Mahalo
San Francisco, CA

CITY SURF PROJECT INC

EIN 47-2091985
Education & Youth Development Youth Sports & Recreation Children & youth Low-income
Mission

Make waves, one life at a time — City Surf Project ensures Bay Area youth have equitable access to the ocean through surf instruction and leadership development.

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

About CITY SURF PROJECT INC

City Surf Project (CSP) is a San Francisco-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that uses surfing and ocean access to promote youth well-being, environmental stewardship, and leadership. The organization’s EIN (47-2091985) matches its public filings and organizational disclosures.

CSP delivers school-linked and community partner programs including Intro to Surfing clinics, semester-long Surfing 101 courses (with swim instruction and PE credit options), summer surf camps, and leadership pathways such as the SILT (Surf Instructors in Leadership Training) internship and alumni coaching. The organization focuses on public-school youth who face financial, social, or other barriers to outdoor access; it reports serving on the order of a few hundred distinct youth annually and has introduced 3,000+ youth to surfing since founding.

In the past 2–3 years CSP has expanded its strategic planning and financial transparency (publishing a 2024–2028 strategic plan, annual reports, and an independent financial review for FY23–24), continued program delivery across San Francisco schools and community partners, and secured public and philanthropic support to scale programming. Recent audited/990-level filings show the organization operating at roughly a million dollars in annual revenue in its most recent fiscal year.

Notable achievements

California Nonprofit of the Year (2025)

Recognized by state legislators as a nonprofit of the year for its impact introducing youth to the ocean and advancing equitable access to coastal resources.

Coastal Conservancy Grant Award

Secured public funding to support surfing and coastal stewardship programming (award funding approved specifically to support CSP’s program delivery and stewardship work).

Program Reach—3,000+ Youth Introduced

Milestone of introducing over 3,000 Bay Area youth to surfing since the organization’s founding, with ongoing annual cohorts and summer camps.

At a glance

Total assets
$660K
Annual revenue
$1.0M
Tax status
501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN
47-2091985
Location
San Francisco, CA
On Mahalo since
April 2026

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

Recognition

Charity Navigator rating in the established Charity Navigator profile (reflecting accountability and finance assessments).
Public nonprofit filings and financial summaries available through major nonprofit data platforms and CSP’s published annual reports and independent financial review (FY23–24).
Featured in regional and international media coverage for its work diversifying surf culture and for partnership/grant activity with public agencies (including state coastal funding).

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