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SUITS TO CAREERS INC

SUITS TO CAREERS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $159,536 to it, the largest being DRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE ($122,859). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$246k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$160k
Net assets
$391k
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Suits to Careers Inc does

Mission

The mission of suits to careers, inc. Is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To empower women to enter the workforce through our program by giving women the clothes and confidence to interview for a job and the additional clothing when she is offered a position.

    $166,312 spent$12,331 earned by the program
    77% of program spending
  2. To provide the necessary support and professional attire for men transitioning from poverty to employment in the process of becoming contributing members of the community.

    $50,105 spent
    23% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $216,417.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($528k) Expenses 100 ($627k) Net assets 100 ($101k)2019 Revenue 60 ($319k) Expenses 40 ($250k) Net assets 198 ($200k)2020 Revenue 56 ($297k) Expenses 41 ($259k) Net assets 236 ($238k)2021 Revenue 44 ($230k) Expenses 28 ($178k) Net assets 290 ($293k)2022 Revenue 41 ($215k) Expenses 30 ($188k) Net assets 313 ($315k)2023 Revenue 47 ($246k) Expenses 34 ($212k) Net assets 342 ($345k)2024 Revenue 47 ($246k) Expenses 30 ($190k) Net assets 402 ($405k)2025 Revenue 47 ($246k) Expenses 42 ($264k) Net assets 388 ($391k)
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Revenue (47)Expenses (42)Net assets (388)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 2020 to 2021, from $565k to $596k (+5%).

$511k
$591k
$565k
$596k
$590k
$577k
$600k
$629k
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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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 33% · 2019 69% · 2020 62% · 2021 71% · 2022 70% · 2023 68% · 2024 75% · 2025 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of SUITS TO CAREERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,844 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$99k
’17
$68k
’19
$38k
’20
$52k
’21
$26k
’22
$34k
’23
$56k
’24
−$18k
’25
9.4
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.

Chief executive

Mary Quinn

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed914151318181816
Joined··+6+1+6+3+3+0
No longer listed··531332
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $24k → $47k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
Community Aid Incunclassified
$25k
funders
1
2
2
2
2
2

From the IRS filings of SUITS TO CAREERS 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

SUITS TO CAREERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99% 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 SUITS TO CAREERS INC.

77%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 99% · 2023 54% — 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.

Where its funders are

SUITS TO CAREERS INC draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 3 states in all.

NY
PA
CA

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

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’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

SUITS TO CAREERS INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−7% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve9.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−9% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like SUITS TO CAREERS 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 Pennsylvania

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • YWCA Greater Harrisburg · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds SUITS TO CAREERS INC?
SUITS TO CAREERS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $159,536 to it, the largest being DRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE ($122,859). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SUITS TO CAREERS INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $159,536 in grants to SUITS TO CAREERS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SUITS TO CAREERS INC?
DRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE is the largest funder on record, with $122,859 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SUITS TO CAREERS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 5 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing