The 2008 San Francisco International Arts Festival and its Presenting Partners were supported in part by grants from the following organizations:
Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange, Coblens Foundation, Consulate General of Israel in San Francisco, Consulate General of Spain in San Francisco, Croatian Ministry of Culture, East Bay Community Fund, España Cooperación Cultural Exterior, Goethe-Institut San Francisco, Grants for the Arts of the Hotel Tax Fund, Lanier Family Foundation, LEF Foundation, Multi-Arts Production Fund, National Endowment for the Arts, National Performance Network, Northern California Composers Commissioning Program, Potrero Nuevo Fund, Richard C. Blum Family Fund, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Foundation, Soundsafe, Trust for Mutual Understanding, Western Arts Federation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Zellerbach Family Foundation.