Saint Francis Ministries
Legal name: Saint Francis Ministries Group Return
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 481059281
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Salina, KS, USA
- Phone
- 785-825-0541
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Residential Mental Health Treatment
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $176,333,035
- Expenses
- $172,256,384
- Assets
- $42,724,368
- Liabilities
- $20,096,969
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WILLIAM CLARK (PRESIDENT/CEO)
- CRISTIAN GARCIA (PRESIDENT OF TEXAS)
- HOLLY OSBORNE (PRESIDENT OF KANSAS)
Highest reported compensation
- WILLIAM CLARK (PRESIDENT/CEO): $419,358 total reported compensation
- LORA WINCHELL (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $276,238 total reported compensation
- CRISTIAN GARCIA (PRESIDENT OF TEXAS): $244,827 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To bring healing and hope to children and families. This year’s Impact Report celebrates 80 years of hope, healing, and second chances at Saint Francis Ministries. Guided by our belief in the dignity and worth of every person, we continue our mission to strengthen families, support children, and transform lives. Our 2024–2025 theme, _Hope in Every Story_ , reflects the countless journeys we witness each day. This milestone year is both a celebration of our legacy and a commitment to the future, ensuring that hope remains at the heart of everything we do. Read the Full Report Success Stories.
What it reported doing in 2024
Nebraska children & family services: saint fransis ministries also has a presence in the states of Arkansas, Ohio and Oklahoma where the organization provides foster care, family preservation, and family centered treatment services. In Mississippi, the organization provides services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) that include both residential programs and day services. In fiscal year 2024-2025, the organization's impact included 378 families served through in-home prevention resulting in 98% of those families staying together, 204 children served through foster care, and 63 adults served through idd programs. Note: the organization also incurred additional expenses of $2,209,397 not shown above as they were classified as management and general for functional expense purposes on p.10.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 93% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.9%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $29.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 2.3%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 79.9% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $140.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $419K · 21 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $9.8M reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.