Arts, Culture, Humanities : Performing Arts

San Francisco Symphony

Enriching, serving, and shaping cultural life throughout the Bay Area

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (59.51)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 82.0%    
Administrative Expenses 8.8%    
Fundraising Expenses 9.0%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.14    
Efficiency Rating    
      (35.70)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 3.4%    
Program Expenses Growth 6.6%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 3.29    
Capacity Rating    
      (23.80)

Income Statement     (FYE 08/2008)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $65,599,606
Other Revenue $16,666,112
Total Revenue $82,265,718
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $52,785,024
Administrative Expenses $5,704,432
Fundraising Expenses $5,821,453
Total Functional Expenses $64,310,909
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $17,954,809
   
Net Assets $291,618,436

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Contact Information

San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
tel: (415) 552-8000
EIN: 94-1156284

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Leadership      (FYE 08/2008)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Brent Assink Executive Director (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $524,096 0.81%

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Mission

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) gave its first concerts in 1911, revitalizing San Francisco's cultural life after the 1906 earthquake. Since that time, the SFS has grown in stature and acclaim, continuing and expanding its tradition of innovation. The SFS sets the highest possible standard for excellence in musical performance at home and around the world. SFS enriches, serves, and shapes cultural life throughout the spectrum of Bay Area communities. To fill the gap left by cuts in school music programs, SFS provides the most extensive education and community programs offered by any American orchestra today. Nearly 30,000 students throughout the Bay Area hear the SFS each year in its Concerts for Kids program, which began in 1919.

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