Little Sisters of the Poor Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 510095986
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Newark, DE, USA
- Phone
- 3023685886
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Senior Citizens' Housing/Retirement Communities
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,372,434
- Expenses
- $6,670,974
- Assets
- $14,090,558
- Liabilities
- $5,830,365
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SISTER MARY MICHAEL NICKLES (PRESIDENT)
- SISTER CECILE ZERINGUE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- SISTER THERESE WEHRLIN (SECRETARY): $13,008 total reported compensation
- SR LAURELLIYA SIMON JESUTHASAN (TREASURER): $6,504 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The home is part of the international congregation of the little sisters of the poor, which was founded in france in 1839 & serves the elderly in 31 countries. The home, which provides nursing & residential care for the needy elderly, is independently operated and managed by the sisters and independent board of directors of the little sisters of the poor, a catholic religious order.
What it reported doing in 2025
Licensed nursing facility (40-bed - 7,787 resident days served), boarding house living (26 units - 4,279 resident days served), and independent living (11 apartment units - 3,236 resident days served). Provides room, board and intermediate care services for the elderly.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.8%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 78.7%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -24.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.11; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.8% of revenue deployed · 78.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $13K · 4 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $293K reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.