Maryland · Nonprofit
FRANCISCAN CENTER INC
FRANCISCAN CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,769,454 to it, the largest being THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION INC ($750,000). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $5.8M
- Net assets
- $7.7M
What Franciscan Center Inc does
Mission
The franciscan center, inc., a ministry of the sisterts of st. Francis assisi of milwaukee franciscan centers, is a multi-faceted emergency outreach agency serving the poor and homelesss of baltimore regardless of age, race, creed, national origin, or geographic area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Dining Program: With a small staff and many volunteers, the organization serves a nutritionally balanced meals on-site for hundreds of impoverished individuals and families with children each day. The Center normally serves over one hundred thousand meals annually which increased to well over 300,000 during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
$2,663,017 spent$161,204 earned by the program74% of program spendingTechnical Resource Center: The organization provides men and women who are entered in a community job training program free internet access and other software to develop computer skill and financial literacy and receive assistance with resume building. The organization supplements adult literacy, job training, and job placement offered by other local organizations.
$268,523 spent7% of program spendingThe B&O Cafe
$260,345 spent$123,119 earned by the program7% of program spendingResponsive Services: The Center interviews hundreds of clients each week to determine their needs. The Center provides eviction prevention funds to clients with a valid eviction notice and committed funds from other sources, assistance with obtaining personal identification documents, assistance in paying for presriptions, dental services, eyeglasses, bus passes, and other emergency needs. The Center also employs Social Workers who provide counselling and referrals to other agencies. Staff work with clients to help them pay their bills, coach and encourage financial responsibility, discuss mental health, medical, and substance abuse, and other concerns through case management.
$241,642 spent7% of program spendingPantry Program: The Center provides groceries for individuals and families. Clients verified as eligible by the Baltimore City Department of Social Services receive groceries for three days of balanced meals. The Center provides groceries to hundreds of households each month. The pantry is normally open from 10am to 2pm. Donated food items supplement grants to keep the pantry stocked. During the pandemic, groceries were provided outside of the building to needy individuals and families.
$186,941 spent5% of program spendingClothing Program: The Center provides men, women, and children with clothing of all kinds from shirt to socks to shoes to coats as well as clean appropriate clothing for job interviews and funerals. This resource is particularly beneficial for the homeless, the working poor, and those who have temporarily lost their homes due to fire or eviction. The Center also offers hygiene products such as soap, toothpaste, and shampoo for all clients. During the pandemic, facemasks and hand sanitizer were also provided to all clients.
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,620,468.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $5.8M to $8.2M (+41%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 2% · 2020 5% · 2021 13% · 2022 10% · 2023 13% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of FRANCISCAN CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $70k → $1.4M.
14 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRANCISCAN CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
FRANCISCAN CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
32% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRANCISCAN CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 33% · 2019 40% · 2020 17% · 2021 22% · 2022 36% · 2023 35% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
49% of FRANCISCAN CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
90% of FRANCISCAN CENTER INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
FRANCISCAN CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding FRANCISCAN CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- Grant$100k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRANCISCAN CENTER 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRANCISCAN CENTER 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 FRANCISCAN CENTER INC?
- FRANCISCAN CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,769,454 to it, the largest being THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION INC ($750,000). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRANCISCAN CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $5,769,454 in grants to FRANCISCAN CENTER INC, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRANCISCAN CENTER INC?
- THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRANCISCAN CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 75 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