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Culture & Recreation

Public Library

$187.4M
adopted for FY2025
1.2% of city spending · 16th of 53 departments
−6.4% on FY2024 · +125.6% since FY2010

Spending by type, FY2025

The spending total is $187.4M. The lines below add up to $199.0M because $11.6M is money moving between City funds; it is subtracted so it is counted once.

Salaries$80.1MMandatory fringe benefits$41.8MMaterials and supplies$26.2MServices from other City departments$16.3MTransfers to other accounts in the same fund$11.5MNon-personnel services$11.5M
3 smaller spending typesCapital outlay$10.9MCity grant program$826,081Overhead and allocations$638
Transfer adjustments (spending side)−$11.6M

Payees in FY2025

Overdrive Inc$4.7MMidwest Tape LLC$4.6MBaker & Taylor LLC$3.2MIngram Library Services Inc$2.4MUS Bank National Association$1.7MLibraria$1.3M
2 more payeesBrodart Co$1.3M750 Brannan Street Props LLC$1.3M

Revenue by type, FY2025

The revenue total is $83.8M, including $4.0M carried over from past years, which is not income of the year. The lines below add up to $95.4M because $11.6M is money moving between City funds; it is subtracted so it is counted once.

Property taxes$79.3MTransfers from other accounts in the same fund$11.5MMoney carried over from past years$4.0MIntergovernmental: state$250,400Charges for services$175,000Expenditure recovery$90,584
3 smaller revenue typesInterest and investment income$42,430Rents and concessions$26,115Other revenues$20,000
Transfer adjustments (revenue side)−$11.6M

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$175.7M adopted$173.6M−1.2%
FY2024$166.2M adopted$166.7M+0.3%
FY2023$162.8M adopted$161.1M−1.1%
4 earlier years
FY2022$154.7M adopted$146.4M−5.4%
FY2021$144.6M adopted$134.2M−7.2%
FY2020$142.4M adopted$138.6M−2.6%
FY2019$214.8M adopted$131.2M−38.9%
Next departmentMayor's Office17th of 53 departments$167.2M

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