San Francisco Foundation CEO salary and executive pay
San Francisco Foundation paid its CEO, Fred Blackwell, $670,879 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $78,203 (13.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $358,598,652, up 79.3% from $200,001,839 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. San Francisco Foundation ranks 17th of 18 foundations and grantmakers on this site by CEO pay. San Francisco Foundation has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 01-0679337, San Francisco, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$670,879
- Total revenue
- $358,598,652
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 13%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611329349304731.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 180th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.19% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 1 person was paid more than $500,000 and no one more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Fred Blackwell CEO CEO | $670,879 |
| Sonja VelezCFO | $418,013 |
| Judith BellCIO | $397,145 |
| Valerie GoodeCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER | $368,354 |
| Galen ManessCOO | $337,751 |
Also paid on the latest return: Rehana Abbas (CPO), $325,945; Raquiba Labrie (VP, PROGRAMS), $288,095; Khanh Russo (VP, POLICY/INNOVATION (THRU 6/5/25)), $281,645; Ayanna Reed (VP, HR & ADMINISTRATION), $279,488; Michael Bankert (CONTROLLER), $270,581; Sengsouvanh S Leshnick (SR. DIR., STRATEGIC LEARNING & EVAL.), $265,248.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Robert Friedman (CHAIR), David Ibnale (VICE-CHAIR), Kimberly Wicoff (TRUSTEE (THRU 11/11/24)), Abdi Soltani (TRUSTEE), Sergio Garcia (TRUSTEE), Yvette Radford (TRUSTEE), Molly Ford (TRUSTEE), Justina Lai (TRUSTEE), Justin Steele (TRUSTEE), Robert Uyeki (TRUSTEE), Miguel Bustos (TRUSTEE), Holly Kernan (TRUSTEE), Lateefah Simon (TRUSTEE (THRU 12/31/24)), Kimberly Brandon (TRUSTEE), Peter Bratt (TRUSTEE).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Fred Blackwell CEO CEO | $670,879 | $358,598,652 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Fred Blackwell CEO CEO | $592,676 | $200,001,839 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Fred Blackwell CEO CEO | $582,372 | $159,316,562 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Fred Blackwell CEO CEO | $565,279 | $297,436,709 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611329349304731.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Fred BlackwellCEO | $567,457 | $103,422 | $567,457 | $0 | $0 | $62,157 | $41,265 | $670,879 |
| Sonja VelezCFO | $362,991 | $55,022 | $362,991 | $0 | $0 | $40,069 | $14,953 | $418,013 |
| Judith BellCIO | $321,806 | $75,339 | $321,806 | $0 | $0 | $35,608 | $39,731 | $397,145 |
| Valerie GoodeCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER | $292,504 | $75,850 | $292,504 | $0 | $0 | $32,366 | $43,484 | $368,354 |
| Galen ManessCOO | $291,108 | $46,643 | $291,108 | $0 | $0 | $31,959 | $14,684 | $337,751 |
These figures come from San Francisco Foundation's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How San Francisco Foundation compares
Ranked 17th of 18 foundations and grantmakers by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 16th, Chicago Community Trust, $685,048
- Next in this ranking: 18th, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, $205,055
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Blood Cancer United$930,517 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
United States Pharmacopeia$1,104,534 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$1,275,151 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
National Academy of Sciences$1,188,162 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
NPR$697,251 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Fred Blackwell (CEO) was paid $670,879 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $567,457 from San Francisco Foundation and $103,422 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Fred Blackwell, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $670,879.
San Francisco Foundation paid its CEO, Fred Blackwell, $670,879 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $78,203 (13.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Fred Blackwell, paid $565,279. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $565,279 (Fred Blackwell); June 2023, $582,372; June 2024, $592,676; June 2025, $670,879.
San Francisco Foundation's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $254,652,764 and total revenue of $358,598,652 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $103,945,888. Expenses were $236,282,932 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 7.8%. The CEO's pay of $670,879 equals 0.26% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns San Francisco Foundation filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 12, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.