Illinois · Nonprofit
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY (Illinois) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,441,015 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,273,770). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What Little Sisters of the Poor Palatine St Josephs Home for the Elderly does
Mission
The little sisters of the poor operate st. Joseph's home, which provides nursing and residential care for the needy elderly. The home is 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
Intermediate, skilled and sheltered care services for a 51 bed facility.
$5,980,804 spent$2,732,754 earned by the program96% of program spendingIndependent living services - 34 apartment facility.
$270,010 spent$246,905 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,250,814.
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 $6.3M to $10M (+61%).
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: 2020 16% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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 10 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $92k → $379k.
14 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 63% · 2019 67% · 2020 41% · 2021 58% · 2022 62% · 2023 43% — 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
57% of LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
89% of LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY'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 $266k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M 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
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY?
- LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY (Illinois) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,441,015 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,273,770). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $2,441,015 in grants to LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,273,770 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY 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 34 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