2007
Ruth Felt is presented with the fifth annual Award for Excellence in Presenting the Performing Arts from the North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents.
2006
Ruth Felt is honored with public television station KQED’s “Local Hero” Award during Women’s History Month.
2005
Ruth Felt is honored with the Silver Spur award for outstanding civic contribution from the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association.
Ruth Felt is honored with the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award from Chamber Music America
Ruth Felt is honored with the William Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters
2004
San Francisco Performances recognized for its arts education work in California public schools by the California Department of Education
2003
San Francisco Performances recognized for model arts education programs in Acts of Achievement, a publication of the Dana Foundation in partnership with Arts Presenters and the Kennedy Center
San Francisco Performances received award for excellence in Design and Communication in the Web Site Category from Western Arts Alliance
2001
San Francisco Performances recognized by the California State Assembly for “highly respected work of bringing arts to our students in public schools while promoting the value of the performing arts”
San Francisco Performances given the Community Leadership Award by the San Francisco Foundation, for “widespread promotion of the performing arts and creating well-respected and effective arts education and notable artists-in-residence programs”
2000
Ruth Felt is honored with the Leadership in Human Relations Award by the National Conference for Community and Justice
Ruth Felt is honored with the Bernard Osher Cultural Award
1999
San Francisco Performances named one of eight Cornerstone Arts Organizations in the state of California by the James Irvine Foundation
San Francisco Performances and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts jointly awarded the first arts grant made in California by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation of $2 million for endowment and artist-in-residence programs
1998
San Francisco Performances awarded a three-year Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant of $100,000 to support the Dance program
Ruth Felt and San Francisco Performances honored as leaders in the fight against AIDS by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS
1997
Ruth Felt received the Charles and Eleanor de Limur Award for distinguished contributions to the arts in San Francisco
One of 10 presenters nationally selected by the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund for Audience Development, Leadership in Multi-Disciplinary Presenting
1996
Ruth Felt received the 1996 Willis Award from the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators for excellence in programming and leadership in the Western arts community
One of 12 presenters nationally to be selected for the National Dance Project, Leadership in Dance Initiative
1994
San Francisco Performances recognized in a special tribute from Governor Pete Wilson for its education and outreach programs in the San Francisco public schools and community
1993
Ruth Felt honored by the San Francisco Community Music Center for her exceptional commitment to the Center and involvement in its programs
1988
Named one of 21 outstanding non-profit presenting organizations, Profile on Exemplary American Presenters
1986
SF Chamber of Commerce Award for major contributions to the cultural life of the Bay Area.
1985
The first Harold Shaw Award in recognition of high achievement in presenting recitals.