Yerba Buena Arts & Events
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.7m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$2m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$3.4m
$726k liabilities
Net assets
$2.7m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
14
6.6 years on average
Staff
30
15 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
Yerba Buena Arts & Events' network
14 people9 organisationsi14 people and 9 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (14). Violet dotted lines (10) 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
14 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Grizzell | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Al Levitt | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Chi-Hsin Shao | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| David de la Torre | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Elaine Elinson | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Elizabeth Gessel | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Gino Squadrito | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jennifer Norris | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Judy Tsang | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Julie Pollock | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Sean Jeffries | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sylvia Sherman | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Thomas Simpson | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| William Carney | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Cristina Ibarra | Managing Director | 2024 |
| Linda Lucero | Executive Dir. | since 2018 |
| Steve Cho | Event Director | 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Lucero | Executive Dir. | 40 | $152k | $28k | |
| Steve Cho | Event Director | 40 | $132k | $25k | |
| Cristina Ibarra | Managing Director | 40 | $113k | $15k | |
| Aaron Grizzell | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sean Jeffries | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elaine Elinson | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Gessel | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Al Levitt | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sylvia Sherman | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| David de la Torre | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Julie Pollock | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Judy Tsang | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Chi-Hsin Shao | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Simpson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| William Carney | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jennifer Norris | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gino Squadrito | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Yerba Buena Arts & Events
- EIN
- 943368964
- Address
- 760 Howard St, San Francisco, CA, 94103-3119
- State
- California
- Mission
- Yerba Buena Arts & Events/Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is a presenting organization dedicated to enhancing the vitality and quality of life in the parks and open spaces of Yerba Buena Gardens and the San Francisco Bay Area through the curated presentation of free artistic, community and cultural programs. Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents music, dance, theater, children's & family... (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
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2000
- Principal officer
- Linda Lucero (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2000
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAaron Grizzell
≥8years on the filingsAl Levitt
≥8years on the filingsChi-Hsin Shao
≥8years on the filingsElaine Elinson
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $3.4m
- Total liabilities
- $726k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $352k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 30
- Volunteers
- 15
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7m | $2m | Deficit $301k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.