San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation
ActiveArts, Culture & Humanities
About San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation
The San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation concentrates its philanthropy almost exclusively on sustaining the San Francisco Ballet Association, providing large unrestricted gifts to support the company's ongoing operations and long-term stability. Its giving is mission-focused on classical and contemporary ballet presentation in San Francisco, emphasizing institutional resilience over programmatic or geographic diversification.
Focus Areas
Endowment and general operating support for a major regional ballet companySustaining professional ballet performances and season programming in San FranciscoLong-term financial stability and institutional capacity for a single performing arts organization
Who They Fund
professional dancersperforming arts audiences (San Francisco)local cultural community
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving: very large, repeated grants to a single core grantee (San Francisco Ballet Association) focused on general operating/endowment support rather than numerous small recipients.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10.3M
Total Assets
$171.1M
Total Revenue
$16.6M
Total Expenses
$11.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5.3M and $8.1M, with a median of $5.4M.
25th Percentile
$5.3M
Median
$5.4M
75th Percentile
$8.1M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
NANCY KUKACKA
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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