Our Work

Service to the Poor

Saint Francis traced the beginning of his conversion to when God led him to live among lepers to serve them. Ever since that time, direct service to the materially poor and marginalized people of society has been a prized Franciscan ministry.

St. Francis Friends of the Poor
115 West 30^th St. Suite 500B
New York, NY 10001
212-947-0794
212-714-1277 Fax

Create, Inc.
73 Lenox Ave.
New York, NY 10026
212-663-1596

Franciscan Volunteer Ministry
PO Box 29276
Philadelphia, PA 19125
215-427-3070
215-427-3059 Fax

St. Francis Inn
Box 3746
2441 Kensington Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19125-1235
215-423-5845

Funding Programs for the Poor

Through the generosity of benefactors such as St. Anthony's Guild, Holy Name Province is able to offer financial grants to encourage and support various ministries that serve the poor and other needy people.

Benevolence Trust Grants

The Franciscan Friars Benevolence Trust of Holy Name Province encourages and supports programs and projects that offer concrete services for meeting the needs of the poor served by the Friars of Holy Name Province. These programs include, but are not limited to efforts to secure: basic rights, food, shelter, medical care, and education for the poor.

		Guidelines (PDF)
		Application (PDF)
		Application Budget (PDF)
		Progress Report (PDF)
		Project Accounting (PDF)
		Guidelines (MS Word)
		Application (MS Word)
		Application Budget (MS Excel)
		Progress Report (MS Word)
		Project Accounting (MS Excel)

May Bonfils Stanton Grants

From 1887 to 1983, the Franciscan friars of Holy Name staffed St. Elizabeth Parish in Denver, Colorado, as well as a number of other ministries there. Their work gained the admiration and assistance of May Bonfils Stanton, a member of a prominent Denver family. In her will, Ms. Stanton established a trust to help fund these ministries.

Today, the Holy Name Province May Bonfils Stanton Trust continues to encourage and support programs and projects that provide any charitable endeavor of bringing comfort to the sick, the poor and the needy in the vicinity of greater Denver, Colo. Preference in awarding grants is given to not-for-profit agencies that provide services that include but are not limited to efforts to secure the basic rights to food, adequate shelter, healthcare and education for the poor.

		Guidelines (PDF)
		Application (PDF)
		Application Budget (PDF)
		Progress Report (PDF)
		Project Accounting (PDF)
		Guidelines (MS Word)
		Application (MS Word)
		Application Budget (MS Excel)
		Progress Report (MS Word)
		Project Accounting (MS Excel)