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Inspired by the Gospel of Jesus and the example of Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi, the Franciscan Action Network is a collective Franciscan voice seeking to transform U.S. public policy and to build an intergenerational movement for justice, peace, creation, and human dignity

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-2015539) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers and 11 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $200K a year · 32% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
75% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$89K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
5.8 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.0M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
5.8 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $35K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$15K
1% of total assets
Liabilities are 1% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
13 of 13 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$1.5M
+169% vs prior year
Spent
$547K
To programs
75%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.5M
FY2025▲ +169%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$452K
FY2021$371K
FY2022$408K
FY2023$370K
FY2024$572K
FY2025$1.5M
Expenses
$547K
FY2025▲ +34%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$395K
FY2021$377K
FY2022$374K
FY2023$414K
FY2024$409K
FY2025$547K
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +362%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$127K
FY2021$121K
FY2022$155K
FY2023$111K
FY2024$274K
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2009.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $412K Management & general 13% · $72K Fundraising 12% · $63K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $89K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$89,073Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michele Dunne’s $89K as Executive Director is at the 66th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1031 $100K–1M civil rights & advocacy nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Michele Dunne$89,073—————
Michele D Dunne—$83,707$83,734$84,578$17,708—
Stephen F Schneck PHD—————$75,123
Stephen F Schneck————$60,167—
Patrick Carolan—————$874

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $412K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

On rejuvenating our Network, in October 2025 FAN held its third annual Franciscan Justice Leadership Conference with 150 participants, half of them young adults aged 18-30. The Conference is a major event bringing together college students, Franciscan Justice Circle members, and members of religious congregation for formation, training…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-2015539) · Dispute this line
$268Kprogram expense
02

On grassroots mobilization, in 2025 our network grew to 27 local affinity groups called Franciscan Justice Circles across the United States. Throughout the year, FAN received more than 900 inquiries about joining Circles, and saw a marked increase in the average number of members in Circles as well as the extent of advocacy activity by…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-2015539) · Dispute this line
$91Kprogram expense
03

On faith-based public policy advocacy, in 2025 FAN constituents became more active, particularly on environment, immigration, and poverty alleviation measures. FAN held more webinars educating our members about such issues, and also offered them many occasions of prayer and meditation to prepare for advocacy rooted in the gospel and…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-2015539) · Dispute this line
$54Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$35K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $12K · 2022–2022
Individual RecipientFY2022$12,500

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$53K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$547K
Ln 25
Programscol B$412K
Managementcol C$72K
Fundraisingcol D$63K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$264K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$53K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Total revenueLn 12$1.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$264K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$264K
Accounts receivableLn 4$1K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$11K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$258K$264K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K$1K
Total assetsLn 16$277K$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$15K
Net assetsLn 32$274K$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$323K$252K$32K$39K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$13K$10K$1K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$26K$20K$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$20K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$28K$21K$3K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$21K$16K$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$19K$15K$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$384$461
OccupancyLn 16$9K$7K$925$1K
TravelLn 17$76K$60K$8K$9K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$5K$631$757
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K$326$391
Total functional expensesLn 25$547K$412K$72K$63K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 12, 2026 $1.5M$547K$993K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Sep 24, 2025 $572K$409K$163K$274K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 9, 2024 $370K$414K−$44K$111K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 6, 2023 $408K$374K$34K$155K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 2, 2022 $371K$377K−$5K$121K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 13, 2021 $452K$395K$58K$127K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors C · Political and lobbying D · Assets and endowments O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $1,540,787 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $506,921$1,484,863
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $64,909$53,054
I-10 Investment income$2,870
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $571,830$1,540,787
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $276,361$361,445
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $132,445$185,975
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $408,806$547,420
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $163,024$993,367
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,540,787 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,075
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,483,788
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,484,863
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $53,054$53,054
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,870$2,870
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $53,054 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,870$1,540,787
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $547,420 across 12 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $252,099 · Management $32,320 · Fundraising $38,784$323,203
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $9,875 · Management $1,266 · Fundraising $1,519$12,660
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,955 · Management $2,558 · Fundraising $3,069$25,582
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $19,846$19,846
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $21,464 · Management $2,752 · Fundraising $3,302$27,518
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $15,991 · Management $2,050 · Fundraising $2,460$20,501
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,015 · Management $1,675 · Fundraising $2,310$19,000
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,994 · Management $384 · Fundraising $461$3,839
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,212 · Management $925 · Fundraising $1,110$9,247
IX-17 TravelPrograms $59,636 · Management $7,646 · Fundraising $9,175$76,457
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,920 · Management $631 · Fundraising $757$6,308
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,542 · Management $326 · Fundraising $391$3,259
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $411,703 · Management $72,379 · Fundraising $63,338$547,420
Part X · Balance sheet $1,282,484 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $257,863$263,810
X-4 Accounts receivable$1,195
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $17,254$10,974
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,459$1,459
X-11 Publicly traded securities$1,005,046
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $276,576$1,282,484
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,375$13,916
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $902$902
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,277$14,818
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $255,332$1,248,699
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $18,967$18,967
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $274,299$1,267,666
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $276,576$1,282,484
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,267,666 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,540,787
XI-2 Total expenses$547,420
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$993,367
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$274,299
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,267,666

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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