California · Nonprofit
ST MARY'S CENTER
ST MARY'S CENTER (California) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,442,028 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($2,873,150). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.8M
- Funders on record
- 70
- Grants received
- $8.4M
- Net assets
- $16M
What St Mary's Center does
Mission
To serve extremely low-income seniors and preschoolers in downtown and west oakland, california.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Senior housing services: seniors find an advocate, crucial resources, and the way home with st. Mary's center senior housing services. Adults 55 years and older, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, can meet with an intake worker to determine eligibility and opportunity. We provide intakes into alameda county's homeless management information system (hmis) and coordinated entry system (ces.) through hmis and ces, st. Mary's center can track services provided by other agencies and support seniors in accessing urgent needed services. Case managers work with clients to complete documentation, income verification, health care access, and housing applications.
$1,433,834 spent35% of program spendingPreschool st. Mary's center preschool has provided much needed tuition-free preschool services to low-income families. St. Mary's center preschool is certified by the california department of education and is qris five star rated for quality. St. Mary's preschool operates 5 days a week all year, and has been well recogonized for its summer school kindergarten readiness programming. St. Mary's center preschool is licensed for 30 children between the ages of 3 and 5.
$750,716 spent$135,072 earned by the program19% of program spendingTraditional housing: seniors 55 and older take the next step on their journey to a permanent home through st. Mary's center's transitional housing and comprehensive services. Program participants have individual rooms, and share bathrooms, kitchens, and common areas. Monthly program fees are capped at 30% of income. Transitional housing offers an opportunity to be sheltered while actively seeking housing, securing documentation, and preparing for independent living. Every senior is connected with a case manager, housing navigation and other supports. Weekly house meetings and individual work with case managers support the senior's individualized plan to become and remain housed
$685,510 spent$31,295 earned by the program17% of program spendingCommunity outreach and services and advacocy: seniors come to the community center for a meal and a game of dominoes and find through participating in our social, recreational and advocacy activities they steadily improve their physical and mental health. Old friends who have known each other for decades reminisce. Others reduce loneliness by bonding with new friends. Most importantly, our unhoused seniors are welcomed in from the elements with a hot cup of coffee and a smile. We build strong relationships through our senior injury prevention program, which uses senior friendly practices to respond to individual needs and help reduce the effects of chronic poverty. Our staff work with seniors in english, spanish, cantonese, and tagalog to perform comprehensive assessments to imrpove capacity to perform daily living activities. We address barriers to healthy living including medical, food, transportation and financial issues as well as addiction, emotional and mental health challenges. The weconnect program provides access to free technology, internet, personalized lessons and online experiences we help seniors navigate the complexities of technology. The program's goal is to…
$1,180,490 spent$4,039 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,050,550.
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 2023 to 2024, from $13M to $19M (+42%).
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 22% · 2018 36% · 2019 31% · 2020 39% · 2021 56% · 2022 50% · 2023 54% · 2024 61% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of ST MARY'S CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (72% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Sharon Cornu
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $734k → $1.3M.
12 of 70 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 ST MARY'S CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 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
ST MARY'S CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
62% 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 ST MARY'S CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 18% · 2019 16% · 2020 55% · 2021 30% · 2022 33% · 2023 35% — 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
50% of ST MARY'S CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
92% of ST MARY'S CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
ST MARY'S CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 369 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 369 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ST MARY'S CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $600k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$600k
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 ST MARY'S CENTER
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ST MARY'S CENTER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ST MARY'S CENTER?
- ST MARY'S CENTER (California) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,442,028 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($2,873,150). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ST MARY'S CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $8,442,028 in grants to ST MARY'S CENTER, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST MARY'S CENTER?
- THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,873,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST MARY'S CENTER 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.
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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 70 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