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California Academy of Sciences

Between 2007 and 2027, the City and County of San Francisco paid $144.2M to California Academy of Sciences, mostly through DPW GSA - Public Works, with 1 contract on file. Source: SF Controller vendor payments (open data), data as of 13 July 2026.

NonprofitNonprofitArts, culture and humanities1 active contract

California Academy Of Sciences is an IRS-recognized tax-exempt organization in San Francisco, CA, classified under arts, culture and humanities.

California Academy Of Sciences · Arts, culture and humanities · San Francisco, CA · EIN 941156258

Registry: IRS exempt-organization registry (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

$144.2M
paid by San Francisco, 2007–2027
Departments
14
Categories
22
Payments
833
Period
2007–2027

What the City pays them for

The City’s own accounting categories, FY2018 on.

Other Professional Services$12.8MCapital Renewal Projects$3.1MBldgs,Struct&Imprv Proj-Budget$2.9MCommunity Based Org Srvcs$2.7MProf & Specialized Svcs-Bdgt$1.4M

22 categories in all.

In FY2025

$2.3M, in the last year with closed books.

SCI Academy Of SciencesOther Professional Services$900,668SCI Academy Of SciencesBldgs,Struct&Imprv Proj-Budget$895,019CHF Children;Youth & FamiliesCommunity Based Org Srvcs$265,825SCI Academy Of SciencesProf & Specialized Svcs-Bdgt$239,413SCI Academy Of SciencesEquipment Purchase-Budget$14,456

Paid by year

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Hatched: FY2026, FY2027 are not closed yet — the bar shows payments recorded so far, not a full year.

Tallest bar — FY2007: $68.7M. Bars are scaled to this payee’s own peak year.

Who pays them

14 departments, 61.0% of it from DPW Public Works.

DPW Public Works45 vouchers$88.0MSCI Academy Of Sciences531 vouchers$50.4MCHF Children;Youth & Families201 vouchers$3.7MPUC Public Utilities Commsn10 vouchers$1.6MREC Recreation & Park Commsn19 vouchers$393,793

Active contracts (1)

Source: SF Controller — Vendor Payments (Vouchers) & Supplier Contracts, name-normalized. Departments and categories are the City's own coding; sorting them into purchases and non-purchases (debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding, payments to other governments, balance-sheet lines) is ours. The file records a fiscal year, never a payment date.

See also

Other payees of its main paying department, and where its payments are classified.

Webcor BuildersSame main paying department, DPW Public Works$1.3BClark Construction Group - Calif LpSame main paying department, DPW Public Works$605.8MCharles Pankow Builders LtdSame main paying department, DPW Public Works$497.1MSpending category: Other Professional ServicesIts main category of payments, and who else the City pays in itDPW Public Works: every active contractWhat the department buys, and from whomWho gets paid by San FranciscoEvery vendor payment, by category and department