion-dollar and six-figure grants alongside many smaller ones. Recipients recur across years, which points to ongoing backing for the same advocacy groups rather than one-time experimentation. The funder is organized as an advocacy vehicle rather than an operating charity and does not make program-related investments or grants to individuals. The pattern in the record is issue-focused, campaign-oriented support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.3M
Total Assets
$382K
Total Revenue
$4M
Total Expenses
$6.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $17K and $132K, with a median of $47K.
25th Percentile
$17K
Median
$47K
75th Percentile
$132K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Steven S Lucas
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