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Catholic Charities of California

To promote the social welfare of california, with particular regard for the poor and marginalized, through the thirteen diocesan catholic charities agencies.

$34M
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$163MEmployment$1.8MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.8MCrime & Legal$1.5MFood & Nutrition$1.4MCommunity Improvement$1.3MCivil Rights$1.0MEnvironment$406kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $29k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+18 grants · $32M
$995,958
Median grant
2
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES$5,363,284
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY$3,393,188
NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES$3,076,848
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FRESNO$2,938,483
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MONTEREY$2,415,018
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY$1,862,729
CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO (SAN FRANCISCO)$1,754,976
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA ROSA$1,555,735
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOLANO$1,486,282
COMMUNITY RECOVERY TEAM$1,416,145
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE EAST BAY$1,341,346
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO$1,182,712
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF STOCKTON$1,164,259
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SAN BERNARDINO$1,085,962
ST VINCENT DE PAUL$995,958
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $98.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $3.4M → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $2.2M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO (SAN FRANCISCO): $1.4M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO: $3.2M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF STOCKTON: $1.2M → 12%PLUMAS RURAL SERVICES: $1.2M → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FRESNO: $4.0M → 19%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC: $972k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $1.8M → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1.9M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO (SAN FRANCISCO): $1.2M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO: $2.0M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF STOCKTON: $999k → 12%PLUMAS RURAL SERVICES: $1.2M → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FRESNO: $2.9M → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $1.1M → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1.5M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO (SAN FRANCISCO): $982k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO: $1.6M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FRESNO: $2.5M → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $892k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1.2M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO (SAN FRANCISCO): $1.8M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO: $1.4M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FRESNO: $1.2M → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $857k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1.1M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO (SAN FRANCISCO): $916k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO: $1.2M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1.1M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO (SAN FRANCISCO): $1.3M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO: $1.2M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1.0M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO (SAN FRANCISCO): $891k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO: $1.1M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1.0M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO (SAN FRANCISCO): $1.1M → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO: $1.1M → 11%ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $996k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $5.4M → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $3.4M → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $3.2M → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $3.1M → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $2.9M → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $2.5M → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $2.4M → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $2.0M → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $1.2M → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$166M · 23 repeat orgs$6.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
12

Total granted

$166M
$4.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
0%

Still filing today

87%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterEmploymentInternationalFood & NutritionPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $26M · revenue +87%
  • NV
    NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $17M · revenue +39% · 25% of their budget
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $16M · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • UF
    UFW FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $1.1M · revenue 0%
  • MIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT
    one grant, 2024 · $755k · revenue -14%
  • CR
    California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $668k · revenue -55%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Center for Community Solutions

The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…

Health
2
Catholic Charities of California

To promote the social welfare of california, with particular regard for the poor and marginalized, through the thirteen diocesan catholic charities agencies.

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3
Community Action Marin

We make it possible for people in marin to achieve well-being by providing the vital services they need. together, we break down the barriers that get in the way of fair and lasting change in service to better outcomes for all.

Human Services
4
Casa de Esperanza

Casa is a refuge, providing protection and education for people caught in the cylces of domestic violence, sexual assault and child assault. Casa is a healing community where women and children can receive the nurturing and support…

Human Services
5
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
6
The Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families'

TCC Family Health mission is to provide innovative, integrated, quality health care that will contribute to a healthy community, focusing on those in need and working with patients and the community as partners in their overall well-being.

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7
Legal Aid Society of San Diego

To improve lives by advancing justice through effective, efficient and vigorous legal advocacy, outreach and education.

