Kentucky · Nonprofit
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,567,361 to it, the largest being THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC ($1,471,922). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $5.6M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc does
Mission
We house, feed, and support those in need with compassion and dignity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ozanam inn - see schedule o
$867,980 spent12% of program spendingSupportive housing programs - see schedule o.
$1,433,348 spentof which $25,386 as grants$82,346 earned by the program20% of program spendingSt. Vincent de paul thrift stores - see schedule o.
$1,558,651 spent$1,268,838 earned by the program22% of program spendingOpen hand kitchen -st. Vincent de paul louisville operates a community kitchen thatprovides nourishing meals for lunch and dinner at no charge to anyone in need. The open hand kitchen relies on generous donors for food and on volunteers to serve meals. An average of over 7,330 meals were served every month, 87,965 total during the fiscal year ending september 30, 2025.food pantry -st. Vincent de paul louisville operates a food pantry that serves our clients and residents in the surrounding zip code twice a week. Our volunteers run a food bank that allows people to get groceries at no charge. In 2025, our food pantry served an average of 585 households each month, 7,021 total. This helped prevent food insecurity among the elderly and families with young children. The family success center (fsc) -in late 2025, a portion of the fsc was converted into a drop-in-center" providing a safe space for individuals to access computers, light services, and restrooms, coincident with the temporary closure of the main library branch in downtown louisville. The drop-in-center provides coffee, snacks, hygiene supplies, clothing, and assistance with employment and housing searches. St. Vincent de…
$3,270,644 spent$-179,892 earned by the program46% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,130,623.
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 2019 to 2020, from $14k to $11M (+74220%).
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: 2017 32% · 2018 32% · 2020 37% · 2021 33% · 2022 37% · 2023 38% · 2024 45% · 2025 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Jennifer Clark
Executive director/CEO
Board chair
James U Smith
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $375k → $1.1M.
17 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
83% 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 SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 41% · 2019 39% · 2020 32% · 2021 45% · 2022 30% · 2023 26% — 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
52% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
94% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 449 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 449 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $17.3M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$14.9M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$2.4M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- St Vincent Gp LLC · disregarded
- De Paul Stores Inc · disregarded
- St Vincent de Paul Homes Lllp · disregarded
- Tranquil House Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC?
- SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,567,361 to it, the largest being THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC ($1,471,922). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $5,567,361 in grants to SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC?
- THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,471,922 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 71 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