Illinois · Nonprofit
FRANCISCAN OUTREACH
FRANCISCAN OUTREACH (Illinois) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,045,522 to it, the largest being ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY ($951,456). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $6.0M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Franciscan Outreach does
Mission
Franciscan Outreach provides people who are marginalized and homeless with shelter, food, and help in building a better life, while affirming the human dignity of people in need in the chicago area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Sparc- the shelter placement and resource center (sparc) is a physical access point where individuals experiencing homelessness can receive support with shelter requests, shelter transportation, and essential services 24/7. See line 4c for more detailed information.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
House of mary & joseph - manage three shelters for the homeless that provide men and women with a stable and secure environment that not only reduces the health and safety risks of living outdoors, but offers an array of programs and services they can access to make positive changes in their lives. Shelter guests have access to daily meals, a warm bed, support groups, housing programs, health care services, shower facilities, mail services, clothingand personal items.
$4,028,194 spent73% of program spendingCase management: case managers conduct initial assessments to understand the needs of guests. Then they provide guidance to help guests address the challenges they face. Case managers help guests gain stability, prepare for housing, and transition into permanent housing. They also connect guests to the critical services and resources they need, including: identification documents, social security benefits, veterans' benefits, public aid resources, primary and mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, legal aid, job training programs, employment opportunities, immigration services, housing programs.
$1,419,387 spentof which $92,426 as grants26% of program spendingSparc: the shelter placement and resource center (sparc) is a physical access point where individuals experiencing homelessness can receive support with shelter requests, shelter transportation, and essential services 24/7. These services include meals, showers, and temporary sleeping arrangements, based on available space. Sparc can accommodate up to 200 individuals at any given time (160 males and 40 females).sparc serves single adults who are at least 18 years old or older. Families who need shelter assistance should go directly to eharc or wait at sparc for transportation pick up from the salvation army (tsa). Through its emergency services and shelter placement coordination with tsa, sparc staff support individuals and families experiencing homelessness by offering immediate relief and connecting them to shelter, where they can receive case management and additional support to gain permanent housing. With a focus on trauma-informed care and harm reduction, the center aims to reduce harm, provide a safe and welcoming environment, and empower clients to take steps towards stability, dignity, and access to the resources they need to rebuild their lives.
$74,594 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,522,175.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $683k to $2.4M (+257%).
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: 2017 23% · 2018 20% · 2019 34% · 2020 45% · 2021 47% · 2022 53% · 2023 63% · 2024 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Robret Simpson
President & executive director
Board chair
James Kramer
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $285k → $1.1M.
14 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 OUTREACH’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 OUTREACH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% 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
54% 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 OUTREACH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 38% · 2019 28% · 2020 16% · 2021 29% · 2022 29% · 2023 38% — growing more concentrated.
“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
64% of FRANCISCAN OUTREACH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
87% of FRANCISCAN OUTREACH's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Organizations like FRANCISCAN OUTREACH
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRANCISCAN OUTREACH?
- FRANCISCAN OUTREACH (Illinois) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,045,522 to it, the largest being ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY ($951,456). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRANCISCAN OUTREACH have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $6,045,522 in grants to FRANCISCAN OUTREACH, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRANCISCAN OUTREACH?
- ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY is the largest funder on record, with $951,456 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRANCISCAN OUTREACH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2017–2024), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing