San Francisco, CA

BINDLESTIFF STUDIO

EIN 04-3739923

AAPI communities

Mission

Bindlestiff Studio’s mission centers on cultivating and mentoring Filipino and Filipino American artists through performances, workshops, and community-based engagement that preserve and celebrate Pilipino/Filipino American cultural traditions and contemporary creative practice. ([bindlestiffstudio.org](https://www.bindlestiffstudio.org/))

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About BINDLESTIFF STUDIO

Research confirms the EIN provided (04-3739923) corresponds to Bindlestiff Studio, a 501(c)(3) public charity based in San Francisco (tax-exempt since 2003). ([projects.propublica.org](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/43739923?utm_source=openai))

Bindlestiff Studio functions as a community-focused performing arts organization that develops, presents, and mentors Filipino and Filipino American artists via a season of live performances, classes and multi-week workshop series (including ongoing playwriting and acting cohorts). ([bindlestiffstudio.org](https://www.bindlestiffstudio.org/))

In recent years the organization has been an active municipal grantee and fiscal-year grantee recipient to support live performances and recovery of downtown SOMA; its most recent publicly reported financial year (2022) shows annual revenue and asset levels consistent with a small-to-midsize performing-arts nonprofit. ([sfartscommission.org](https://www.sfartscommission.org/sites/default/files/FY23%20CEI%20Grantees_FINAL_.pdf))

Notable achievements

San Francisco Arts Commission CEI Award (FY22–23)

Awarded a $100,000 Cultural Equity Initiatives (CEI) grant to underwrite costs associated with live performances—allowing Bindlestiff to subsidize artist/production fees and help reactivate downtown SOMA performance activity. ([sfartscommission.org](https://www.sfartscommission.org/sites/default/files/FY23%20CEI%20Grantees_FINAL_.pdf))

Longstanding, focused cultural venue

Operates as a long-running community-based performing-arts home for Filipino and Filipino American artists (originally established as a permanent venue and programming hub) and maintains multi-year artist-development programs such as Stories High playwriting/acting workshops. ([mightycause.com](https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Bindlestif-Studio?utm_source=openai))

Artist relief & pandemic-era support

Launched emergency/relief initiatives and virtual fundraisers (e.g., BindleZoom-Silog) to provide unrestricted mini-grants and emergency assistance to local artists during the COVID-19 period. ([bindlestiffstudio.org](https://www.bindlestiffstudio.org/bindlezoomsilog-original?utm_source=openai))

At a glance

Total assets: $444K
Annual revenue: $323K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 04-3739923
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: www.bindlestiffstudio.org
On Mahalo since: April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Charity Navigator profile and assessment (accountability & finance score ~84%, Three-Star equivalent) indicating transparent financial and governance disclosures in recent filings. ([charitynavigator.org](https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/043739923?utm_source=openai))

Listed in ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer with tax-exempt status and publicly available Form 990 filings (tax-exempt since Dec. 2003). ([projects.propublica.org](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/43739923?utm_source=openai))

Named a FY22–23 grantee by the San Francisco Arts Commission (Cultural Equity Initiatives), a visible municipal recognition supporting its role in the city’s cultural ecosystem. ([sfartscommission.org](https://www.sfartscommission.org/sites/default/files/FY23%20CEI%20Grantees_FINAL_.pdf))

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