St. Francis Institute of Management and Research is located in Borivali, Mumbai. The college is popularly Known as SFIMAR. The college is rated as 'A' grade college by All India Management Association, AIMA. The Society of Franciscan Brothers was founded in 1901 in Mandapeshwar, in Eksar village, then, in the Northwest corner of Mumbai city. The Society was established to look after and educate the orphans in Mumbai and the surrounding areas. A formal Orphanage and a School was established in 1908. The Congregation has now 68 centres in India, running Orphanages, Schools, Technical Education Centres, Informal Technical Education Centres for School dropouts, Leprosy Centres, Agricultural Training Farms, Youth Centres, Clinics, Dispensaries, Hospitals etc. The main focus in all these activities are oriented around the orphans, the poor, and the lower middle class without any other distinctions whatsoever. They have spread into South America, Sri Lanka, Germany, Switzerland & Italy for similar type of work with Mumbai as the Headquarters.