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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC (Missouri) receives grants from 118 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,154,043 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA ($3,210,528). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 118
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $12M
What National Council of the US Society of St Vincent de Paul Inc does
Mission
A network of friends, inspired by gospel values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with and service to people in need.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The national council of the united states, society of st. Vincent de paul, inc. Provides resources to its member local chapters (conferences/councils) to help increase their service capacity. The friends of the poor grant program provides grants to local conferences to be used for emergency assistance in preventing eviction and utility shut-offs, providing food and clothing and other basic need services. These grants help extend the outreach of local conferences by aiding those who would not have been served without this assistance. Systemic change programs provide grants to local councils and conferences for projects with the sole purpose of helping individuals journey out of poverty and into the middle class. Fundraising and grant writing resources are being provided to assist conferences and councils develop sound fundraising activities. Communication services from the national council informs the members of current events, new training materials, grant opportunities and resources. Local press releases are submitted to increase the awareness of the society and its impact. Advocacy and public policy services keep the memebers aware of current political activities and how they…
$5,904,041 spentof which $1,563,095 as grants$681,069 earned by the program88% of program spendingDisaster relief funds aid local society of st. Vincent de paul councils and conferences in responding quickly and effectively to natural and man-made disasters. Disaster services also trains local members on best practices for disaster response and deploys emergency response teams to the impacted area. In cooperation with the society of st. Vincent de paul disaster services corporation and its member councils and conferences, the national council of the united states, society of st. Vincent de paul, inc. Has helped thousands of families rebuild after a natural or man-made disaster such as catastrophic flooding, hurricanes and devastating fires. While these disasters are traumatic for all who experience them, our most vulnerable populations have the fewest resources for recovery. Families that were on the edge of poverty before the disaster are now in poverty facing the overwhelming task of rebuilding their lives. Given the society's founding principle of working face-to-face with people in poverty and our proven abilities to help before, during, and after the disasters, and in collaboration with the society of the st. Vincent de paul disaster services corporation and svdp…
$776,081 spentof which $773,767 as grants12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,680,122.
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. 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 $11M to $14M (+29%).
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: 2018 7% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC’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. 2 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.
Board chair
John Berry
National council board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $541k → $1.7M.
38 of 118 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $364k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Dallas Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 118 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
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 16% · 2019 37% · 2020 25% · 2021 48% · 2022 71% · 2023 47% — 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
24% of NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC'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
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 25 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC's funding base is broadening — from 28 funders to 38 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Disaster Services Corporation of the Society of St Vincent de Paul · exempt
- Society of St Vincent de Paul National Foundation · exempt
- Society of St Vincent de Paul National Stores · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC?
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC (Missouri) receives grants from 118 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,154,043 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA ($3,210,528). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC have?
- IRS filings report 118 organizations giving $11,154,043 in grants to NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC, 59 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA is the largest funder on record, with $3,210,528 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 118 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