2025-07-15T17:43:56-07:00 2024-08-31 030483170 C E A SCHOLTES AND ASSOCIATES 106 TUNBRIDGE ROAD BALTIMORE MD 21212 990 2023-09-01 521164260 FRANCISCAN CENTER INC FRAN 4104675340 101 W 23RD STREET BALTIMORE MD 21218 Thomas Phelan Co-Chair 2025-07-15 true true CHRIS SCHOLTES CPA P01607734 4103230010 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Thomas Phelan 101 W 23RD STREET BALTIMORE MD 21218 5559283 false 0928 X WWW.FCBMORE.ORG X 1979 MD THE FRANCISCAN CENTER, INC., A MINISTRY OF THE SISTERTS OF ST. FRANCIS ASSISI OF MILWAUKEE FRANCISCAN CENTERS, IS A MULTI-FACETED EMERGENCY OUTREACH AGENCY SERVING THE POOR AND HOMELESSS OF BALTIMORE REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, CREED, NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR GEOGRAPHIC AREA. 20 20 58 295 0 3475132 4739406 76534 190401 98825 5849 26438 45182 3676929 4980838 0 0 1242639 1553923 0 189975 1066857 1549354 2309496 3103277 1367433 1877561 5787309 8181626 388223 476934 5399086 7704692 X THE FRANCISCAN CENTER, INC., A MINISTRY OF THE SISTERTS OF ST. FRANCIS ASSISI OF MILWAUKEE FRANCISCAN CENTERS, IS A MULTI-FACETED EMERGENCY OUTREACH AGENCY SERVING THE POOR AND HOMELESSS OF BALTIMORE REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, CREED, NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR GEOGRAPHIC AREA. true false 1584202 129125 Dining Program: With a small staff and many volunteers, the organization serves a nutritionally balanced meals on-site for hundreds of impoverished individuals and families with children each day. The Center normally serves over one hundred thousand meals annually which increased to well over 300,000 during the COVID-19 Pandemic. 312378 Pantry Program: The Center provides groceries for individuals and families. Clients verified as eligible by the Baltimore City Department of Social Services receive groceries for three days of balanced meals. The Center provides groceries to hundreds of households each month. The pantry is normally open from 10am to 2pm. Donated food items supplement grants to keep the pantry stocked. During the pandemic, groceries were provided outside of the building to needy individuals and families. 245440 Responsive Services: The Center interviews hundreds of clients each week to determine their needs. The Center provides eviction prevention funds to clients with a valid eviction notice and committed funds from other sources, assistance with obtaining personal identification documents, assistance in paying for presriptions, dental services, eyeglasses, bus passes, and other emergency needs. The Center also employs Social Workers who provide counselling and referrals to other agencies. Staff work with clients to help them pay their bills, coach and encourage financial responsibility, discuss mental health, medical, and substance abuse, and other concerns through case management. 89251 61276 2231271 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 58 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 20 20 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true false true true false MD X Sharon Rowell 4104675340 101 W 23RD STREET BALTIMORE MD 21218 Jeffrey Griffin Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 100784 0 6420 Mark B Hansen Director of Finance 40.00 0.00 X 62437 0 0 Thomas Phelan Co-Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kevin Willie Co-Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Craig Hoffman Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Angela Hall Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 John Lindsay Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Timothy Reid Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tracy Wilson-Oakley Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Maria-Theresa Okafor Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas Spray-Fry Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sister Mary Therese White Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sr Eileen Quinn Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Br Michael Duffy Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Phyllis Gray Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mark Sucoloski Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joseph Dugan Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michal Regulski Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marvin Dunmyer Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Megan Knight Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mashaye Barr Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Meehan Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 163221 6420 1 false false false 0 102769 709400 3927237 2100549 4739406 B&O CAFE 722514 61276 61276 PROGRAM SERVICE FEES 722320 129125 129125 190401 118871 118871 0 0 28683 28683 28683 28683 401570 514592 -113022 -113022 -113022 76759 102769 63853 12906 12906 0 0 OTHER 900099 3593 3593 3593 4980838 190401 51031 0 0 0 0 199690 137090 49068 13532 0 1095009 751742 269068 74199 0 155900 91097 47034 17769 103324 70934 25389 7001 0 13869 13869 44900 44900 0 0 20725 20725 45742 45742 0 0 29439 5972 18056 5411 0 81129 50379 30750 12467 7539 4928 0 0 3756 3756 0 133053 118792 14261 48675 48675 FOOD 770412 770412 SUPPLIES 170125 164739 