Bread & Roses Presents

What Bread & Roses Presents does

Bread & Roses Presents is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by folk music icon Mimi Fariña (sister of Joan Baez) and headquartered in Corte Madera, Marin County, California. Its core program delivers free live music and performing arts shows to children, adults, and seniors who are disadvantaged, marginalized, or otherwise isolated in institutional settings across eight San Francisco Bay Area counties. In 2023, the organization produced 509 concerts reaching 54,399 audience members through 67 facility partnerships spanning skilled nursing facilities, hospitals (including acute psychiatric units), addiction recovery centers, child development centers, detention centers, and developmental disability service providers; 70% of audience members served are minorities.

The organization operates with a lean core staff of 10–15 supported by a network of roughly 283–300 volunteer musicians, singers, clowns, magicians, storytellers, jugglers, and hosts who donate their talents. The technology stack is minimal and non-proprietary: a Wix-hosted website, Network for Good for online donations, Constant Contact for email, and standard social media channels. Productions are deliberately curated to match artist type and tone with facility audience needs, and the organization has introduced virtual and outdoor programming formats since the pandemic to extend reach into food bank distribution sites and audiences with restricted in-person access.

Bread & Roses is funded entirely through donations rather than fees to facilities or audiences. Revenue streams include individual online and mail-in donations, stock gifts processed via Charles Schwab, planned giving (bequests, charitable remainder trusts, gifts of real estate, retirement assets, life insurance, closely held stock), corporate sponsorships tied to benefit concerts, and ticket revenue from annual flagship fundraising events featuring high-profile artists such as Joan Baez, Rickie Lee Jones, and The War and Treaty. Premium benefit tickets are priced at $250 with reserved seating and welcome reception, plus sponsorship table opportunities. The organization is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors chaired by John Botti, with Executive Director Dave Perron leading operations since 2014.

Name

Bread & Roses Presents

Legal name

Bread & Roses Presents

Website

https://breadandroses.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bread & Roses Presents is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1974 that delivers free live music and performing arts to isolated, institutionalized, and marginalized populations — including seniors, hospital patients, at-risk youth, and adults in recovery — across eight San Francisco Bay Area counties, supported by donations and ~300 volunteer performers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Performing Arts Outreach

NAICS

Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Arts Education & Community Arts Programs (BPAGAHAC)

Keywords

• Nonprofit arts programs
• Live music outreach
• Institutional performances
• Community arts nonprofit
• Performing arts charity

Headquarters

HQ city

Corte Madera

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Primary revenue source through online donations via Network for Good platform, mail-in donations, and stock gifts. The organization processes stock donations through Charles Schwab.
2. Planned Giving: Bequests, charitable remainder trusts, gifts of real estate, retirement assets, life insurance, and closely held stock. The organization provides standard bequest language for donors.
3. Benefit Concert Revenue: Annual fundraising concerts featuring high-profile artists. Premium tickets for 2024 Fall Benefit were priced at $250, including reserved seating and welcome reception. Sponsorship tables also available.
4. Corporate Sponsorships: Benefit concerts offer sponsorship table opportunities for corporate sponsors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Bread & Roses Presents produces free live music and performing arts programs for children, teens, adults, and seniors who are disadvantaged, marginalized, or otherwise isolated in institutional settings throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization matches volunteer performers (musicians, singers, storytellers, etc.) with partner facilities—including hospitals, skilled nursing and memory care centers, addiction recovery programs, schools, and detention centers—and produces over 500 shows annually serving 50,000+ audience members across eight counties. Programs are funded entirely through individual donations, planned giving, benefit concert proceeds, and corporate sponsorships; all shows are provided at no cost to facilities or audiences.

Product overview

Bread & Roses Presents is a nonprofit arts organization operating as a single unified mission-focused program—bringing free live music and performing arts to isolated, institutionalized, and marginalized individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area. The core offering is the Institutional Concert Program, which delivers over 500 shows annually at facilities across eight Bay Area counties. This is supported by a Volunteer Performer Program that recruits and coordinates musicians, hosts, and other volunteers, and a Benefit Concert Program that raises funds through performances featuring notable artists. The organization does not offer technology products or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Institutional Concert Program Free live music and performing arts shows presented at hospitals, senior living facilities, schools, detention centers, recovery centers, and other institutional settings across eight Bay Area counties. The program matches volunteer performers with facilities to bring hope and healing to isolated audiences; over 500 shows per year serving 50,000+ audience members.
• Volunteer Performer Program Recruitment and coordination of volunteer musicians, singers, clowns, magicians, storytellers, jugglers, and other performing artists who donate their talents at institutional facilities; also includes volunteer host positions to facilitate and emcee shows. Nearly 300 volunteer performers participate annually.
• Benefit Concert Program High-profile fundraising concerts featuring notable artists such as Joan Baez, Rickie Lee Jones, The War and Treaty, and others to raise funds supporting the organization's ongoing mission of free live music for isolated audiences. Premium tickets priced at $250 including reserved seating and welcome reception; sponsorship tables available.

