Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation
Legal name: Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 112859284
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 212.818.1987
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $668,369
- Expenses
- $836,930
- Assets
- $16,247,259
- Liabilities
- $1,408,082
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SISTER WILMA MOLINARI (President)
People named in this filing
- SISTER WILMA MOLINARI (President)
- SISTER MICHELA REFATTO (Secretary)
- SISTER MARA BELLUTTA (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation generates resources so the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor can carry out ministries that serve people in need with compassion, hope, healing, and dignity. The Foundation states that 100% of donated funds go directly to the Sisters’ programs. An international congregation, the Sisters arrived in the United States from Germany in 1858 to minister to the poor and sick in Cincinnati. The Sisters have their “feet on the street" meeting the needs of our brothers and sisters one-on-one. They bring hope, healing, and dignity to the forgotten in Brazil, Italy, Philippines, Senegal, and the United States. They operate daycare centers and schools, shelters, soup kitchens, healthcare clinics, maternity programs, and a senior residence facility. They provide education and training centers that empower women to be financially independent. By...
What it reported doing in 2025
Organizing and administering activities to raise funds to help supportthe mission of the franciscan sisters of the poor and its supportedorganizations . Support & treatment for trafficked women . Wages, benefits and school supplies . Scholarship programs for poor high school students . Food, clothing, shoes & personal items for individuals . Provide treatments for low income patrons . Provide haircuts to low income patrons
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 72.4%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 19.41; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 72.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $606K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.