City Fields Foundation
City Fields Foundation's official website describes CFF, founded in 2006 by brothers Bob, Bill and John Fisher, and documents the Playfields Initiative—a public–private partnership with San Francisco Recreation & Parks that renovated nine facilities (2006–2015). The site lists trustees and staff and provides a contact email ([email protected]).
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A San Francisco-based municipal parks agency or a nonprofit partner working on athletic field/playfield renovation projects closely aligned with the foundation's Playfields Initiative.
Good Fit
- • Project is a capital or program partnership to renovate or manage athletic fields in San Francisco.
- • Existing relationship or direct partnership with San Francisco Recreation & Parks or trustee-level connections.
- • Capacity to manage large, one-time capital grants or public–private partnership projects.
- • Clear alignment with youth and community sports access goals.
Geography
Observed grantmaking is concentrated in San Francisco/California: the publicly reported grants in 2021 and 2022 went to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, and no out-of-state recipients are shown in filings.
Recipient Variety
The public filings show a very small recipient set concentrated on a single government department across the reporting years, indicating limited breadth of grantees in the observed history.
New Applicants
The foundation explicitly states it funds only preselected applicants and recent filing behavior is concentrated and invitation-like; direct evidence of new entrants into the portfolio is not apparent from the observed years.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
