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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $584,394 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($196,528). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$226k
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$584k
Net assets
$271k
7/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 48%
01What it does

What Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc does

Mission

We believe all people have a right to express their unique joy and beauty and we use humor and irreverent wit to expose the forces of bigotry, complacency and guilt that chain the human spirit.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Since our founding in 1979, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have raised and distributed over one million dollars to non-profit organizations that serve needy communities. Each year, we raise thousands more. The next time you see a Sister with a collection bucket, drop a couple of bucks in, because the money goes right back to the community.Historically, The Sisters have given grants to under-funded, smaller organizations and projects providing direct services to our communities. The majority of these organizations and projects receive little, if any, government or main-stream funding and may be in the early stages of development. Our grants are typically $250 to $1,000.

    $214,503 spentof which $136,430 as grants
    90% of program spending
  2. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are fiscal sponsors for Flagging in the Park.In 1997, a group of San Francisco flaggers started a tradition of celebrating life by gathering in the newly dedicated National AIDS Memorial Grove. The DJs, organizers, and participants donate their time, energy, and love to help raise money for mostly local (sometimes national) charities.

    $23,876 spent
    10% of program spending
  3. We are especially attracted to progressive projects that promote wellness, identity, tolerance and diversity within our communities. We have a vision that encompasses diverse communities and groups that have a common interest in human rights, people of every gender, gender identity, race, class, age and sexual orientation.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $238,379.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($141k) Expenses 100 ($194k) Net assets 100 ($137k)2018 Revenue 83 ($117k) Expenses 63 ($122k) Net assets 97 ($132k)2019 Revenue 198 ($279k) Expenses 96 ($186k) Net assets 165 ($226k)2020 Revenue 46 ($65k) Expenses 54 ($104k) Net assets 136 ($187k)2021 Revenue 132 ($186k) Expenses 107 ($207k) Net assets 127 ($174k)2022 Revenue 164 ($231k) Expenses 151 ($294k) Net assets 81 ($111k)2023 Revenue 213 ($301k) Expenses 86 ($166k) Net assets 260 ($357k)2024 Revenue 160 ($226k) Expenses 160 ($311k) Net assets 198 ($271k)
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Revenue (160)Expenses (160)Net assets (198)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $111k to $357k (+220%).

$137k
$132k
$226k
$187k
$174k
$111k
$357k
$271k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$53k
’17
−$5k
’18
$93k
’19
−$39k
’20
−$21k
’21
−$63k
’22
$135k
’23
−$85k
’24
11
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.

Board chair

John Richard Baird

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed77778987
Joined·+3+0+4+4+6+6+3
No longer listed·3043574
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $11k → $105k.

8 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 Perpetual Indulgence 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

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

68% 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 Perpetual Indulgence Inc.

34%
largest funder
59%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 95% · 2019 75% · 2020 46% · 2021 34% · 2022 74% · 2023 29% — 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

40% of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

57% of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc'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 $250k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.

NY
IN
CA

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $334k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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

Organizations like Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 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 California

Nationally

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

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc?
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $584,394 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($196,528). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $584,394 in grants to Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $196,528 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 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