Where does the NSCF money come from?
The Performing Arts Program is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. During the “space crisis” of 2000, the NSCF received start-up funds for a San Francisco County Program through an appropriation by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. All of the initial funds from the City of San Francisco have been committed to grantees as of September 2002. NSCF also obtained grants from the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund and the Walter & Elise Haas Fund to be used for capital grants to nonprofit organizations in San Francisco and Alameda Counties; a low-interest loan from Wells Fargo Bank to be used for community facility loans; and a program related investment (PRI) from The San Francisco Foundation to be used for Loan Guarantees for acquisition and renovation projects sponsored by Bay Area nonprofit organizations.