New York · Nonprofit
SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC
SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,583 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC ($71,161). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $138k
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Sojourner Fund for Women and Children Inc does
Mission
Sojourner fund for women and children, inc. Is a not-for-profit organization, which provides temporary housing and support services for women and children in rochester, new york. The women and children historically stayed in a facility owned by the organization. The facility was sold in 2021 and the services are now contracted through (and provided by) the ywca. The residents were provided supportive services in educational, civic, and social areas for the development of women. The primary goals include improvement of the economic, mental, moral and independent status of women. The organization obtains its support directly and indirectly from individuals, organizations, and government agencies in the community.in july 2023 the ywca became the sole member of the organization.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Sojourner provides several programs including support services principally to move women towards self-sufficiency and into permanent housing. Sojourner previously provided transitional, permanent and supportive housing in the rochester area. Sojourner does not provide housing any longer. For the long-term objective, sojourner has signedan agreement that transferred its existing programs and assets to the young women's christian association of rochester and monroe county in the hopes of running the programs with greater administrative efficiency as well as serving more clients. The young women's christian association of rochester and monroe county also provides housing.the housing and services provide shelter, structure, and case management services to homeless women, and homeless women with children.
$15,910 spent$2,852 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $15,910.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.7M to $2.2M (−16%).
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 16% · 2018 15% · 2019 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Cora Conklin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN 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
SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
56% 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 SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 80% · 2020 96% · 2021 67% · 2022 95% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
56% of SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN 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 $61k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $76k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
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 1 related entity
- Monica Housing Limited · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC?
- SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,583 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC ($71,161). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $137,583 in grants to SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC is the largest funder on record, with $71,161 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOJOURNER FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 7 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