Skip to main content

Nonprofit

Self-Help for the Elderly

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides in-home care, social services and home care assistance, serving over 50,000 seniors a year.

Self-help For The Elderly · Nonprofit · Human services · San Francisco, CA · EIN 941750717 · Source: selfhelpelderly.org

$19.5M
paid by San Francisco in FY2025
For: Community-based organization services, paid by the Human Services Agency · paid on 60 contracts · 23rd of 465 nonprofits by payments in FY2025

One of 6,654 payees in FY2025 · $16.8B paid

Year by year, FY2007–FY2026

$3.2M in FY2007 · $19.9M in FY2026

Click a year to see its amount.

Payments in FY2025

Paid from, FY2025

The fund tells which City account paid. Enterprise funds (Airport, Muni, Water…) are mostly paid from their own fees, fares and rents; the General Fund is mostly local taxes. A special revenue fund holds money earmarked for a purpose, often grants. The fund does not say where the money first came from.

Special revenue fund · multi-year projects48%$9.3M
Special revenue fund · grant projects20%$3.9M
General Fund · operating18%$3.5M
General Fund · annual projects10%$2.0M
General Fund · multi-year projects4%$847,366

Contracts paid in FY2025

Home-delivered meals for older adultsHuman Services Agency · 2021–2025$3.8M
Group meals for older adultsHuman Services Agency · 2021–2025$2.5M
Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meals program for older adultsHuman Services Agency · 2021–2025$940,711
Sunset business outreachOffice of Economic and Workforce Development · 2022–2026$872,500
Housing subsidies from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2024–2028$825,835
The 55 other contractsSenior escort services grant from Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$769,674Case management grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$706,056
Human Services Agency grantHuman Services Agency · 2024–2026 · No. 1000033490$667,065
Food support, targetedHuman Services Agency · 2023–2025$659,866
SF Pathways CitizenshipCity Administrator's Office · 2023–2025$600,000
Neighborhood job centers, Economic and Workforce Development grantOffice of Economic and Workforce Development · 2021–2026$529,256
Light Duty CS 22-26Human Services Agency · 2022–2026$454,633
Human Services grant ADCRCHuman Services Agency · 2024–2028$434,969Grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2024–2028 · No. 1000033300$378,187
Hosp Init OSTOffice of Economic and Workforce Development · 2023–2026$331,714
CalFresh Healthy LivingHuman Services Agency · 2023–2024$295,054
Workforce support program grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$256,775Digital literacy training grant from Human ServicesHuman Services Agency · 2024–2027$248,669
Short-Term Home Care for olderHuman Services Agency · 2021–2025$222,384
Residential care facilities grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$217,003
Congregate Nutrition ProgramHuman Services Agency · 2022–2025$204,630
Appliance R&M OSTOffice of Economic and Workforce Development · 2023–2026$183,076
CalFresh 2024-25Human Services Agency · 2024–2025$181,272
Long-term housing subsidies grant from Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2021–2024$180,501
Naturalization grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2024–2028$178,604Peer ambassador program grant, Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$176,280Neighborhood based programs grant from Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$163,014
Hosp Initiative CoordOffice of Economic and Workforce Development · 2023–2026$159,130
Immigrant outreach grant, 22-25Human Services Agency · 2022–2025$149,770
Health care OST grantOffice of Economic and Workforce Development · 2021–2026$143,590
Community services grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027 · No. 1000029963$135,007
177855-21Mayor's Office · 2022–2024$134,526
Community services grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027 · No. 1000029946$123,202
Community Services-Geen MunHuman Services Agency · from 2023$122,992
Community services grant for South Sunset from Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$114,724Intergenerational grant from Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$113,271
CCE-API Cultural FestivalsOffice of Economic and Workforce Development · 2023–2025$106,250
Community services grant for John King from Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$101,083Community services grant for West Portal from Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$97,643Community services grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027 · No. 1000029955$96,068Manilatown community services grant from Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$93,722Woolf House community services grant from Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$85,341Community services grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027 · No. 1000029958$83,883
221052-24Mayor's Office · 2024–2025$75,642
Grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2021–2024 · No. 1000019919$72,142
Human Services Agency grantHuman Services Agency · 2021–2024 · No. 1000020651$70,032
Greater Chinatown CorridorOffice of Economic and Workforce Development · 2021–2025$70,000
Human Services Agency grantHuman Services Agency · 2021–2025 · No. 1000022747$68,079
SF Connected ProgramHuman Services Agency · 2021–2024$56,613
Social services grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2021–2024$56,390
Grant from the Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2024–2028 · No. 1000033301$51,742
Mayor's Office community grantMayor's Office · 2017–2024$38,104
NaturalizationHuman Services Agency · 2021–2024$31,676
Chinatown business grant from Economic and Workforce DevelopmentOffice of Economic and Workforce Development · 2021–2025$30,000
Alzheimer’s Day Care ResourceHuman Services Agency · 2021–2024$24,845
203971-23Mayor's Office · 2023–2024$18,785
Grant for free video doorbells from Human Services AgencyHuman Services Agency · 2023–2027$8,579
242804-25 Nbr CommunicationsOffice of Economic and Workforce Development · 2023–2026$8,298
Congregate nutrition AWDHuman Services Agency · 2021–2025$5,139
Hicap-MippaHuman Services Agency · 2023–2024$2,569

Paid without a contract number: $300.

The 2 spellings merged into this payee
SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY$135.9M
SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY$48.5M
Next nonprofitWestside Community Mental Health CTR Inc24th of 465 nonprofits by payments in FY2025$18.9M

Source: SF Controller, payments to vendors and supplier contracts.