California · Nonprofit
MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE
MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $796,586 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($267,100). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $323k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $797k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Mdp Foundation Dba Martin de Porres House does
Mission
Mdp foundations operates a "soup" kitchen to feed and provide other basic services to the unhoused and disenfranchised in the city and county of san franciso.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The mdp foundation provides substantial financial support to the martin de porres house of hospitality, which operates a kitchen to feed the homeless in san francisco. The foundation's board of director also provides overall direction to the management of the kitchen. A 260,000 kitchen renovation was completed in 2024 which included updating plumbing, installing ada accessibility, dishwasher, flooring, cabinets and counters to better serve our guests and maintain our assets. (see schedule o for further narrative)
$375,355 spentof which $175,657 as grants82% of program spendingDavid house ln march 1995, martin de porres foundation purchased a residential housing building at 1311 alabama street, san francisco, california named david house, the facility operates to provide short and long-term dignified housing to individuals who would otherwise find themselves unhoused. Lt is staffed by volunteers and provides housing for seven to ten individuals at any given time.
$39,827 spentof which $25,017 as grants9% of program spendingCharitable contributions begun in 1999 and in keeping with its philosophy of charity, love and peace, the mdp foundation continued to make contributions of excess unrestricted capital to non-profit organizations and individuals, many of which provide additional support services to the disenfranchised. Mdp foundation donated 2,000 for the year ended december 31, 2023.
$41,000 spentof which $41,000 as grants9% of program spendingContinued narrative for psa 1 in 2019 mdp foundation became the fiscal agent for the burrito project which provided burritos that were delivered through san francisco to people living with housing and food insecurity. Ln addition to handing out food to individuals, our program reached two navigation centers, larkin street youth services locations and the homeless youth alliance locations. The covid 19 pandemic directly affected the organization and its ability to reach a population at risk with for food insecurity; however, mdp continued to provide "take out" meals and other services to the unhoused and disenfranchised. As covid restrictions were eased, midp began to transition back into a communal eating hospital house in 2022.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $456,182.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.3M to $1.5M (+13%).
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 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $204k.
10 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 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
MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 69% · 2019 70% · 2020 53% · 2021 32% · 2022 29% · 2023 73% — 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
57% of MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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 MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE'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 $104k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $692k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE is better cushioned than half of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE?
- MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $796,586 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($267,100). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $796,586 in grants to MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $267,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MDP FOUNDATION DBA MARTIN DE PORRES HOUSE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 16 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