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LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC

LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,157,964 to it, the largest being LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGED ($1,700,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.6M
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$3.2M
Net assets
$52M
7/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 33%
01What it does

What Little Sisters of the Poor Chicago Province Inc does

Mission

The little sisters of the poor chicago province is one of two provinces in the united states that provide financial assistance for the homes within its territory. The province oversees the homes that are part of the international congregation of the little sisters of the poor, which was founded in france in 1839 and serves the elderly in 32 countries.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Partial support of sisters' personal needs.

    $85,151 spent
    32% of program spending
  2. Ongoing construction and renovation of homes to care for the elderly poor; administration of investments & insurance plans fbo employees of all little sisters of the poor homes for the elderly.

    $181,482 spent
    68% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $266,633.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($1.7M) Expenses 100 ($438k) Net assets 100 ($38M)2020 Revenue 114 ($2.0M) Expenses 130 ($571k) Net assets 105 ($40M)2021 Revenue 123 ($2.1M) Expenses 105 ($459k) Net assets 110 ($42M)2022 Revenue 53 ($917k) Expenses 118 ($518k) Net assets 108 ($41M)2023 Revenue 43 ($735k) Expenses 88 ($385k) Net assets 116 ($44M)2024 Revenue 210 ($3.6M) Expenses 184 ($806k) Net assets 136 ($52M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (210)Expenses (184)Net assets (136)Peer revenue range

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 $44M to $52M (+17%).

$38M
$40M
$42M
$41M
$44M
$52M
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

85% of LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.3M
’19
$1.4M
’20
$1.7M
’21
$399k
’22
$350k
’23
$2.8M
’24
17
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.

201920202021202220232024
Listed444444
Joined·+0+1+0+0+1
No longer listed·01001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $770k → $12k.

4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE 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

LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

100% 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 LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC.

54%
largest funder
95%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 65% · 2019 96% · 2020 88% · 2021 86% · 2022 37% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.

“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

50% of LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states in all.

MN
IL
CA
CO

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $516k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

Against its field

LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin78% · top quartile
Months of reserve16.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 23%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC?
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,157,964 to it, the largest being LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGED ($1,700,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $3,157,964 in grants to LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC?
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGED is the largest funder on record, with $1,700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO PROVINCE INC 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 9 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