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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRANCISCAN CHARITIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$450,363
Total expenses
$551,329
Contributions and grants received
$380,256
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,199
Other revenue
$67,908
Total assets, end of year
$2,497,761
Total liabilities, end of year
$570,529
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,927,232
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$490,327
Management and general expenses
$53,751
Fundraising expenses
$7,251
Program service expenses (Part III)
$490,327

Program services were 88.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $380,256

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,199 · excluded $2,199

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $83,553

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $15,645

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $67,908 · excluded $67,908

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $24,000 · program services $21,600 · management and general $2,400

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $121,918 · program services $101,968 · management and general $19,950

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,264 · program services $11,232 · management and general $2,032

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,072 · management and general $8,072

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,532 · management and general $3,532

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $712 · management and general $712

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $67,288 · program services $65,774 · management and general $1,514

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,841 · program services $15,841

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $36,194 · program services $34,384 · management and general $1,810

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $236,128 · program services $236,128 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMPUTERS

    total $10,748 · program services $0 · management and general $10,748 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $7,251 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $7,251

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $3,579 · program services $3,400 · management and general $179 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,802 · management and general $2,802

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $619,032 · end of year $553,469

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $292,940 · end of year $291,826

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $92,774 · end of year $49,875

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,529,729

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $169,187

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,345,539 · end of year $1,360,542

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $220,745 · end of year $242,049

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,636 · end of year $8,029

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $562,500 · end of year $562,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,447,032 · end of year $1,367,251

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $559,862 · end of year $559,981

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

FRANCISCAN CHARITIES, INC. IS A NOT-FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY WHICH WAS ORGANIZED AND OPERATES TO TEND TO THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF THE POOR, PROVIDE TOOLS TO RISE ABOVE POVERTY AND SUPPORT PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING. THROUGH ITS MINISTRIES, FRANCISCAN CHARITIES OFFERS VARIOUS SERVICES TO THE UNDERPRIVILEGED OF THE GREATER NEWARK AREA UTILIZING OVER 1,000 VOLUNTEERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ASSIST THE POOR IN NEWARK, NJ THROUGH ITS MINISTRIES THAT INCLUDE PROVIDING MEALS, CLOTHING, AND A CENTER FOR HEALING

  • AS PART OF ITS MISSION, FRANCISCAN CHARITIES PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED WITH THE HELP OF OVER 1,000 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS. OUR EFFORTS TO FEED THE HUNGRY ARE SUPPORTED BY A STRONG BELIEF THAT EACH PERSON SHOULD HAVE A WARM, WELCOMING PLACE TO EAT AND BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND KINDNESS. FRANCISCAN CHARITIES SERVES HOT, HOME COOKED, NUTRITIOUS MEALS PREPARED BY A PROFESSIONAL CHEF ON A TO GO BASIS, 4 DAYS PER WEEK. FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVICE ARE AIDED BY OUR VOLUNTEERS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CLIENTS OVER THE YEARS.

    Expenses $283,334

  • THE HEALING MINISTRY OF DIVINE MERCY WAS FOUNDED BY BROTHER PAUL MILLER, OFS. ESTABLISHED IN 2000, BROTHER PAUL SEEKS TO MINISTER TO THE SICK, THE POOR, THE HELPLESS, AND THE MARGINALIZED, BY BRINGING THE LORD'S HEALING AND PEACE TO THOSE MOST IN NEED. THE MINISTRY EXTENDS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS THE CARIBBEAN. HEALING AND PRAYER SERVICES ARE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK IN BOTH GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL SETTINGS. THESE ACTIVITIES ATTRACT PARTICIPATION FROM INDIVIDUALS LOCATED IN THE LOCAL TRI-STATE AREA AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY. ANYONE CAN ATTEND THE SERVICES REGARDLESS OF RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION.

    Expenses $146,389

  • CLIENT ASSISTANCE: INCLUDES VARIED SERVICES SUCH AS THE ID PROGRAM WHICH HELPS MANY INDIVIDUALS OBTAIN THE PROPER LEGAL IDENTIFICATION NEEDED FOR THEM TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE OR TO RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SUCH AS HOUSING, CHILD SUPPORT OR ASSISTANCE WITH LEGAL ISSUES; THE MAGI FUND WHICH PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS AND THEIR NEWBORN CHILDREN; THE COAT DRIVE WHICH SUPPLIES HUNDREDS OF WARM COATS AND WINTER ACCESSORIES ANNUALLY; AND THE TOY DRIVE WHICH ENSURES HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN HAVE A GIFT DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. IN ADDITION, FRANCISCAN CHARITIES MAKES REFERRALS FOR ADDICTION COUNSELING AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE

    Expenses $60,604

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul Miller

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Gregory Langan

    PRESIDENT AND CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Kurt Peters

    VP, ASST CORP SEC, GEN COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Barbara Gode

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Sharon McCloskey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Melissa Hillier

    VP COMMUNITY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Diane Braschi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Michael Racanelli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vincent Lima

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
13 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202601949349300810

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