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FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC

FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $197,900 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($186,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$668k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$198k
Net assets
$15M
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation Inc does

Mission

Support the apostolate and charitable works undertaken by the franciscan sisters of the poor

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Organizing and administering activities to raise funds to help supportthe mission of the franciscan sisters of the poor and its supportedorganizations . Support & treatment for trafficked women . Wages, benefits and school supplies . Scholarship programs for poor high school students . Food, clothing, shoes & personal items for individuals . Provide treatments for low income patrons . Provide haircuts to low income patrons

    $606,219 spentof which $606,219 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $606,219.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($454k) Expenses 100 ($717k) Net assets 100 ($11M)2018 Revenue 109 ($492k) Expenses 109 ($779k) Net assets 93 ($11M)2019 Revenue 104 ($470k) Expenses 108 ($773k) Net assets 106 ($12M)2020 Revenue 104 ($470k) Expenses 115 ($821k) Net assets 114 ($13M)2021 Revenue 113 ($512k) Expenses 96 ($691k) Net assets 125 ($14M)2022 Revenue 112 ($509k) Expenses 101 ($723k) Net assets 100 ($11M)2023 Revenue 132 ($601k) Expenses 160 ($1.1M) Net assets 110 ($13M)2024 Revenue 266 ($1.2M) Expenses 146 ($1.0M) Net assets 122 ($14M)2025 Revenue 147 ($668k) Expenses 117 ($837k) Net assets 130 ($15M)
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Revenue (147)Expenses (117)Net assets (130)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $15M to $13M (−15%).

$12M
$11M
$12M
$14M
$15M
$13M
$14M
$16M
$16M
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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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$263k
’17
−$287k
’18
−$303k
’19
−$351k
’20
−$178k
’21
−$215k
’22
−$549k
’23
$160k
’24
−$169k
’25
6.1
months of
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.

Board chair

Dr Jeffrey Nichols Md

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed202021212323212121
Joined·+2+1+0+3+0+3+1+0
No longer listed·20010510
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $19k → $51k.

Funder
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'22
'23
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total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION 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.

How concentrated its funding is

FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

97% 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 SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC.

94%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 77% · 2023 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

97% of FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.

FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $193k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION 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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 26%Fundraising 1%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Franciscan Sisters of the Poor · exempt
  • Franciscan Ministries Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC?
FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $197,900 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($186,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $197,900 in grants to FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $186,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE POOR FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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