SAN FRANCISCO CHILDRENS ART CENTER
To foster self-expression, creative development, and joy in young children through process‑based visual arts education, in-studio programs, school residencies, and community outreach.
About SAN FRANCISCO CHILDRENS ART CENTER
San Francisco Children’s Art Center (SFCAC) is a long‑standing 501(c)(3) arts education organization based at Fort Mason in San Francisco that provides process‑based visual arts instruction for children ages 2–10 through studio classes, summer camps, and school residency programs. SFCAC operates citywide, delivering in‑school residencies and community workshops that emphasize creative exploration, social-emotional learning, and family participation; the organization reports serving roughly 1,200 children annually and partners with San Francisco Unified School District and Head Start classrooms. In recent years SFCAC has continued to expand its outreach and professional development for educators while maintaining low-cost and scholarship-supported programming designed to increase equitable access to the arts for historically underserved families in San Francisco.
Notable achievements
Decades of continuous service
Founded in the 1970s and operating from Fort Mason since the late 1970s, the organization has provided consistent early‑childhood and elementary visual arts programming in San Francisco for multiple generations of families.
Large-scale school residency program
Delivers weekly in‑school visual arts residencies across San Francisco (including SFUSD and Head Start classrooms), reaching dozens of classrooms and approximately 1,200 children per year with sequential, developmentally appropriate art instruction.
Accessible programming and scholarships
Maintains low-cost studio classes, summer camps, family workshops, and a scholarship program to reduce financial barriers and increase participation among economically vulnerable communities.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $281K
- Annual revenue
- $292K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Hospital or medical research organization
- EIN
- 94-2448876
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Website
- www.childrensartcenter.org
- On Mahalo since
- April 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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