The Franciscan Center, INC., a ministry of the sisterts of st. Francis assisi of milwaukee Franciscan centers, is a multi-faceted emergency outreach agency serving the poor and homelesss of baltimore regardless of age, race, creed, national origin, or geographic area.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 310 volunteers and 65 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
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 32% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$190K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $3.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $255K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$647K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.9M
+18% vs prior year
Spent
$4.4M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$9.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.9M
FY2025▲ +18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2025$5.9M
Expenses
$4.4M
FY2025▲ +43%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$4.4M
Net assets
$9.2M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$3.6M
FY2022$3.8M
FY2023$5.4M
FY2024$7.7M
FY2025$9.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

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Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $3.6M Management & general 18% · $788K Fundraising 1% · $23K

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

22 people listed on the 990; $190K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$109,516Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance
$80,734Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jeffrey Griffin’s $110K as Executive Dir. is at the 44th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jeffrey Griffin$109,516$100,784$97,230$94,347$94,347$90,100
Mark B Hansen$80,734$62,437————
Vaughan Hastings——$27,973$70,591$70,591$39,452

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides emergency outreach and support to the poor and homeless.

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3 programs · $3.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Dining Program

With a small staff and many volunteers, the organization serves a nutritionally balanced meals on-site for hundreds of impoverished individuals and families with children each day. The Center normally serves over one hundred thousand meals annually which increased to well over 300,000 during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

$2.7Mprogram expense
02

Technical Resource Center

The organization provides men and women who are entered in a community job training program free internet access and other software to develop computer skill and financial literacy and receive assistance with resume building. The organization supplements adult literacy, job training, and job placement offered by other local organizations.

$269Kprogram expense
03

The B&O Cafe

$260Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$284K
Investment incomeLn 3$165K
Money outPt IX
$4.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.6M
Managementcol C$788K
Fundraisingcol D$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$715K
Total assetsLn 16$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$647K
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$555K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$186K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$24K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$284K
Investment incomeLn 3$165K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$784
Total revenueLn 12$5.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$715K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$715K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.0M
Other assetsLn 15$9K
Total assetsLn 16$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$647K
Net assetsLn 32$9.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 565
VolunteersI 6310
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$129K$715K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.5M$3.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.9M$4.0M
Total assetsLn 16$8.2M$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$477K$647K
Net assetsLn 32$7.7M$9.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$203K$155K$49K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.4M$1.1M$269K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$165K$111K$55K
Payroll taxesLn 10$122K$99K$24K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$9K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$82K$82K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$22K$22K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$39K$37K$935$353
Advertising and promotionLn 12$14K$9K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$21K$13K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$49K$16K$32K$691
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$204K$170K$33K$721
TravelLn 17$28K$21K$7K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$3K$3K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$176K$96K$80K
InsuranceLn 23$64K$64K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.7M$1.7M$15K$9K
All other expensesLn 24e$124K$81K$31K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.4M$3.6M$788K$23K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.9M$4.4M$1.4M$9.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.0M$3.1M$1.9M$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.7M$2.3M$1.4M$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.6M$1.9M$728K$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.1M$2.5M$1.6M$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.4M$1.9M$488K$1.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $5,864,619 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,739,406$5,469,508
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $190,401$284,323
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,849$164,754
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $45,182−$53,966
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,980,838$5,864,619
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,553,923$1,905,008
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,549,354$2,526,424
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,103,277$4,431,432
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,877,561$1,433,187
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,864,619 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$23,610
VIII-1e Government grants$555,018
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,890,880
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$185,620
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,469,508
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $284,323$284,323
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $165,538$165,538
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $5,835$5,835
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$784−$784
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$71,752−$71,752
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $11,951$11,951
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $284,323 · Excluded from tax $110,788$5,864,619
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,431,432 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $154,597 · Management $48,820$203,417
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,144,959 · Management $268,940$1,413,899
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $110,574 · Management $54,704$165,278
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $98,583 · Management $23,831$122,414
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $8,624$8,624
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $82,053$82,053
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $21,979$21,979
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $37,279 · Management $935 · Fundraising $353$38,567
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8,585 · Management $5,903$14,488
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,176 · Management $7,445$20,621
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $16,355 · Management $31,997 · Fundraising $691$49,043
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $170,456 · Management $32,633 · Fundraising $721$203,810
IX-17 TravelPrograms $21,079 · Management $6,628$27,707
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestManagement $3,478$3,478
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $96,043 · Management $80,089$176,132
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $64,404$64,404
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,668,035 · Management $14,660 · Fundraising $9,147$1,691,842
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $80,747 · Management $30,918 · Fundraising $12,011$123,676
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,620,468 · Management $788,041 · Fundraising $22,923$4,431,432
Part X · Balance sheet $9,861,094 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $128,547$715,326
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $576,512$1,226,441
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $14,247$74,024
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $16,661$30,849
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,923,097$4,028,229
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,514,055$3,777,718
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $8,507$8,507
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,181,626$9,861,094
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $239,985$630,140
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $208,507$8,507
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $476,934$646,659
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,161,230$9,214,435
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,704,692$9,214,435
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,181,626$9,861,094
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,214,435 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,864,619
XI-2 Total expenses$4,431,432
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,433,187
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,704,692
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$76,556
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,214,435

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