Urban Alchemy — San Francisco

NonprofitNonprofitCommunity improvement and capacity building12 active contracts

Urban Alchemy is an IRS-recognized tax-exempt organization in San Francisco, CA, classified under community improvement and capacity building.

Community improvement and capacity building · San Francisco, CA · EIN 825408579

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

$104.7M

paid by San Francisco, 2020–2027

Departments

What the City pays them for

The City’s own accounting categories, FY2018 on.

Community Based Org Srvcs$80.2M Other Professional Services$11.4M Other Current Expenses - Bdgt$8.6M Other Current Expenses$4.4M Security$17,944

In FY2025

$18.4M, in the last year with closed books.

HOM Homelessness ServicesCommunity Based Org Srvcs$13.5M DEM Emergency ManagementOther Professional Services$2.3M HSA Human Services AgencyCommunity Based Org Srvcs$1.9M LIB Public LibraryCommunity Based Org Srvcs$456,764 ECN Economic & Wrkfrce DvlpmntCommunity Based Org Srvcs$195,000

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 — FY2025: $18.4M. Bars are scaled to this payee’s own peak year.

Who pays them

7 departments, 68.1% of it from HOM Homelessness Services.

HOM Homelessness Services382 vouchers$71.3M HSA Human Services Agency99 vouchers$17.3M DEM Emergency Management41 vouchers$7.0M DPW Public Works51 vouchers$4.6M LIB Public Library63 vouchers$3.0M

Active contracts (12)

Community Response services · DEM · $9.0M awarded · $6.8M paid
Street Safety FY23-27 · HSA · $8.3M awarded · $4.2M paid
Urban Alchemy - 33 Gough · HOM · $8.0M awarded · $3.5M paid
Workforce Dev Main Library · LIB · $5.0M awarded · $2.7M paid
DEM-Tenderloin FY26-27 · HSA · $4.5M awarded · $584,341 paid
DEM-South Market FY26-27 · HSA · $4.5M awarded · $583,212 paid

+ 6 more contracts

DEM-AM Mid-Market FY26-27 · HSA · $3.5M awarded · $495,595 paid
DEM-AM CityWideDep FY26-27 · HSA · $3.5M awarded · $464,174 paid
DEM-PM CityWideDep FY26-27 · HSA · $3.5M awarded · $440,024 paid
DEM-PM Mid-Market FY26-27 · HSA · $2.8M awarded · $343,114 paid
DEM-CommCorridor FY26-27 · HSA · $1.8M awarded · $224,451 paid
UA - Emergency Pop Up · HOM · $2.3M awarded · $208,819 paid