Franciscan Works

Analysis

Franciscan Works is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Franciscan Works reported income of $420k and spending of $473k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $517k to $420k (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 179%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Franciscan Works sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Feeding Nations Through Education ($420k), International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination Inc ($420k) and Uhuru Child ($420k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $47k. At year end it held assets of $910k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $910k. It reported 3 employees.