Culture & Recreation
Service area · 8 departments · $540.7M adopted (FY2025)
In fiscal year 2025, the 8 departments grouped under Culture & Recreation account for $540.7M, 3.4% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2025)
$540.7M
Share of city spending
3.4%
Departments
8
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2025
Recreation & Parks46.3% of the area$250.4MPublic Library34.7% of the area$187.4MWar Memorial & Performing Arts5.6% of the area$30.2MArts Commission5.2% of the area$28.3MFine Arts Museums4.4% of the area$23.6MAsian Art Museum2.2% of the area$11.8MAcademy of Sciences1.4% of the area$7.7MLaw Library0.2% of the area$1.3M
What kind of money — FY2025
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustment - Uses−$43.8M
Overhead and Allocations−$1.3M
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Culture & Recreation” service area, fiscal year 2025, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