Support the Castro!
The word “community” isn’t just part of our title – it’s the heart of everything we do. As a 501c(3) nonprofit governed by a community-based board of directors, the Castro CBD exists to benefit everyone in the neighborhood: residents seeking safe, clean streets; business owners building their dreams; visitors exploring our history; and vulnerable community members who need support and compassion. Every initiative we champion is designed to improve the quality of life for all who share this neighborhood.
Our mission is simple but powerful: Provide services that improve the quality of life in the community, promote economic vitality, foster the Castro’s unique identity, and honor its diverse history.
The best way to support the CBD is to donate to the Castro CBD Clean & Safe Fund, or you can donate to one of our current initiatives:
- Castro Cares which funds our homeless outreach efforts
- Light the Night in the Castro which funds the maintenance of the uplighting of the Market St. palm trees
- Beautify 16th St. which helps maintain the sidewalk gardens on 16th St.
Please note, the Castro CBD has contracts with the City of San Francisco to provide our services, through these contracts, we are mandated to report to the City all donations, by name of donor, $1000 and above.
Castro Cares
Castro Cares provides supplemental outreach and hospitality services throughout the district. The Castro Cares Community Ambassadors work closely with the City’s homeless-related services and the unhoused in the District. Our goal is to connect the most vulnerable in the District to city services. We also have a close relationship with SFPD, and if necessary, rely on the police department for assistance.
These services are funded through a city grant and your donation. We can not do it without you! Please consider making a donation now! Recurring donations are especially helpful.
Light the Night in the Castro!
Let’s Keep The Lights On
The Market Street palms are illuminated with energy-efficient LED lights that bring beauty, safety, and vibrancy to our Upper Market corridor 365 days a year, rain or shine.
To keep these iconic lights shining, we’re turning to you—our community.
Donate to Keep the Lights On
Every contribution helps maintain this beloved installation!
Beautify 16th St.
Join us in our mission to create a cleaner, safer, and more vibrant Castro neighborhood. In the fall of 2025, the Castro CBD and nearby neighbors, with the support of Friends of the Urban Forest and the City of S.F., installed sidewalk landscaping on 16th St. The sidewalk plantings are growing and look great!
Your donations will ensure this sidewalk garden is well-maintained and continues to beautify the neighborhood.
Castro Community Benefit District
Tax ID: 20-3417247
584 Castro Street #721, San Francisco CA 94114