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SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY

SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY (Kentucky) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,202,315 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($201,400). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$15M
Funders on record
22
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$11M
12/22 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Northern Kentucky does

Mission

A network of friends, 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

  1. Operation and management of a distribution center and four stores that sell donated clothing, furniture and houshold items at very affordable prices to families and individuals in need. Some of these items are provided at no cost for the most needy in our community.

    $6,769,853 spent$3,726,330 earned by the program
    84% of program spending
  2. Provides programming specific to underserved needs in the community such as food pantries, beds for children, the elderly, and the disabled, heat relief for those suffering from chronic health conditions, rent and utility assistance, free medical equipment temporary shelter for the homeless and various seasonal programs. Through our rent and utility assistance program, st. Vincent de paul nky saved over 12,700 individuals from eviction, our food pantry program made up of 29 pantries provided food for 43,000 individuals in northern kentucky of which 20,400 were served in our choice pantries in erlanger and cold spring.

    $1,187,164 spentof which $645,733 as grants
    15% of program spending
  3. The operation of a call center to receive calls from individuals and families who are struggling to pay for their basic living expenses such as food and housing. Cases are dispatched from the call center to home visitors who provide support to those qualifying for assistance. During the last fiscal year, the call center fielded over 18,300 calls. 12,300 of those calls translated into cases for assistance in the last fiscal year.

    $61,187 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,018,204.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($3.0M) Expenses 100 ($2.7M) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 140 ($4.2M) Expenses 127 ($3.4M) Net assets 160 ($2.3M)2022 Revenue 146 ($4.4M) Expenses 146 ($3.9M) Net assets 186 ($2.6M)2023 Revenue 164 ($5.0M) Expenses 166 ($4.4M) Net assets 229 ($3.2M)2024 Revenue 184 ($5.6M) Expenses 176 ($4.7M) Net assets 304 ($4.3M)2025 Revenue 510 ($15M) Expenses 328 ($8.7M) Net assets 791 ($11M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (510)Expenses (328)Net assets (791)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $6.3M to $13M (+111%).

$1.8M
$2.4M
$2.8M
$4.6M
$6.3M
$13M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

75% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,400 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$362k
’20
$845k
’21
$548k
’22
$527k
’23
$902k
’24
$6.7M
’25
4.0
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed101010999
Joined·+2+2+2+3+0
No longer listed·22330
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $5k → $172k.

11 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 NORTHERN KENTUCKY’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

SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

63% 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 NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

17%
largest funder
47%
top three
~9
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 31% · 2019 39% · 2020 60% · 2021 50% · 2022 37% · 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

33% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

53% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY'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 $563k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from funders outside Kentucky, across 4 states.

OH
KY
NC
TX

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $639k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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

Against its field

SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin43% · top quartile
Months of reserve4.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)39% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 4%Fundraising 4%

Governance

9
board members
78%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

KY

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY?
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY (Kentucky) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,202,315 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($201,400). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY have?
IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,202,315 in grants to SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY?
THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $201,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 22 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