History and Mission Statement
The Business Arts Council was founded in 1983 as an independent nonprofit corporation affiliated with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Its mission is to promote mutually beneficial partnerships between business and the arts. BAC offers consulting, management training and granting programs that advance the role of the arts in the economic and cultural vitality of San Francisco. The Business Arts Council is an affiliate of the national BVA/USA network.

We are located at the Chamber at 235 Montgomery Street, 12th Floor, in San Francisco. Contact us at 415-352-8832 or bizarts@sfchamber.com.

Consulting Services
Business Volunteers for the Arts/San Francisco-East Bay (BVA) recruits and trains business professionals and develops and facilitates pro bono consulting projects with selected nonprofit arts organizations in San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Prospective volunteers and arts organizations apply for program participation.

Training Services
Arts Management Institute aims to strengthen the organizational and managerial capacity of nonprofit arts organizations through the provision of affordable management assistance in two areas: 1) Professional management training workshops; 2) Focused technical assistance grants. Interested in attending a workshop? Check out the calendar.

National Arts Marketing Project, sponsored by American Express, is an eight-city project featuring three components: 1) Marketing training workshops for local arts organizations; 2) Advanced Audience Development Training Program composed of two four day intensive arts marketing training sessions; and 3) National Arts Marketing Project Website designed to disseminate arts marketing expertise and success stories generated by the training programs. Interested in attending a workshop? Check out the calendar

Business Arts Council. 235 Montgomery Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104. P: 415-352-8828 F:415-392-0811 e-mail: bizarts@sfchamber.com