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Top 25 Advertising agencies for nonprofits based in San Francisco, United States

RevenueBase identified 280 advertising agencies for nonprofits headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 4,651 professional contacts across them, including 1,458 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (1,502 companies); San Francisco has 280.

This list covers advertising agencies for nonprofits headquartered in San Francisco, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
280Companies
4,651Contacts tracked
1,458Verified emails
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The 25 largest advertising agencies for nonprofits based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 280 advertising agencies for nonprofits based in San Francisco, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to advertising agencies for nonprofits: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,000782 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Formerly Essence, we are now EssenceMediacom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,000751 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Setting the standard for the next generation of global agencies, Archetype partners with category creators and industry leaders to build the world’s most magnetic brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200263 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a fiercely entrepreneurial agency that blends creativity and performance to build great brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a209 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Note: Grand no longer exists.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Outcast is an integrated marketing agency specializing in communications, digital, and creative.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hi, we're Tractor, a San Francisco based agency that doesn't shy away from big challenges.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20096 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We help category-defining brands make their mark through hard-working, creative campaigns that change perceptions and spark action.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5083 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Moving Brands Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20081 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hello!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20070 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Media Cause is a mission-driven marketing and creative agency that helps nonprofits grow and accelerate their impact.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20070 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Eleven develops category-defining ideas that are unconstrained by medium.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20063 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Venables Bell & Partners is an internationally recognized independent San Francisco advertising agency founded on good intentions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20062 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Godfrey Dadich Partners (GDP) brings together designers, journalists, strategists, engineers, and more to help brands communicate.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re Erich & Kallman and we make work that people love… no seriously, ask Ad Age.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5038 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Cutwater, we hone and sharpen a brand into something more distinctive so it has a better chance of cutting through, being heard, and standing apart.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bonfire Labs is a creative studio moving brands further faster.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Recognized as Ad Age's Small Agency of the Year, Manifold is a creative agency that creates extraordinary experiences, both digital and real world, to engage, delight, involve…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We're a creatively driven, strategically whip smart ad agency headquartered in San Francisco’s Presidio and Chicago.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Mortar, we don’t just create marketing-we deliver “A-ha” moments that make brands unforgettable.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Welcome to Cannonball, a nimble team of big agency veterans who are dedicated to helping you leave a mark on your audience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Double Forte is an independent strategic communications and digital media agency representing beloved brands making positive change in the consumer lifestyle, technology, digital…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mission Minded is a strategy and creative firm that helps good causes have greater impact.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5024 contacts →

Partial evidence

“WE ARE NOT AD PEOPLE (although we do advertising).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Havas San Francisco is one of the fastest growing full-service agencies on the West Coast.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5022 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gumas is a nationally recognized and award-winning full-service marketing agency specializing in integrated branding, advertising and digital marketing campaigns.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Advertising agencies for nonprofits based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
31.3%Verified-email coverage
16.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
190
11-50
67
51-200
18
201-500
2
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
1
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Francisco, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 280 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among advertising agencies for nonprofits, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States whose own description of what they do matches “advertising agencies for nonprofits”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names advertising agencies for nonprofits), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among advertising agencies for nonprofits, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Francisco are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,458 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Advertising agencies for nonprofits by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names advertising agencies for nonprofits, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many advertising agencies for nonprofits are there based in San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 280 advertising agencies for nonprofits headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Essence, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most advertising agencies for nonprofits?

New York leads the United States with 1,502 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (1,199) and Chicago (528). San Francisco has 280.

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,458 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 280 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.