What We Do
The Controller’s Office conducts programmatic and policy work to support the sustainability and accountability of nonprofits that contract with the City. The Controller’s Office also promotes transparency in nonprofit spending and performance by developing dashboards, reports, and audits related to nonprofit contracting.
Citywide Nonprofit Monitoring and Capacity Building Program
This program sets policies, standards and guidelines and coordinates departments in monitoring of nonprofits and contracts. The program also provides tools, training and resources to nonprofits and departments to complete monitoring requirements.
Public Information about City Contracts with Nonprofits
Information about the City’s work with nonprofits can be found across department websites and within centralized web tools. This overview directs users to available information on nonprofit contractor spending and performance across the City.
San Francisco Nonprofit Spending and Contracts
Learn more about City department spending on nonprofit contracts over time by exploring an array of dashboards providing user-friendly information pulled from the City’s financial system.
Auditing Firm Directory for Nonprofits
The Controller’s Office developed an interactive directory of accounting firms interested in conducting nonprofit financial audits. Nonprofit organizations can use this tool to connect with auditors that meet their needs.
City Policies and Legislation about Nonprofit Contracting
Explore this collection of policies that govern how the City does business with nonprofits and provide guidance on City contracting issues.
Resources
Reports related to nonprofit contracting and oversight
Reports related to nonprofit contracting and oversight
The Controller’s Office periodically issues reports and audits on nonprofit spending and performance. A selection of relevant reports include:
- Report: Nonprofit Wage and Equity Survey
- Report: FY 22-23 Annual Report of Citywide Nonprofit Monitoring and Capacity Building Program
- Audit: The City Should More Effectively Evaluate the Impact of Services Provided by Community-Based Organizations
- Memo: Public Integrity Review: The Community Challenge Grant Program’s 2023 Solicitation Process Was Deeply Flawed and Needs to Be Redone Properly
- Memo: Minimum Compensation Ordinance: Summary of FY19-20 Allocations
Find other Controller's Office reports using the SF OpenBook Report Search Tool.
Additional data on nonprofits
Additional data on nonprofits
- View the San Francisco Nonprofit Spending and Contracts dataset on the Open Data Portal.
- View the FY23 dataset of monitoring results for the Citywide Nonprofit Monitoring and Capacity Building Program.
- Visit SF OpenBook for all of San Francisco’s budget, fiscal, economic health data.
- View all nonprofit datasets on the SF Open Data Portal.
Contact information
Contact information
Email us at nonprofit.monitoring@sfgov.org.
About
The Controller is the chief accounting officer and auditor for the City and County of San Francisco. The San Francisco Charter provides the Controller with the authority to perform regular oversight of the City’s contracting procedures.