- Revenue 2024
- $5,568,708
- Expenses 2024
- $4,948,503
Program services were 83.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- N31
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 377 E 145TH ST
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
MERCY CENTER CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, MEN AND FAMILIES IN THE SOUTH BRONX TO GROW AND THRIVE THROUGH EDUCATION, FAMILY, CIVIC, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRAMS. WE BUILD COMMUNITY WITH A SPIRIT OF HOSPITALITY, RESPECT AND EQUITY IN THE TRADITION OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY. FOR 33 YEARS, MERCY CENTER HAS BEEN A TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH BRONX, ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS. OUR INTEGRATED AND HOLISTIC SERVICES FALL INTO SIX OVERALL PROGRAM AREAS: 1. ADULT EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES PARTICIPANTS WITH AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, BASIC ADULT EDUCATION, SKILLS BUILDING AND JOB READINESS. SERVICES INCLUDE CLASSES IN ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES, ONLINE LEARNING, WORK READINESS WORKSHOPS, AND ONE-ON-ONE JOB COACHING, INCLUDING HELP WITH RESUMES, JOB SEARCHES, APPLICATIONS, AND INTERVIEW PREPARATION; 2. IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM SEEKER SERVICES OFFERS IMMIGRANTS HELP WITH IMMIGRATION APPLICATIONS INCLUDING CITIZENSHIP, GREEN CARD, DEFERR
Activities or mission (Part I)
To empower women and their families in the south Bronx to liberate themselves from economic hardship.
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ADULT EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT/IMMIGRANT SERVICES - THESE PROGRAMS ACHIEVED STRONG RESULTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. WE ENROLLED 1,580 STUDENTS IN OUR ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL) CLASSES, 1,316 COMPLETED ONE, TWO OR THREE CYCLES, AND 99% WERE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT LEVEL. ALSO, WE CONTINUED TO OFFER TWO CONTEXTUALIZED LEARNING ESOL CLASSES FOR HOSPITALITY WORKERS AND ONE FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS. WE CONTINUED TO INTEGRATE AN ONLINE LEARNING COMPONENT INTO EVERY ESOL CLASS. 392 PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED INDIVIDUALIZED JOB COACHING. IN FY25, OUR IMMIGRANT SERVICES PROGRAM SUBMITTED A TOTAL OF 116 CITIZENSHIP APPLICATIONS, 32 DACA RENEWAL APPLICATIONS, 52 GREEN CARD RENEWAL APPLICATIONS 359 ASYLUM APPLICATIONS, AND 959 EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION APPLICATONS. STAFF PROVIDED REMOVAL RELATED ADVOCACY FOR 36 INDIVIDUALS. OVERALL, STAFF PROVIDED 2,126 LEGAL CONSULTATIONS ABOUT A VARIETY OF IMMIGRATION LEGAL ISSUES. 74 STUDENTS COMPLETED CITIZENSHIP EXAM PREPARATION CLASSES. THE UNIT ALSO PROVIDED CASE MANAGEMENT FOR 962 RECENTLY-ARRIVED MIGRANTS.
Expenses $2,798,146
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FAMILIA ADELANTE (FAMILY FORWARD)/ FAMILY SKILLS/ SOCIAL SERVICES IS A GROUP OF PROGRAMS THAT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN FAMILY FUNCTIONING AND HELP PARTICIPANTS TO NAVIGATE SYSTEMS AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS. IN FY25, 184 PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED AND 118 COMPLETED ONE OR MORE OF OUR PARENTING SKILLS CLASSES/ACTIVITIES: PARENTING (ENGLISH), PARENTING (SPANISH), ABRIENDO PUERTAS (FOR LATINO PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN), ANGER MANAGEMENT (SPANISH) AND MOM'S SUPPORT GROUP. IN FY25, WE COMPLETED THE EIGHTH FULL YEAR OF OUR COLLABORATIVE 'WHOLEFAMILY APPROACH' PROGRAM, FAMILIA ADELANTE (FAMILY FORWARD), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, QUALITAS OF LIFE FOUNDATION, AND MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONER MARITZA PUELLO. DURING FY25, 105 FAMILIES PARTICIPATED IN ACTIVE CASE MANAGEMENT. 38 FAMILIES GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM, and 24 NEW FAMILIES ENROLLED. OUR SOCIAL SERVICES UNIT PROVIDED CASE MANAGEMENT, ADVOCACY, AND REFERRALS FOR PARTICIPANTS SEEKING HELP NAVIGATING SYSTEMS AND ACCESSING RESOURCES. THE UNIT PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 1,322 CASE MANAGEMENT SESSIONS FOR 608 INDIVIDUALS. THE TOP THREE ISSUES (BY NUMBER OF VISITS) ADDRESSED IN FY25 WERE PUBLIC BENEFITS, CASH ASSISTANCE & ONE_SHOT DEALS, AND HEALTHCARE ENROLLMENT REFERRALS.
