The City and County of San Francisco (“City”) contracts with hundreds of nonprofit organizations to provide services for San Franciscans. These services include healthcare, legal aid, shelter, children’s programming, and more.
These dashboards use data from SF OpenBook, the City’s financial transparency portal. This page presents City spending on nonprofits through the most recent complete fiscal year.
This page shows three views of nonprofit spending:
• Total nonprofit spending across all departments and nonprofits
• Nonprofit spending and contracts by department
• Nonprofit spending and contracts by nonprofit
Citywide Nonprofit Spending Overview
The dashboard below provides Citywide spending information on nonprofit services for each fiscal year (FY) since 2019. Each fiscal year runs from July to June (e.g., FY24 refers to July 2023 through June 2024).
The dashboard also shows data for the most recent complete fiscal year. This includes total spending, the total number of nonprofits funded, and the total number of departments contracting with nonprofits.
Data notes and sources
Data notes and sources
The data source is the Supplier Payments dataset on SF OpenBook: https://openbook.sfgov.org. The dataset contains all the purchase orders and payments issued to City suppliers. This data will be updated at the close of each fiscal year. Please use SF OpenBook to find current-year data.
The Controller’s Office performs several significant data cleaning steps outlined below. Visit the SF Open Data Portal to download the full, cleaned dataset.
SF OpenBook provides a filter labeled “Non-Profits Only” (Yes, No), and resulting datasets exported from SF OpenBook include a “Non Profit” column to indicate whether the supplier is a nonprofit (Yes, Blank). However, this field is not always accurate and excludes about 150 known nonprofits that are not labeled as a nonprofit in the City’s financial system. To ensure a complete dataset, we exported a full list of supplier payment data from SF OpenBook with the “Non-Profits Only” field filtered to “No” which provides a list of all supplier payments regardless of nonprofit status. We cleaned this data by adding a new “Nonprofit” column within the dataset and used this column to note a nonprofit status of “Yes” for approximately 150 known nonprofit suppliers without this indicator flagged in the financial system in addition to any nonprofits already accurately flagged in the system. We then filtered the full dataset using the new nonprofit column and used the filtered data for all of the dashboards on this webpage. The list of excluded nonprofits may change over time as information gets updated in the City’s data system. Download the cleaned and updated dataset on the City’s Open Data Portal, which highlights the known nonprofits with a changed nonprofit indicator.
While the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is technically not-for-profit, a university’s financial management is very different from traditional nonprofit service providers, and the City’s agreement with UCSF includes hospital staffing in addition to contracted services to the public. As such, we have excluded payments to UCSF from all dashboards. There are divisions of UCSF that provide more traditional contracted services, but these cannot be clearly identified in the data. Note that this may reflect an underrepresentation of overall spending.
We also exclude several specific contracts that are predominately “pass through” payments where the nonprofit provider receives funds that they disperse to other agencies, such as for childcare or workforce subsidies. These types of contracts are substantially different from contracts where the nonprofit is providing direct services to San Franciscans.
Because of these additional data cleaning steps, the totals and amounts reflected in this dashboard may differ from other reporting on the City’s nonprofit spending.
Department Spending Overview
Many City departments contract with nonprofits to provide some or all of the services that department delivers. The dashboard below shows total spending by each department on nonprofit contracts. Use the filter to explore spending by departments in prior fiscal years.
Data notes and sources
Data notes and sources
The data source is the Supplier Payments dataset on SF OpenBook: https://openbook.sfgov.org. The dataset contains all the purchase orders and payments issued to City suppliers. This data will be updated at the close of each fiscal year. Please use SF OpenBook to find current-year data.
The Controller’s Office performs several significant data cleaning steps outlined below. Visit the SF Open Data Portal to download the full, cleaned dataset.
SF OpenBook provides a filter labeled “Non-Profits Only” (Yes, No), and resulting datasets exported from SF OpenBook include a “Non Profit” column to indicate whether the supplier is a nonprofit (Yes, Blank). However, this field is not always accurate and excludes about 150 known nonprofits that are not labeled as a nonprofit in the City’s financial system. To ensure a complete dataset, we exported a full list of supplier payment data from SF OpenBook with the “Non-Profits Only” field filtered to “No” which provides a list of all supplier payments regardless of nonprofit status. We cleaned this data by adding a new “Nonprofit” column within the dataset and used this column to note a nonprofit status of “Yes” for approximately 150 known nonprofit suppliers without this indicator flagged in the financial system in addition to any nonprofits already accurately flagged in the system. We then filtered the full dataset using the new nonprofit column and used the filtered data for all of the dashboards on this webpage. The list of excluded nonprofits may change over time as information gets updated in the City’s data system. Download the cleaned and updated dataset on the City’s Open Data Portal, which highlights the known nonprofits with a changed nonprofit indicator.
