Guaranteed Income Program for SF Artists Gets Expanded Thanks to $3.5M Gift From Twitter/Square CEO Jack Dorsey

Guaranteed Income Program for SF Artists Gets Expanded Thanks to $3.5M Gift From Twitter/Square CEO Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey is continuing to do nice things with his wealth, and on Friday we learned that his charitable group #StartSmall is giving $3.46 million to San Francisco’s pilot program to give local artists $1,000 per month in guaranteed income.

Mayor London Breed announced the stipend program for SF artists back in October , as part of a slate of initiatives spearheaded by the SF Economic Recovery Task Force (ERTF). The program is being administered by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), and on Friday, YBCA announced on Twitter (obviously) that Dorsey’s charity had provided the gift to expand […]

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