5386 SPECIAL EVENTS - INDIRECT 39361 39361 CLIENT DIRECT ASSISTANCE 35465 35465 100236 27110 40424 32702 3103277 2231271 682031 189975 896652 128547 0 328631 576512 715 0 0 0 0 22248 14247 9702 16661 4427704 504607 1153534 3923097 3363549 3514055 0 0 0 12278 8507 5787309 8181626 326560 239985 13242 10654 36143 17788 12278 208507 388223 476934 X 4415289 7161230 983797 543462 5399086 7704692 5787309 8181626 1877561 428045 X false true X true false X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3363549 154812 397264 401570 3514055 3126929 170546 136632 70558 3363549 3181851 548444 -455383 147983 3126929 1327810 2244417 192719 583095 3181851 929310 481979 92872 176351 1327810 1.00000 false false false 302300 302300 1683900 32383 1651517 1917990 158914 1759076 521639 313310 208329 1875 1875 3923097 Lease Liability 8507 Line of Credit 200000 208507 X 5488240 428045 100082 528127 4960113 20725 20725 4980838 3182634 100082 100082 3082552 20725 20725 3103277 Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. The Center has a board designated endowment that consists of various investments, which are intended to serve as a reserve against funding shortfalls. The Center has adopted an investment policy, effective March 5, 2019, that attempts to enhance the capital value of the Centers board designated endowment in real terms through asset appreciation and income generation consistent with the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi socially responsible investment guidelines. The objective of the portfolio is to be pursued as a long-term goal to maximize total return that is, the aggregate return from capital appreciation and all forms of income. The objective is designed to be achieved using a balanced approach that involves the use of cash equivalents, fixed income instruments and equity securities, all of which meet the investment guidelines. Specifically, the primary objectives in the investment management of the portfolio is 1 long-term growth of principal short term volatility will be tolerated as long as it is consistent with the volatility of a comparable market index and is reasonable within the context of a longer time horizon and 2 preservation of purchasing power. No specific spending policy or targeted rate of return has been adopted as a part of this policy. Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Center is exempt from income tax under Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code the Code and comparable State law, and contributions to it are tax deductible within the limitations prescribed by the Code. The accounting standard on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under that guidance, the Center may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the positions. There were no unrecognized tax benefits identified or recorded as liabilities for the years ended August 31, 2024 and 2023. The Centers Federal Forms 990 remain open for three years for federal and state examination. false GALA 98274 49009 49265 52931 GOLF TOURNAMENT 38616 27336 11280 10922 1 33877 17663 16214 170767 94008 76759 63853 63853 12906 X 1 1986200 FMV X 52 105295 FMV X equipment 24 9054 FMV false true false Form 990, Part III, Line 2 The B&O Caf, a social enterprise of the Franciscan Center, offers a healthy lunch menu. Chefs operating, managing, and working at the B&O Caf are graduates and/or students of the Franciscan Center Dignity Plates Culinary Training Academy. All proceeds will be used to enhance the Training Academy program. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Responsive Services: The Center interviews hundreds of clients each week to determine their needs. The Center provides eviction prevention funds to clients with a valid eviction notice and committed funds from other sources, assistance with obtaining personal identification documents, assistance in paying for presriptions, dental services, eyeglasses, bus passes, and other emergency needs. The Center also employs Social Workers who provide counselling and referrals to other agencies. Staff work with clients to help them pay their bills, coach and encourage financial responsibility, discuss mental health, medical, and substance abuse, and other concerns through case management. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Technical Resource Center: The organization provides men and women who are entered in a community job training program free internet access and other software to develop computer skill and financial literacy and receive assistance with resume building. The organization supplements adult literacy, job training, and job placement offered by other local organizations. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: The B&O Caf Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The full board reviews a draft of Form 990 before it is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members and key employees sign the conflict of interest form on an annual basis. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Finance Committee reviews all salaries annually as part of the budgeting process. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest forms, form 990, and audited financial statements are available to the public upon request.