Ohio · Nonprofit
SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON
SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,555 to it, the largest being GREATER ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ($45,555). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $65k
- Net assets
- $89M
What Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton does
Mission
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton (CAF) supports and furthers the mission and ministry of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine. The principal components of the ministry are health, education, and social services. CAF's focus is on the issues of social justice relating to the poor and underserved in the spirit of Jesus Christ.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System and is based upon the gospel values, Catholic social teachings, and the charitable mission of the Sisters and the Roman Catholic Church. CAF's focus is to address the needs of the poor and underserved by understanding the root causes of poverty, nurturing the growth of healthy communities emphasizing youth and family and measuring the outcomes of these efforts.
$2,699,799 spent66% of program spendingCAF has focused significant funding and staff resources on Stark County's Homeless Continuum of Care and has helped to establish the Stark Housing Network, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to this work. Communities are required to establish Continuums of Care in order to apply for, receive, and monitor federal and state funding for homeless services. Along with grants targeting specific housing projects, CAF has provided leadership in local and state boards and committees.
$677,314 spent17% of program spendingCAF has a long-time commitment to improving early education and care in Stark County and beyond. Programs to improve the quality of young children's early learning experiences outside of the home as well as programs that focus on families as children's first teachers are supported. Along with leading local efforts in early childhood, CAF works across the state and country to affect policy changes and support system building for young children and families. The majority of CAF's early childhood funding is dedicated to supporting a local resource center, a kindergarten readiness program, professional development for teachers and family support programs.
$449,613 spent11% of program spendingThe Sisters of Charity Foundation has a goal to strengthen Stark County's mental health system to ensure high-quality services and fiscally strong organizations are available to those in need, by offering technical assistance and capacity building to local providers and connecting with local and state partners as needed.
$236,786 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,063,512.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $111M to $86M (−23%).
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.
0% of SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Michael Gore
President and CEO SCHS
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $5k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON’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
SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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
71% 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 SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
71% of SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON'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 $19k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON's revenue fell 24% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 17 related entities
- Sisters of Charity of St Augustine · exempt
- Sisters of Charity of St Augustine Health System · exempt
- Regina Health Center · exempt
- St Vincent Charity Medical Center (SVCMC) · exempt
- St Vincent Charity Development Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON?
- SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $64,555 to it, the largest being GREATER ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ($45,555). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $64,555 in grants to SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON?
- GREATER ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $45,555 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 2 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