Delaware · Nonprofit
THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC
THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC (Delaware) receives grants from 116 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,111,901 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($1,675,000). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 116
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $53M
What The Ministry of Caring Inc does
Mission
The Ministry of Caring Inc. Is committed to serving the ongoing needs of the poor: food for the hungry, shelter, transitional living, and permanent housing for the homeless, jobs for the unemployed, clothing and furniture for the needy, child care for homeless children, medical and dental services for the poor, and advocacy as well as outreach for the disenfranchised.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Child care program: this program provides quality care for preschool children of homeless or working poor families, thus enabling parents to enter job training or obtain employment. It opened on november 24, 1992 at 221 north jackson street, wilmington. During 2024, the program provided 13,533 days of child care to local area children.
$1,446,834 spent$842,447 earned by the program18% of program spendingHouse of joseph ii: this program provides a residence for homeless people living with aids. It opened in april, 1997 and is located at 9 west 18th street, wilmington. The residence provides comprehensive case management services, food service, and through partnership with st. Francis hospital, ensures access to complete medical care. During 2024, the program provided 4,015 nights of lodging to homeless persons.
$1,038,907 spentof which $1,112 as grants$35,948 earned by the program13% of program spendingEmmanuel dining room: this program helps alleviate the immediate needs of delaware's hungry with nutritious meals served at no cost. The program operates at three locations in economincally depressed areas of wilmington and new castle, delaware. At the heart of emmanuel dining room lies the faithful ongoing support of members of nearly 100 churches, synagogues, businesses, and civic groups who prepare and serve meals on a rotating basis. During 2024, the program provided 151,631 meals to the poor and homeless.
$1,464,704 spentof which $17,000 as grants18% of program spendingOther programs dedicated to serving the needs of homeless and poor people in and around wilmington, delaware include additional homeless shelters, holistic housing services, and permanent low income housing. Additional programs include providing nutritious meals to the hungry, assisting the unemployed with job placement, a distribution center which provides clothing, household goods and furniture to the poor, and dental services to the poor and homeless.
$4,106,681 spentof which $278,757 as grants$641,892 earned by the program51% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,057,126.
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.
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 $48M to $54M (+14%).
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 31% · 2018 37% · 2019 37% · 2020 40% · 2021 53% · 2022 43% · 2023 39% · 2024 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Brother Ronald Giannone
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $1.7M.
19 of 116 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 116 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
THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
35% 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 THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 36% · 2019 31% · 2020 40% · 2021 20% · 2022 34% · 2023 29% — growing more concentrated.
“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
41% of THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC'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
53% of THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC's grant income comes from Delaware 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 14 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.
Government funding THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25.8M on record — $14.3M federal, $11.5M state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$14.3M
- GRANTS IN AID$5.6M
- CLIENT ASSISTANCE$2.2M
- FOOD SERVICE$766k
- WELFR & SIMLR ASST GRANTS$670k
- MEDICAL SERVICES$656k
- FED GRANT SUB RECIPIENT$595k
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 THE MINISTRY OF CARING 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 Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Sacred Heart Village I Inc · exempt
- Mother Teresa House Inc · exempt
- Sacred Heart Village II Inc · exempt
- Village of St John Inc · corp_trust
- Villa Maria at Old Brandywine Village · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC?
- THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC (Delaware) receives grants from 116 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,111,901 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($1,675,000). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC have?
- IRS filings report 116 organizations giving $14,111,901 in grants to THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC, 67 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC?
- LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,675,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 116 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