Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker San Francisco, CA EIN: 94-2684271

Our mission is to nurture a diverse urban community by developing and providing high quality youth, adult, and family programs that address critical community needs and foster respect for all people and our environment.

Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc at a glance

In short: Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc gave $124K across 5 grants in 2025 (avg $25K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$123,750
+73.1% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
5
+25.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$24,750
+38.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$24,750
Total assets
$8,556,667
+11.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 5 recipients in 2025

Bernal Heights Neighborhood: $25KBernal Heights Neighborhood$25KDonaldina Cameron House: $25KDonaldina Cameron House$25KGOOD SAMARITAN Resource CTR: $25KGOOD SAMARITAN Resource CTR$25KSouthwest Community Corp: $25KSouthwest Community Corp$25KTelegraph Hill Neighborhood: $25KTelegraph Hill Neighborhood$25K

The largest 2025 recipient was Bernal Heights Neighborhood ($25K). Together the top 5 received $124K.

Grant Size Distribution

27 grants across all recorded years

27<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 27 grants of 27 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 5 itemized grants.

States

Cities

San Francisco

How Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc gives

  • Giving grew 58% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K6 grants2019 6 grants2020 6 grants2021 6 grants2022 6 grants2023 4 grants2024 5 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $72K (2024) to $124K (2025). In 2025 it made 5 grants totaling $124K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Bernal Heights Neighborhood San Francisco, CACapacity Building Grant$24,750
Donaldina Cameron House San Francisco, CAPromote Healthly Behaviors$24,750
GOOD SAMARITAN Resource CTR San Francisco, CACapacity Building Grant$24,750
Southwest Community Corp San Francisco, CACapacity Building Grant$24,750
Telegraph Hill Neighborhood San Francisco, CACapacity Building Grant$24,750
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$8,556,667$12,410,041$11,778,834$123,7505$43,636
2024$7,698,458$13,275,218$11,693,600$71,5004$54,953
2023$6,093,992$10,465,921$9,182,567$112,0766$19,712
2022$4,796,967$9,960,720$9,095,949$78,5006$1,389
2021$4,263,517$7,814,158$5,966,775$78,5006$9,025
2020$2,385,252$5,639,858$5,850,269$90,0006$7,931
2019$1,698,471$5,655,021$5,446,876$90,0006—

About Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc

Based on IRS filings

Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc is a public charity, based in San Francisco, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $8.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 5 grants totaling $124K. Net investment income was $44K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc is led by Michelle Cusano, Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 7 of 19 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Michelle Cusano

    Executive Director

    Executive Director → CEO, 2024

    CEO → Executive Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $106K (2019) → $213K (2025)

  • Clifford Yee MSW

    President

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alice Tam

    Program Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $119K (2024) → $122K (2025)

  • Bishoy Abdelshaid

    Program Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $125K (2024) → $128K (2025)

  • Yves Xavier

    Program Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $119K (2024) → $117K (2025)

  • Bessie Natareno

    Program Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $120K (2025)

  • Rachel Vincent

    Operations Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $105K (2025)

  • Dennis David

    CFO

    C.f.o. → Chief Financial Officer, 2023

    Chief Financial Officer → CFO, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $104K (2021) → $199K (2025)

  • Melissa Chu

    Treasurer

    Member at Large → Secretary, 2021

    Secretary → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Riordan

    Member at Large

    Treasurer → Member at Large, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Omer Chaudhary

    Member at Large

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ariane Marcus

    Vice President

    Member at Large → Vice President, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Fisher

    Secretary

    Member at Large → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lily Lin

    Member at Large

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cathy Hongola-Baptista

    Member at Large

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Vuong

    Member at Large

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Will Chinn

    Member at Large

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brooke Barnhart

    Member at Large

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kasie Lee

    Member at Large

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (12)
  • Former: Brian Shepard (2019–2024) — Member at Large
  • Former: Cliff Yee MSW (2019–2024) — President
  • Former: Karen Har-Yen Chow (2019–2023) — Member at Large
  • Former: Alex Mitra (2020–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Danny Orsburn (2020–2023) — Member at Large
  • Former: Chris Tsukida (2021–2022) — Chief Program Officer
  • Former: Joe Takeuchi (2020) — Member at Large
  • Former: Amy Bacharach PhD (2019) — Member at Large
  • Former: Chris Antipa (2019) — Member at Large
  • Former: Jeffrey Holloman (2019) — Vice President
  • Former: May Chong (2019) — Member at Large
  • Former: Peter Lauterborn (2019) — Member at Large

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Michelle Cusano — Executive Dir.: $213KMichelle CusanoExecutive Dir.$213KDennis David — CFO: $199KDennis DavidCFO$199KBishoy Abdelshaid — Program Director: $128KBishoy AbdelshaidProgram Director$128KAlice Tam — Program Director: $122KAlice TamProgram Director$122KBessie Natareno — Program Director: $120KBessie NatarenoProgram Director$120KYves Xavier — Program Director: $117KYves XavierProgram Director$117KRachel Vincent — Operations Directo: $105KRachel VincentOperations Directo$105K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $213K, to Michelle Cusano (Executive Dir.). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc

How much does Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc give each year?

Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc gave $124K across 5 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $72K across 4 grants.

What is Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc's typical grant size?

Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc's median grant in 2025 was $24,750, and its average grant was $24,750, across 5 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc give grants?

Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were San Francisco, CA (5 grants).

Does Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 5 grants with a stated purpose on Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Capacity Building Grant" (4 grants).

Who are Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc's largest grantees?

Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Bernal Heights Neighborhood ($24,750), Donaldina Cameron House ($24,750) and GOOD SAMARITAN Resource CTR ($24,750), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 60% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc?

Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc reported $8.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $12.4M.

What is Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc's EIN?

Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-2684271. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 10, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS January 23, 2026)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 17, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 3, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 13, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 31, 2023)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 20, 2024)

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