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YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

EIN 94-3042571 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Revenue 2023
$11,631,903
Expenses 2023
$18,647,756

Program services were 84.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A200
Classification
1000
Street
701 MSN ST YERBA BUENA CTR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization in San Francisco with a mission to generate culture that moves people.Continued on Schedule O

Activities or mission (Part I)

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts generates culture that moves people.

  • COMMUNITY USE + SPECIAL EVENTS RECOGNIZES THAT OUR GREATEST ASSET IS OUR 130K SQUARE-FOOT MULTI-USE PROPERTY IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO. OUR WORK HERE INCLUDES OUR LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH BAY AREA DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS COMPANIES, OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCOS UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OUR RENTALS PROGRAM, WHICH CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANT EARNED REVENUE TO FUND THE OPERATIONS OF YBCA.

    Expenses $6,586,560 · Revenue $6,656,674

  • ARTIST INITIATIVES INCLUDES A VARIETY OF INVESTMENTS EACH YEAR THAT HELP SUPPORT THE WORK OF ARTISTS AND THEIR LIVELIHOODS. THROUGH REGRANTING PROGRAMS; SENIOR FELLOWSHIPS; PLUS R&D TO TEST NEW, INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC MODELS FOR ARTIST RELIEF FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS OF COVID-19, YBCA IS ACTIVELY INVESTING IN A SHARED CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM OF ARTISTS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF COMMUNITIES IN THE BAY AREA AND BEYOND.

    Expenses $5,441,124 · Grants $3,332,300 · Revenue $682,817

  • EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAM DEVELOPS AND SUPPORTS ALL FORMS OF ART THROUGH BOUNDARY-BREAKING PUBLIC MULTIDISCIPLINARY PARTICIPATORY EXPERIENCESINCLUDING EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, COMMISSIONS, FELLOWSHIPS, EVENTS, AND CONVENINGS. WE OFFER ARTISTS THE PLATFORM AND RESOURCES TO BE AMBITIOUS, BOLD, AND INNOVATIVESPARKING DYNAMIC EXCHANGE BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITIES, ONSITE AND VIRTUALLY.

    Expenses $3,798,042 · Revenue $1,306,004

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • SARA BAHAT

    CEO (THRU 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $291,151
    From this org
    $290,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $381
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,770
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $381
    Filer's total
    $291,151

  • CHARLES WARD

    DIR. OF RAFFLE OP.

    Total calculated
    $262,148
    From this org
    $244,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,420
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,728
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $16,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $520
    Filer's total
    $262,148

  • AMY KISCH

    HEAD OF ART & PROG

    Total calculated
    $198,700
    From this org
    $179,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,413
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,287
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,308
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,105
    Filer's total
    $198,700

  • JODI COBALT

    HEAD OF PERF. ARTS

    Total calculated
    $187,291
    From this org
    $162,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,168
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,123
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,668
    Filer's total
    $187,291

  • JULIE MAY LOPEZ

    DIR. PEOPLE & CUL.

    Total calculated
    $164,404
    From this org
    $148,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,571
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,833
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,171
    Filer's total
    $164,404

  • CARY MCCLELLAND

    COO

    Total calculated
    $162,666
    From this org
    $154,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,500
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,166
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,500
    Filer's total
    $162,666

  • JASON ZIMMERMAN

    DIR. OF OP.

    Total calculated
    $160,539
    From this org
    $134,143
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,396
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,143
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,333
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,063
    Filer's total
    $160,539

  • CHRIS SAFFORD

    CHIEF FIN. & OP

    Total calculated
    $120,467
    From this org
    $102,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,642
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • CORINNE SKLAR

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NAZLI PARVIZI

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALAN SEIFFERT

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY ELIOT

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID CHAI

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATIE COLENDICH

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MALIA SIMONDS

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA KIM

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBIN ABAD

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEVE GHOSE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARICELLE ROBLES

    CEO (FR. 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,631,903
    Expenses
    $18,647,756
    Contributions
    $2,663,602
    Grants paid
    $3,332,300
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,845,170
    Expenses
    $17,736,699
    Contributions
    $7,425,233
    Grants paid
    $1,223,700

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,625,492
    Expenses
    $18,889,302
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,665,088

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,544,531
    Expenses
    $9,671,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,419,770

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,917,801
    Expenses
    $13,592,977
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,360,482

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,959,933
    Expenses
    $15,439,203
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,216,905

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,257,193
    Expenses
    $14,401,043
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,446,188

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,751,491
    Expenses
    $15,060,479
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,093,214

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,644,674
    Expenses
    $14,105,812
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,867,835

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,004,289
    Expenses
    $15,251,726
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,944,246

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,987,670
    Expenses
    $12,116,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,339,765

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,271,565
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,104,735

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.