Expenses $904,938
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THE YOUTH PROGRAMS UNIT OFFERS ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. IN FY25, MERCY CENTER PROVIDED 139 YOUNG PEOPLE WITH 17,933 OFF THE STREET ACTIVITY HOURS IN OUR AFTER SCHOOL, DANCE, SUMMER CAMP AND BABYSITTING PROGRAMS. WE CONTINUED OUR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL STEM/ROBOTICS PROJECT AND INTRODUCD A READING ENRICHMENT PROJECT AS PART OF OUR AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS. 100% OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR AFTER SCHOOL WERE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT GRADE IN JUNE 2025.
Expenses $401,649
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DURING FY25, WE OPERATE OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION WORKSHOPS PRIMARILY ONLINE, WHICH OFFERED GREATER SCHEDULING FLEXIBILITY AND RESULTED IN HIGHER ATTENDANCE. THE MOST POPULAR WORKSHOP WAS PREPARE TO WORK SECURITY GUARD TRAINING, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY 90 PARTICIPANTS. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES, WITH THE THANKSGIVING FOOD PANTRY (340 FAMILIES) AND HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING (487 CHILDREN) HAVING THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION. OUR ART WORKSHOPS WERE ALSO POPULAR, WITH 68 ADULTS AND CHILDREN PARTICIPATING.
Expenses $14,776
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Stephen J Stritch III
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $184,121
- From this org
- $176,100
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,021
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $176,100
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,021
- Filer's total
- $184,121
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Paula M Sarro
Assoc. Ex. Dir
- Total calculated
- $147,782
- From this org
- $135,212
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,570
- Hours/week
- 40
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Linda Simmons
Dir. of Finance
- Total calculated
- $132,681
- From this org
- $123,441
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,240
- Hours/week
- 40
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Archie Crawford
Dir. Development
- Total calculated
- $125,485
- From this org
- $114,325
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,160
- Hours/week
- 40
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Sean Adcroft
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Beth Beranbaum
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Blanca Cofino
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael Termini
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Beth Finnerty
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nancy Gallin
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mary Galeone RSM
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robin McKenna
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeannette Pina
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth Cassino
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kathryne Lyons
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joan McGillycuddy
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shari Coats
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ana Collado
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Timothy O'Connor
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Daria Pizzetta
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Eileen Trainor
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Patricia Vetrano
Board Member
- 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $5,568,708
- Expenses
- $4,948,503
- Contributions
- $5,087,513
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $4,150,698
- Expenses
- $4,618,167
- Contributions
- $3,635,738
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $4,623,797
- Expenses
- $4,246,734
- Contributions
- $4,179,052
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,893,951
- Expenses
- $3,849,609
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,242,228
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,436,998
- Expenses
- $3,434,711
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,137,597
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,561,260
- Expenses
- $3,231,172
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,382,818
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,989,783
- Expenses
- $2,995,364
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,682,972
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,684,824
- Expenses
- $2,564,818
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,692,610
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,410,691
- Expenses
- $2,443,954
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,556,891
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$300,000
2024 FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
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2023 RESEARCH
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$187,500
2024 CBO SUBGRANT, NEIGHBORHOOD FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$90,000
2022 JUSTICE FELLOW
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$50,000
2023 HUMAN SERVICES
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$45,000
2024 Latino CORE
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$36,300
2024 HUMAN SERVICES
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$35,500
2022 HUMAN SERVICES
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$26,350
2023 HUMAN SERVICES
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
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Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
501(c)(3) · Church · MD
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.