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US nonprofit · EIN 943095774 · San Francisco, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 943095774) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 October 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

509 Cultural Center

Donations deductible
Revenue
$88k
year to 31 October 2024
Expenses
$239k
year to 31 October 2024
Total assets
$394k
$25k liabilities
Net assets
$369k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
7.4y av
Staff
2
employees, year to 31 October 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
Exemption reinstated on 15 March 2022. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 March 2022 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
How am I connected?

509 Cultural Center's network

3 people1 organisationi3 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 3 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Darryl SmithCo-Executive Director2018
8 yrs
Derek SongTrustee2021
5 yrs
Laurie LazerCo-Executive Director2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Jacqueline FrancisPresident2023
Katherine LooperCompany secretary2023
Paula PereiraTreasurersince 2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 October 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Laurie LazerCo-Executive Director20$50k
Darryl SmithCo-Executive Director40$21k
Derek SongTrustee0.5$0
Paula PereiraTreasurer0.5$0

About

Legal name
509 Cultural Center
EIN
943095774
Address
1007 Market St, San Francisco, CA, 94103-1605
State
California
Mission
The organization operates two educational art galleries that present exhibitions featuring new and emerging artists, performing art events, arts education and public art programs. The organization operates the tenderloin national forest which is an outdoor community common art installation. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A20 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1987
Principal officer
Laurie Lazer (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 March 2023
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsDarryl Smith
≥8years on the filingsLaurie Lazer
≥5years on the filingsDerek Song

Latest return

year to 31 October 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 October 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$394k
Total liabilities
$25k
Net assets or fund balances
$369k
Contributions and grants received
$81k
Program service revenue
$98
Employees
2

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$88k$239kDeficit $150k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.