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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE POOR.

Totals

Total revenue
$633,000
Total expenses
$951,810
Contributions and grants received
$600,668
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$32,332
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$700,662
Management and general expenses
$199,469
Fundraising expenses
$51,679
Program service expenses (Part III)
$700,662

Program services were 73.6% 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

    $600,668

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,529

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,332 · excluded $32,332

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,520 · program services $18,156 · management and general $30,260 · fundraising $12,104

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $355,440 · program services $276,647 · management and general $50,715 · fundraising $28,078

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,807 · program services $20,075 · management and general $9,613 · fundraising $4,119

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,730 · program services $22,279 · management and general $15,439 · fundraising $3,012

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,812 · management and general $11,812

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,000 · management and general $16,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,367 · management and general $1,367

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $41,158 · management and general $41,158

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,483 · program services $5,483

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,129 · program services $13,700 · management and general $2,429

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $420 · program services $420

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $57,656 · program services $57,656

  • 17 · Travel

    total $422 · program services $422

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,033 · program services $35,867 · management and general $1,166

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $59,626 · program services $50,181 · management and general $9,445

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD ASSISTANCE

    total $157,313 · program services $157,313

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $18,725 · program services $18,725

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $10,825 · program services $5,206 · management and general $5,619

  • 24d · Other expenses: AUTO EXPENSE

    total $7,610 · program services $7,610

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,734 · program services $10,922 · management and general $4,446 · fundraising $4,366

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $36,704 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,748,123 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $256,815 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,043 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $107,474 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,366,987 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $170,567 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $106,054 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $168,695 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,214,783 · end of year $0

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $225,181 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF FRIENDS OF THE POOR IS TO BRING TOGETHER IN FRIENDSHIP THOSE WHO HAVE THE DESIRE TO GIVE WITH THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE, IN ORDER TO EASE THE BURDEN OF LIVING IN POVERTY AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.

  • FAMILY TO FAMILY: PROGRAM STARTED IN 1986 TO PROVIDE NEEDY FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY WITH FOOD AND DINNER BASKETS DURING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SEASON. ANNUALLY, THE PROGRAM FEEDS APPROXIMATELY 20,000 PEOPLE AND THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY HAS PROVIDED OVER 300,000 PEOPLE WITH THANKSGIVING DINNERS. IN 2025, THE PROGRAM SERVED 5,195 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THREE SEASONAL FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS (EASTER, THANKSGIVING, AND CHRISTMAS).

    Expenses $127,500

  • FOOD PANTRIES: 88,500 INDIVIDUALS SERVED FROM 1/1/25-7/31/25 ACROSS 14 FULL AND PART-TIME FOOD PANTRIES IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY.

    Expenses $210,986

  • CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS: SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN HOSTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

    Expenses $3,325

  • GENERAL PROGRAMS: CLOTHES LINE FOR MEN, SEASONAL DINNERS, FOOD GIVEAWAYS, AND EVENTS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $358,851

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Meghan Loftus

    PRESIDENT & CEO, EX-OFFICI

    Total calculated
    $62,158
    From this org
    $60,348
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,810
    Hours/week
    40

  • Katie Richardson-Engles Esq

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lee Termini

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean McAndrew

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sister Mary Kathleen Faliskie Ihm

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sister Elizabeth Demerchant Ihm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edwin A Abrahamsenjr Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sister Susan Armbruster Ihm

    DIRECTOR, EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Pousley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacob Gilboy Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Abrahamsen Borer Ms Rd Ldn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Moylan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John McGovern Jr Esq CPA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
11 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621639349301302

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