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SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $716,377 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($352,860). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.6M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $716k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Society of St Vincent Depaul Archdiocese of Chicago does
Mission
The society of st vincent depaul, a catholic lay organization, offers person-to-person service to those who are needy by way of financial assistance, food, clothing, household goods, etc. Regardless of creed, ethnic or social background, health, gender, or political opinions. This includes any form of help that alleviates suffering or deprivations and promotes human dignity and personal integrity in all its dimensions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The council's central operations provided direct financial assistance and clothing, furniture, and other household goods for low or no cost to the homeless and those in need. The council provides this support through the operation of two resale stores for the year ended september 30, 2025.
$4,680,233 spentof which $184,163 as grants$2,288,333 earned by the program66% of program spendingCentral operations of the council oversees the activity of roughly 72 conferences in the archdiocese of chicago. Conferences provide emergency aid, food, shelter, utilities, etc. For the needy within the parish.
$2,431,768 spentof which $2,431,768 as grants34% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,112,001.
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 $2.0M to $2.9M (+43%).
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: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $70k → $89k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 19 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 DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 43% · 2019 54% · 2020 65% · 2021 71% · 2022 45% · 2023 56% — 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
38% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
76% of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO'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 $174k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $542k 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.
Against its field
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO?
- SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $716,377 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($352,860). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% 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 DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $716,377 in grants to SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $352,860 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 19 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