While the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is technically not-for-profit, a university’s financial management is very different from traditional nonprofit service providers, and the City’s agreement with UCSF includes hospital staffing in addition to contracted services to the public. As such, we have excluded payments to UCSF from all dashboards. There are divisions of UCSF that provide more traditional contracted services, but these cannot be clearly identified in the data. Note that this may reflect an underrepresentation of overall spending.
We also exclude several specific contracts that are predominately “pass through” payments where the nonprofit provider receives funds that they disperse to other agencies, such as for childcare or workforce subsidies. These types of contracts are substantially different from contracts where the nonprofit is providing direct services to San Franciscans.
Because of these additional data cleaning steps, the totals and amounts reflected in this dashboard may differ from other reporting on the City’s nonprofit spending.
Detailed Spending by Department
The dashboard below provides more detailed information about each department’s spending on nonprofit services. Use the filter to select a department. The dashboard shows annual spending since FY19 for the selected department and total payments to each nonprofit by the selected department each year.
Data notes and sources
Data notes and sources
The data source is the Supplier Payments dataset on SF OpenBook: https://openbook.sfgov.org. The dataset contains all the purchase orders and payments issued to City suppliers. This data will be updated at the close of each fiscal year. Please use SF OpenBook to find current-year data.
The Controller’s Office performs several significant data cleaning steps outlined below. Visit the SF Open Data Portal to download the full, cleaned dataset.
SF OpenBook provides a filter labeled “Non-Profits Only” (Yes, No), and resulting datasets exported from SF OpenBook include a “Non Profit” column to indicate whether the supplier is a nonprofit (Yes, Blank). However, this field is not always accurate and excludes about 150 known nonprofits that are not labeled as a nonprofit in the City’s financial system. To ensure a complete dataset, we exported a full list of supplier payment data from SF OpenBook with the “Non-Profits Only” field filtered to “No” which provides a list of all supplier payments regardless of nonprofit status. We cleaned this data by adding a new “Nonprofit” column within the dataset and used this column to note a nonprofit status of “Yes” for approximately 150 known nonprofit suppliers without this indicator flagged in the financial system in addition to any nonprofits already accurately flagged in the system. We then filtered the full dataset using the new nonprofit column and used the filtered data for all of the dashboards on this webpage. The list of excluded nonprofits may change over time as information gets updated in the City’s data system. Download the cleaned and updated dataset on the City’s Open Data Portal, which highlights the known nonprofits with a changed nonprofit indicator.
While the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is technically not-for-profit, a university’s financial management is very different from traditional nonprofit service providers, and the City’s agreement with UCSF includes hospital staffing in addition to contracted services to the public. As such, we have excluded payments to UCSF from all dashboards. There are divisions of UCSF that provide more traditional contracted services, but these cannot be clearly identified in the data. Note that this may reflect an underrepresentation of overall spending.
We also exclude several specific contracts that are predominately “pass through” payments where the nonprofit provider receives funds that they disperse to other agencies, such as for childcare or workforce subsidies. These types of contracts are substantially different from contracts where the nonprofit is providing direct services to San Franciscans.
Because of these additional data cleaning steps, the totals and amounts reflected in this dashboard may differ from other reporting on the City’s nonprofit spending.
Nonprofit Spending Overview
The City contracts with hundreds of nonprofits every year. Nonprofits invoice the City for the services they perform. Then, the City issues payments to the nonprofits. This dashboard shows the actual payments made to nonprofits for services delivered. It also shows the number of contracts each nonprofit had that year and the number of departments they contracted with. Use the filter to see data from previous fiscal years.
Data notes and sources
Data notes and sources
The data source is the Supplier Payments dataset on SF OpenBook: https://openbook.sfgov.org. The dataset contains all the purchase orders and payments issued to City suppliers. This data will be updated at the close of each fiscal year. Please use SF OpenBook to find current-year data.
The Controller’s Office performs several significant data cleaning steps outlined below. Visit the SF Open Data Portal to download the full, cleaned dataset.
SF OpenBook provides a filter labeled “Non-Profits Only” (Yes, No), and resulting datasets exported from SF OpenBook include a “Non Profit” column to indicate whether the supplier is a nonprofit (Yes, Blank). However, this field is not always accurate and excludes about 150 known nonprofits that are not labeled as a nonprofit in the City’s financial system. To ensure a complete dataset, we exported a full list of supplier payment data from SF OpenBook with the “Non-Profits Only” field filtered to “No” which provides a list of all supplier payments regardless of nonprofit status. We cleaned this data by adding a new “Nonprofit” column within the dataset and used this column to note a nonprofit status of “Yes” for approximately 150 known nonprofit suppliers without this indicator flagged in the financial system in addition to any nonprofits already accurately flagged in the system. We then filtered the full dataset using the new nonprofit column and used the filtered data for all of the dashboards on this webpage. The list of excluded nonprofits may change over time as information gets updated in the City’s data system. Download the cleaned and updated dataset on the City’s Open Data Portal, which highlights the known nonprofits with a changed nonprofit indicator.