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8
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta Inc

Catholic charities atlanta (cca), provides supportive services that enable families to overcome barriers and achieve self-sufficiency. 87% of clients are low income. cca ensures that vulnerable individuals can attain economic…

Human Services
9
Community Research Foundation Inc

Crf, in partnership with our clients and stakeholders, designs, delivers and evaluates innovative and exemplary behavioral health and social services in a manner that is both culturally and trauma competent, providing these services with…

Unclassified
10
Access California Services

Access California Services is a culturally sensitive community-based organization dedicated to empowering underserved populations, with a focus on Arab- American & Muslim- American communities. We strive to enhance quality of life & foster…

Human Services
11
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc

Mission Statement: Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County addresses the causes of poverty, empowering low-income people to achieve self-sufficiency through community-based collaborations and programs.Vision Statement:…

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12
Immigrant Legal Services of the Central Coast Inc

Immigrant legal services of the central coast (ilscc) provides immigration-related legal services and information to the immigrant community of the central coast region of california, primarily santa cruz, san benito, and monterey…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is El Concilio California; the most unlike its peers is The California Wellness Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
23/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $26,125,381 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA: $16,326,280 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSACATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO: $13,508,616 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGOCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $11,837,879 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INCCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno: $11,515,183 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities of the Diocese of FresnoCATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10,013,480 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCOCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $9,721,803 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTYCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF STOCKTON: $6,004,273 · Human Services+11 more: $9,962,854 · Human Services+11 moreNORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $17,490,456 · OtherNORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SER…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTEREY: $9,134,151 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE O…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF OAKLAND: $8,600,528 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE O…Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $7,946,653 · OtherCatholic Charities San Bernardino &…Catholic Charities of Yolo-Solano: $5,673,998 · OtherCatholic Charities of Yolo-Solano+11 more: $4,964,223 · Other+11 moreCOMMUNITY RECOVERY TEAM: $1,675,316 · Public Safety & DisasterCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $80,323 · Public Safety & DisasterCommunity Action Board: $726,083 · EmploymentProteus Inc: $200,000 · EmploymentCommunity Bridges: $385,530 · Food & NutritionCentro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno: $265,071 · InternationalWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $10,000 · InternationalMERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD aka MERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $237,618 · Public Benefit
Human Services$115,015,749Other$53,810,009Public Safety & Disaster$1,755,639Employment$926,083Food & Nutrition$385,530International$275,071Public Benefit$237,618

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $26,125,381 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetNORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $17,490,456 over 9y, 25% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA: $16,326,280 over 9y, 10% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO: $13,508,616 over 9y, 20% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $11,837,879 over 9y, 43% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno: $11,515,183 over 9y, 33% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10,013,480 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $9,721,803 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF OAKLAND: $8,600,528 over 9y, 17% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $7,946,653 over 9y, 22% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF STOCKTON: $6,004,273 over 9y, 17% of budgetCatholic Charities of Yolo-Solano: $5,673,998 over 9y, 62% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE US SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC: $3,210,528 over 6y, 12% of budgetPlumas Rural Services Inc: $2,527,938 over 3y, 17% of budgetCOMMUNITY RECOVERY TEAM: $1,675,316 over 2y, 18% of budgetSACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES: $1,380,810 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUFW FOUNDATION: $1,108,359 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSACRAMENTO DISTRICT COUNCIL ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $995,958 over 1y, 23% of budgetMIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT: $754,666 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCommunity Action Board: $726,083 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetCalifornia Rural Legal Assistance Foundation: $667,673 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTodec Legal Center Perris: $627,185 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetCommunity Bridges: $385,530 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNORTH COAST OPPORTUNITIES INC: $367,345 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCentro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno: $265,071 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetMERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD aka MERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $237,618 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEL CONCILIO CALIFORNIA: $221,381 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLa Familia Counseling Center Inc: $210,478 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetProteus Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetST LOUISE RESOURCE SERVICES: $168,290 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE INC: $158,722 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CAROLYN E WYLIE CENTER FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES: $134,402 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $129,462 over 1y, 18% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $114,455 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER OF LYNWOOD FD HOWARD B GROBSTEIN LIQUIDATING TRUSTEE: $74,705 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $10,598 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Kaiser Foundation Hos…The California Endowm…Catholic Legal Immigr…Sierra Health Foundat…Immigrant Legal Resou…Sunlight GivingPublic Health Institu…Latino Community Foun…California Community …The David and Lucile …California Immigrant …California Fire Found…
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsCA34.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The California Endowment · Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Immigrant Legal Resource Center · Sunlight Giving · Public Health Institute · Latino Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · California Immigrant Policy Center · California Fire Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Catholic Charities of California funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catholic Charities of California. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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