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YERBA BUENA ARTS & EVENTS

EIN 94-3368964 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Revenue 2024
$1,736,082
Expenses 2024
$2,037,476

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20
Classification
2000
Street
760 HOWARD ST

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 · 2024

Mission

Yerba Buena Arts & Events/Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is a presenting organization dedicated to enhancing the vitality and quality of life in the parks and open spaces of Yerba Buena Gardens and the San Francisco Bay Area through the curated presentation of free artistic, community and cultural programs. Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents music, dance, theater, children's & family programs, and cultural events reflecting the rich cultures and creativity of the region. Artistic excellence, inclusion, diversity and innovation are at the heart of our mission. As the only curated arts park fully dedicated to the long-term presentation of free arts and cultural programs, Yerba Buena Gardens has a unique place in the cultural landscape of San Francisco.

Activities or mission (Part I)

YBAE enhances the vitality & quality of life in public spaces of Yerba Buena Gardens through the presentation of free performing arts programs, reflecting the cultures & creativity of the region. Excellence, inclusion, & innovation are core to our mission.

  • Yerba Buena Gardens Festival The mission of Yerba Buena Arts & Events aka Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is to enhance the vitality and quality of life in the parks and open spaces of Yerba Buena Gardens and San Francisco through the curated presentation of admission-free performing arts and community cultural programs that represent the rich ethnic and cultural diversity of San Francisco and the world beyond. The range of programs includes jazz, roots, world, and classical music; traditional and contemporary dance; theater; poetry; and large-scale cultural celebrations. We also offer an interactive childrens series, and educational programs for adults. Through the six-month Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (May October), San Francisco residents and visitors enjoy many opportunities to gain a greater understanding of diverse art forms and cultural heritages. Commissioning Program Yerba Buena Gardens Festival has a strong commitment to commissioning and presenting new work by composers, theater artists, choreographers, and other performing artists.

    Expenses $1,237,891

  • Rentals Program Yerba Buena Gardens Festival manages rentals of Yerba Buena Gardens to clients interested in holding a private event in one of the nations most beautiful outdoor parks. Besides the opportunity to introduce Yerba Buena Gardens and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to new audiences, the Rentals program is a vital source of earned income that supports the admission-free Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.

    Expenses $476,080

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Linda Lucero

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $180,016
    From this org
    $152,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,872
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,144
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,582
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,290
    Filer's total
    $180,016

  • Steve Cho

    Event Director

    Total calculated
    $156,131
    From this org
    $131,620
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,511
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,620
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,916
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,595
    Filer's total
    $156,131

  • Cristina Ibarra

    Managing Director

    Total calculated
    $127,633
    From this org
    $113,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,633
    Hours/week
    40

  • Aaron Grizzell

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean Jeffries

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elaine Elinson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Gessel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Al Levitt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sylvia Sherman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David de la Torre

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Pollock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judy Tsang

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chi-Hsin Shao

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Simpson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Carney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Norris

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gino Squadrito

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,736,082
    Expenses
    $2,037,476
    Contributions
    $351,563
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,052,508
    Expenses
    $1,821,389
    Contributions
    $444,199
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,515,190
    Expenses
    $1,683,994
    Contributions
    $1,322,639
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $1,243,495
    Expenses
    $1,087,983
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,064,506

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $588,186
    Expenses
    $771,975
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,254,125

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,783,318
    Expenses
    $1,360,065
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,230,518

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,277,269
    Expenses
    $1,137,961
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,755,109

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,136,518
    Expenses
    $1,094,618
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,515,015

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,003,781
    Expenses
    $1,180,331
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,513,093

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,471,776
    Expenses
    $1,163,732
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,649,379

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.

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.