In July 2025, San Francisco Village made updates to its dues structure. It had been seven years since we re-examined it. During that period we have grown tremendously, offering far more programs and services, while developing a larger staff and infrastructure to support them. The updated dues structure allows us to continue pursuing our twin goals of accessibility and sustainability.
As we’ve recently witnessed, the federal government is massively disinvesting in serving people, especially those who are vulnerable. The ripple effects are going to be disastrous for many. By contrast, San Francisco Village is deeply engaged in building a community of care and mutual support.
Meanwhile, our dues revenue has lagged far behind membership growth. Dues enable us to operate independently and not be overly reliant on government or other sources in order to pay our staff, rent our office, and sustain our programs. We need to rally more support from within our community to continue to thrive.
We are well aware that people’s financial circumstances vary widely, and we firmly maintain our commitment to economic diversity, reflecting the full range of older adults in our city. We’ve maintained a dues structure that provides different options for people’s differing circumstances, honoring the various amounts that people are able to contribute. Our sliding scale is a tool for building economic justice, and it requires everyone’s active participation. Our aim is for everyone to pay a similar percentage of their available resources for the same community services, upholding a structure of equity.
The new dues structure is not a major departure from what we’ve been doing, but adds a new higher category and frames our levels differently, as follows:
| Dues Level | Individual
(monthly) |
Individual (annual) | Household
(monthly) |
Household (annual) |
| Strengthening | $100 | $1200 | $125 | $1500 |
| Standard | $50 | $600 | $62.50 | $750 |
| Reduced | $25 | $300 | $31.25 | $375 |
| Access | $10 | $120 | $15 | $180 |
Our Standard Dues amount is $50/mo for an individual, or $62.50/mo for a household. This is what we hope will be the average amount paid by members overall.
For those who can afford to pay at a higher Strengthening Dues level, the amount is $100/mo for an individual, or $125/mo for a household. Strengthening Dues will help strengthen SFV in all ways, including sustaining our economic diversity.
Reduced ($25/mo) and Access-level ($10/mo) dues are still available in line with individual and household circumstances.
At all levels, membership dues are valued and essential to San Francisco Village! All SFV programs and services are available to all members regardless of what dues level they pay.
Sara joined the team in 2018. She brings with her 20 years of experience in community development, philanthropy, and organizational management. She completed her bachelors at George Washington University and her masters at UC Berkeley. Her career focus has been on evaluating how community groups run from year-to-year and strengthening daily processes to increase institutional success. Sara loves travel and global development issues, particularly a non-profit she founded 10 years ago focusing on students’ access to school in Cambodia. Sara is raising her family here in San Francisco.
Maya is a public relations and communications professional with more than a decade of experience; her expertise includes consumer products and technology PR, as well as event management and content development. She has been a pro-bono consultant with the Taproot Foundation since 2012, and has participated in three service grants to date. Maya attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated with a BA in mass communications and a minor in political science.