Private company

Mark Cavagnero Associates

San Francisco-based architecture firm

Mark Cavagnero Associates (Cavagnero) is a San Francisco, California-based architecture firm founded by American architect Mark Cavagnero. The firm was founded in 1988 as Barnes and Cavagnero with John Barnes (son of Edward Larrabee Barnes), and in 1993 became Mark Cavagnero Associates.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersSan Francisco1

Mark Cavagnero Associates (Cavagnero) is a San Francisco, California-based architecture firm founded by American architect Mark Cavagnero. The firm was founded in 1988 as Barnes and Cavagnero with John Barnes (son of Edward Larrabee Barnes), and in 1993 became Mark Cavagnero Associates.2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$32.5M 2020–2026
Without federal contracts$1.1M 2021–2021
Without federal contractsWithout federal contracts, 2021–2021: $1.1M in all. PPP loans $1.1M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M2021 · PPP loans: $1.1M2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansFederal contractsTotal
2026–$19.8K$19.8K
2025–$13.6M$13.6M
2024–$493.6K$493.6K
2023–$891.5K$891.5K
2022–$13.8M$13.8M
2021$1.1M–$1.1M
2020–$2.6M$2.6M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2020–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Nov 19, 2020$16.1M from Department of State: Project development&#8239services&#8239including investigations, data collection, analysis, design and documentation&#8239for&#8239a&#8239ne4 To MARK CAVAGNERO ASSOCIATES Award 19AQMM21F0137
  2. Sep 15, 2020$14.5M from Department of State: Bridging services for the new embassy campus (nec) in port of spain, trinidad&tobago.5 To MARK CAVAGNERO ASSOCIATES Award 19AQMM20F3492
  3. Sep 27, 2020$641.7K from Department of State: Bridging design for msgr ouagadougou, burkina faso6 To MARK CAVAGNERO ASSOCIATES Award 19AQMM20F4165
  4. Feb 21, 2020$22.2K from Department of State: Stipend for new a/e design idiq firm to participate in a two (2) day site visit to u.s. diplomatic mission, matamoros, mexico7 To MARK CAVAGNERO ASSOCIATES Award 19AQMM20F0648

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA8. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Mar 12, 2021$1.1M PPP loan (second draw) from Readycap Lending, LLC8To MARK CAVAGNERO ASSOCIATES, San Francisco CA; $1.2M forgiven Oct 5, 2021