While the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is technically not-for-profit, a university’s financial management is very different from traditional nonprofit service providers, and the City’s agreement with UCSF includes hospital staffing in addition to contracted services to the public. As such, we have excluded payments to UCSF from all dashboards. There are divisions of UCSF that provide more traditional contracted services, but these cannot be clearly identified in the data. Note that this may reflect an underrepresentation of overall spending.
We also exclude several specific contracts that are predominately “pass through” payments where the nonprofit provider receives funds that they disperse to other agencies, such as for childcare or workforce subsidies. These types of contracts are substantially different from contracts where the nonprofit is providing direct services to San Franciscans.
Because of these additional data cleaning steps, the totals and amounts reflected in this dashboard may differ from other reporting on the City’s nonprofit spending.
Detailed Spending by Nonprofit
The dashboard below provides detailed information about the payments each nonprofit receives from departments over time. Use the filter to select a nonprofit and view annual spending since FY19 across each department.
The dashboard includes the option to see contract titles under each department for the selected nonprofit. Click on the plus icon (+) to the left of the department name in the table below the graph to see contract titles. Contract titles can provide more information about what services a nonprofit delivers. However, contract titles are not standardized and one contract may include many services. The title alone will not always describe what services the nonprofit provides under each contract.
Data notes and sources
Data notes and sources
The data source is the Supplier Payments dataset on SF OpenBook: https://openbook.sfgov.org. The dataset contains all the purchase orders and payments issued to City suppliers. This data will be updated at the close of each fiscal year. Please use SF OpenBook to find current-year data.
The Controller’s Office performs several significant data cleaning steps outlined below. Visit the SF Open Data Portal to download the full, cleaned dataset.
SF OpenBook provides a filter labeled “Non-Profits Only” (Yes, No), and resulting datasets exported from SF OpenBook include a “Non Profit” column to indicate whether the supplier is a nonprofit (Yes, Blank). However, this field is not always accurate and excludes about 150 known nonprofits that are not labeled as a nonprofit in the City’s financial system. To ensure a complete dataset, we exported a full list of supplier payment data from SF OpenBook with the “Non-Profits Only” field filtered to “No” which provides a list of all supplier payments regardless of nonprofit status. We cleaned this data by adding a new “Nonprofit” column within the dataset and used this column to note a nonprofit status of “Yes” for approximately 150 known nonprofit suppliers without this indicator flagged in the financial system in addition to any nonprofits already accurately flagged in the system. We then filtered the full dataset using the new nonprofit column and used the filtered data for all of the dashboards on this webpage. The list of excluded nonprofits may change over time as information gets updated in the City’s data system. Download the cleaned and updated dataset on the City’s Open Data Portal, which highlights the known nonprofits with a changed nonprofit indicator.
While the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is technically not-for-profit, a university’s financial management is very different from traditional nonprofit service providers, and the City’s agreement with UCSF includes hospital staffing in addition to contracted services to the public. As such, we have excluded payments to UCSF from all dashboards. There are divisions of UCSF that provide more traditional contracted services, but these cannot be clearly identified in the data. Note that this may reflect an underrepresentation of overall spending.
We also exclude several specific contracts that are predominately “pass through” payments where the nonprofit provider receives funds that they disperse to other agencies, such as for childcare or workforce subsidies. These types of contracts are substantially different from contracts where the nonprofit is providing direct services to San Franciscans.
Because of these additional data cleaning steps, the totals and amounts reflected in this dashboard may differ from other reporting on the City’s nonprofit spending.
More Information
- View the Controller's Office Programs, Policies, and Information on Nonprofit Contracting page to learn more about the Controller’s Office’s work on nonprofit policy and oversight.
- Visit the Citywide Nonprofit Monitoring and Capacity Building Program to get more information about the Controller's Office's program coordinating nonprofit and contract monitoring and capacity building.
- View the San Francisco Nonprofit Spending and Contracts dashboards for summary data on Citywide spending on nonprofit contractors.
- View an interactive directory of accounting firms interested in conducting nonprofit financial audits. Nonprofit organizations can use this to connect with auditors that meet their needs.
- Explore the Public Information about City Contracts with Nonprofits page for an overview of how to find more information about nonprofit spending, performance, and services.
- Learn more about City policies and legislation related to contracting with nonprofits.