Franciscan Action Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262015539
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2025277575
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,540,787
Expenses
$547,420
Assets
$1,282,484
Liabilities
$14,818

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michele Dunne (Executive Director)
  • Derek Nolan (President)
  • James Gannon (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Michele Dunne (Executive Director): $89,073 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

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

What it reported doing in 2025

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 in nonviolence, and peaceful civic participation. Each year the number of participants and the number of colleges sending groups grow.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.9%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 75.2%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $23.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 64.5%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.34; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.9% of revenue deployed · 75.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $412K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $89K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.