Quantifiable outcome

• 509 concerts presented in 2023 for 54,399 audience members
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Saint Vincent's Day HomecoreOthers · 1 January 2008136 shows produced since 2008 at Oakland child development center. Founded in 1911 by Sisters of the Holy Family, it is the oldest and largest child development center in Alameda County serving children from low-income families.
• New Bridge FoundationcoreOthers · 1 January 1997234 shows produced since 1997 partnership with Berkeley addiction treatment center. New Bridge is considered one of the most prominent addiction treatment centers in Northern California, ranked among America's Best Addiction Treatment Centers by Newsweek/Statista since 2020.
• The Cedars of MarincoreOthers · 1 January 1970Serving adults with developmental disabilities since the 1970s at three locations: residential building in Ross, fine arts studio in San Anselmo, and textile arts collaborative in San Rafael. Nearly 200 clients benefit from performances.
• Veterans Home of California (Yountville)coreOthersBread & Roses has provided live music to veterans at this state-run facility for close to two decades. Services include performances at Holderman Hospital (skilled nursing), Roosevelt Annex (memory care), and Eisenhower Annex (assisted living). A new 240-bed skilled nursing facility is under construction with planned opening in 2025.
• Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG)coreOthersBi-monthly live music performances for patients in Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Units. Program facilitated through the Psychiatric Occupational Therapy Department. Bread & Roses has served ZSFG for over 30 years.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Music & Memory: Nonprofit that brings personalized music programming to people with dementia, Alzheimer's, and other cognitive/physical conditions in care facilities. Comparable focus on the senior/skilled-nursing audience segment and on using music as therapeutic intervention in institutional settings.
• Musicians on Call: National nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to hospital patients, including children and adults in healthcare settings. Closest comparable mission and delivery model — volunteer musicians performing bedside in institutional facilities — though it operates nationally rather than regionally.
• Midori & Friends: NYC-based nonprofit providing free music education and performance opportunities to underserved children in public schools. Comparable in serving at-risk youth through music partnerships and donor-funded programming, though education-focused rather than live-performance focused.
• Little Kids Rock: National nonprofit that provides free music education, instruments, and resources to underserved K-12 schools. Comparable in serving disadvantaged youth through music, though focused on education delivery rather than live performance.
• Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation: Nonprofit that donates musical instruments and supports music programs in underserved schools nationwide. Comparable mission of expanding music access to disadvantaged youth, though focused on instruments/programs rather than live performances.
• Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network: Federal initiative that places creative arts therapies and programming in military/veteran healthcare facilities, including the VA and Veterans Homes. Comparable to Bread & Roses' institutional partnership with Veterans Home of California.
• Young Audiences Arts for Learning: National arts-in-education nonprofit network that brings professional artists into schools serving low-income and underserved students. Comparable in leveraging artist networks to deliver free arts programming to disadvantaged populations.
• Sing for Hope: Nonprofit that places volunteer artists in hospitals, schools, refugee centers, and care facilities to provide free arts programming. Highly comparable mission of delivering performing arts to underserved/institutionalized populations through volunteer activation.
• VH1 Save The Music Foundation: Foundation that donates musical instruments and supports music education programs in underserved schools. Comparable donor/celebrity-driven nonprofit model focused on music access for disadvantaged youth.
• Hospital Audiences, Inc. (HAI): NYC-based nonprofit that brings performing arts programming to people isolated in hospitals, nursing homes, shelters, and correctional facilities. Most direct operational peer — free live performances in institutional settings serving disadvantaged audiences — though concentrated in the New York metro.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BreadAndRosesCA
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/BreadRoses
• Facebookfacebook.com/BreadAndRosesCA
• Instagraminstagram.com/breadandroses_ca

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Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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