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Filing year 2023

Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library

San Francisco, California·EIN 94-6085452·NTEE B110 · Education·3
Total revenue
$3.3M
Total assets
$10.3M
Total expenses
$3.6M
Reported officers
28
Mission

See Schedule OFriends supports the free public libraries of San Francisco. We provide funding and conduct advocacy and outreach to ensure that all people have equal access to the information, resources and support that our libraries provide. Friends believes that libraries are anchors for thriving neighborhoods, and that an excellent library system is critical to the health of our city.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Director of Finance & Administration
$182k
$199k
Base
$147k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$30k
Director of Philanthropy
highest compensated employee
$160k
$175k
Base
$150k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Finance Manager
highest compensated employee
$134k
$145k
Executive Director (end 08/23)
$120k
$130k
Interim Ed (start 09/23 & End 05/24)
officer (unspecified)
$44k
$48k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 23 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 6%
from 2022

From $194k in 2022 to $182k in 2023.

$194k
2022
$182k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 9% in real terms$219k to $199k

Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$5.4M
$4M
2022
$3.3M
$3.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in California

Comparable education organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $148,506.

25th percentile
$76k
Median
$148,506
75th percentile
$230k
90th percentile
$390k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,455 organizations across 1,455 filings (2021 – 2023).

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