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LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA

EIN 23-1552179 PHILADELPHIA, PA

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Revenue 2025
$10,784,580
Expenses 2025
$6,772,979

Program services were 81.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1700
Street
5300 CHESTER AVE

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE (EIN 53-0196617). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF PHILADELPHIA OPERATE HOLY FAMILY HOME, A MISSION-DRIVEN LONG-TERM CARE COMMUNITY PROVIDING NURSING, RESIDENTIAL, SPIRITUAL, AND COMPASSIONATE CARE SERVICES FOR ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS OF ALL FAITH TRADITIONS IN A FAMILY-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF PHILADELPHIA OPERATE HOLY FAMILY HOME, A MISSION-DRIVEN LONG-TERM CARE COMMUNITY PROVIDING NURSING, RESIDENTIAL, SPIRITUAL, AND COMPASSIONATE CARE SERVICES FOR ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS OF ALL

  • FOUNDED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1869, THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OPERATE HOLY FAMILY HOME, A CATHOLIC LONG-TERM CARE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING NURSING, RESIDENTIAL, SPIRITUAL, AND COMPASSIONATE CARE SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND FAITH TRADITIONS. THE HOME SERVES ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE OLDER ADULTS THROUGH AN AGING-IN-PLACE APPROACH THAT ENABLES EACH RESIDENT TO REMAIN IN A FAMILIAR SETTING WHILE RECEIVING INCREASING LEVELS OF SUPPORT AS NEEDED. THE LITTLE SISTERS PROVIDE PERSON-CENTERED CARE FOCUSED ON DIGNITY, MEANINGFUL QUALITY OF LIFE, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, A FAMILY-CENTERED COMMUNITY SETTING, PASTORAL SUPPORT, AND COMPASSIONATE ACCOMPANIMENT THROUGH THE LATER STAGES OF LIFE. RECENT FORM 990 FINANCIAL FLUCTUATIONS REFLECT THE COMPLETION AND OCCUPANCY TRANSITIONS OF HOLY FAMILY HOME'S ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION REBUILDING AND MODERNIZATOIN PROJECT, FINALIZED IN 2025, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CONSTRUCTION-RELATED ACTIVITY, AND ASSOCIATED LONG-TERM FINANCING OBLIGATIONS. THESE FIGURES PRIMARILY REFLECT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL PUBLIC-PRIVATE INVESTMENT DESIGNED TO MODERNIZE ELDERCARE SERVICES AND STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATION'S LONG-TERM MISSION SUSTAINABILITY, RATHER THAN INSTABILITY IN ONGOING OPERATIONS. LOCATED IN THE KINGSESSING NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA, HOLY FAMILY HOME SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ANCHOR AND SOURCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY IN AN ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AREA AFFECTED BY POVERTY, FOOD INSECURITY, AND HOMELESSNESS. THE ORGANIZATION'S NEWLY REBUILT AND MODERNIZED FACILITY WAS SUPPORTED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF PHILANTHROPIC AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT, RECOGNIZING BOTH THE CRITICAL NEED FOR ELDERCARE SERVICES AND THE HOME'S SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION.

    Expenses $5,484,135 · Revenue $2,735,303

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Lisa Dorrin

    DIRECTOR OF NURSING

    Total calculated
    $126,389
    From this org
    $126,389
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • Sister Celine Vadukkoot Lsp

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    38

  • Sister Maria Flicker Lsp

    VICE-PRESIDENT, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    38

  • Sister Veronica Proffitt Lsp

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    38

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $10,784,580
    Expenses
    $6,772,979
    Contributions
    $7,686,290
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $13,868,642
    Expenses
    $5,814,038
    Contributions
    $12,342,679
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,605,617
    Expenses
    $5,682,145
    Contributions
    $11,785,688
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,751,639
    Expenses
    $5,894,873
    Contributions
    $3,290,566
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,956,134
    Expenses
    $6,846,528
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,759,268

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,360,019
    Expenses
    $7,139,283
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,352,022

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,287,854
    Expenses
    $7,370,143
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,203,705

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,849,633
    Expenses
    $7,033,059
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,214,754

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,544,091
    Expenses
    $7,300,441
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,507,137

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,661,791
    Expenses
    $6,735,490
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,072,350

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,097,234
    Expenses
    $6,787,719
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,255,687

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,992,415
    Expenses
    $6,806,717
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,906,735

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,933,441
    Expenses
    $6,285,426
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,691,956

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $6,251,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,111,474

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

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 2025 return

  • LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR BROOKLYN PROV

    501(C)3 · CHARITY · NY

  • LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR BALTIMORE PRO

    501(C)3 · CHARITY · 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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.