San Francisco, CA

DOGPATCH & NORTHWEST POTRERO HILL GREEN BENEFIT DISTRICT

EIN 47-4983111

Environment & Animal Welfare Parks, Trails & Green Spaces

Mission

To create, expand, enhance, clean, and maintain open spaces, parks, play areas, plazas, gardens, sidewalk greenspaces, and other public-realm areas within the Dogpatch and Northwest Potrero Hill districts, funded by property-owner assessments and supplemented by grants and contributions.

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

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About DOGPATCH & NORTHWEST POTRERO HILL GREEN BENEFIT DISTRICT

The Dogpatch & Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District (GBD) is a property-owner formed 501(c)(3) nonprofit that manages neighborhood greening, park maintenance, and public-realm improvements in two zones of San Francisco’s Dogpatch and northwest Potrero Hill. Established in 2015 as a pilot model for a Green Benefit District, the organization raises assessment revenue to fund landscape maintenance, trash removal and graffiti abatement, capital improvements, and neighborhood advocacy. In recent years the GBD has supported multiple capital and maintenance projects (including work on Esprit Park, Potrero Gateway Park, the 22nd Street Trail Steps project, and street-tree/sidewalk-garden programs), produced neighborhood programming such as the Dogpatch Music Series, and completed the City renewal process in 2025 to continue operations through a multi-year assessment period ending in 2040.

Notable achievements

Pioneering Green Benefit District

Founded in 2015, the organization was the first Green Benefit District in San Francisco and one of the earliest adopters of the Green Benefit District model in North America, creating a sustained local funding mechanism for neighborhood greening.

Park and public-realm projects advanced

Played a lead role in advancing and maintaining neighborhood open-space projects—notably contributing to Esprit Park renovation efforts, completing Potrero Gateway Park improvements, and advancing the 22nd Street Trail Steps and Minnesota Grove access improvements between 2023–2025.

Multi-year renewal secured

Successfully completed the City renewal process in 2025 to extend the district’s assessment-based funding and operations for a 15-year term through 2040, ensuring continued resources for maintenance and capital work.

At a glance

Total assets: $602K
Annual revenue: $948K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 47-4983111
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: greenbenefit.org
On Mahalo since: April 2026

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

Recognition

Rated favorably by national charity evaluators and listed on major nonprofit directories as an active 501(c)(3) organization.

Identified and tracked in national nonprofit data services (Form 990 filings and financial summaries available through public nonprofit databases).

Formally recognized through San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolutions and incorporated into City planning and Public Works project listings for neighborhood greening and maintenance.

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