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FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC

FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $172,189 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($172,189). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$31k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$172k
Net assets
$1.2M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 62%
01What it does

What Frances Special Services Inc does

Mission

To provide affordable, safe and decent housing to low-moderate income families.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Program

  1. Renting low to moderate housing to tenants that qualify.providing affordable, safe and decent housing to low-moderate income families.

    $26,745 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $26,745.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($58k) Expenses 100 ($70k) Net assets 100 ($462k)2019 Revenue 85 ($49k) Expenses 64 ($45k) Net assets 102 ($472k)2022 Revenue 53 ($31k) Expenses 38 ($27k) Net assets 255 ($1.2M)
201720192022
Revenue (53)Expenses (38)Net assets (255)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars.

$480k
$472k
$1.2M
201720192022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2019
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (52% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,628 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’17
$4k
’19
$4k
’22
1.4
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $19k.

Funder
'18
'20
'22
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state in all.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’20
’22
Louisiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,740 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.

Operating margin13% · above the median
Months of reserve1.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−12% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,740 housing & shelter nonprofits under $100k, FY2022

Organizations like FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Louisiana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

1
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

LA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC?
FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $172,189 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($172,189). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $172,189 in grants to FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC?
LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $172,189 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRANCES SPECIAL SERVICES INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing