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Culture & Recreation

Arts Commission

$28.3M
adopted for FY2025
0.2% of city spending · 35th of 53 departments
−31.8% on FY2024 · +215.8% since FY2010

Spending by type, FY2025

The spending total is $28.3M. The lines below add up to $29.9M because $1.6M is money moving between City funds; it is subtracted so it is counted once.

City grant program$10.6MNon-personnel services$7.0MSalaries$3.6MCapital outlay$2.9MProgrammatic projects$2.7MMandatory fringe benefits$1.6M
3 smaller spending typesServices from other City departments$1.2MOverhead and allocations$296,001Materials and supplies$22,706
Transfer adjustments (spending side)−$1.6M

Payees in FY2025

San Francisco Symphony$4.4MSomarts$1.5MARG Conservation Services$881,592African American Art & Culture Complex$864,079Intersection for the Arts$743,549Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts$685,873
2 more payeesAtthowe Fine Arts Services$652,026Bayview Opera House$588,777

Revenue by type, FY2025

The revenue total is $18.7M, including $1.1M carried over from past years, which is not income of the year. The lines below add up to $20.6M because $1.9M is money moving between City funds or billed to other departments; it is subtracted so it is counted once.

Other local taxes$14.2MCharges for services$1.8MExpenditure recovery$1.6MOther revenues$1.5MMoney carried over from past years$1.1MTransfers in from other funds$208,823
3 smaller revenue typesIntergovernmental: state$65,000Intergovernmental: federal$60,000Transfers from other accounts in the same fund$2,671
Transfer adjustments (revenue side)−$1.9M
Interest and investment income−$272

Operating budget, adopted and spent

Operating funds only, so the adopted figure here is not the department total above. Spent on the right, against what was adopted.

FY2025$2.2M adopted$2.2M+0.7%
FY2024$2.3M adopted$2.1M−8.1%
FY2023$3.1M adopted$3.1M−0.4%
4 earlier years
FY2022$2.9M adopted$2.9M+1.1%
FY2021$2.9M adopted$3.0M+2.4%
FY2020$2.6M adopted$2.4M−9.1%
FY2019$9.6M adopted$2.1M−78.2%
Next departmentDepartment of Elections36th of 53 departments$25.5M

Source: San Francisco’s adopted budget, Arts Commission, FY2025. Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