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Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY serves and advocates for families and individuals in need, especially those living in poverty.

$6.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$129k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$1.1MReligion$500kEducation$311kInternational$253kEmployment$251kCivil Rights$251k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $561,675, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,793,128 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $6,231,453 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $541k
$51,567
Median grant
1
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE THE CHANCERY$128,787
ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE$51,567
COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES IN EAST PALO ALTO$51,567
PANGEA LEGAL SERVICES$51,567
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$51,567
STEP FORWARD FOUNDATION$51,567
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY$51,567
CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING$51,567
SERVICES IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK$51,567
LAW FOUNDATION SILICON VALLEY$12,852
OUR LADY OF REFUGE CHURCH$7,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $251k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Services Immigrants Rights and Education Network: $52k → 8%SERVICES IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK: $52k → 8%Services Immigrants Rights and Education Network: $51k → 8%Services Immigrants Rights and Education Network: $49k → 8%SERVICES IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK: $47k → 8%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 12 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
0

Total granted

$2.7M
$0

Still filing today

83%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Crime & LegalEducationInternationalHuman ServicesEmploymentOther
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

  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $311k · revenue +34%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $253k · revenue +38%
  • SF
    STEP FORWARD FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $251k · revenue +47%

Funded once

    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
    Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

    As one of the most enduring civil rights institutions on the West Coast, we work to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and build an equitable and just society.

    —
    2
    Jubilee Immigration Advocates

    Our mission is to reflect Gods intent for humanity, to live as a reconciled and and restored community. We stand in solidarity with immigrants by providing high quality, affordable immigration legal services and advocating for just…

    Human Services
    3
    Equal Justice Center

    The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization which empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our shared society…

    Civil Rights
    4
    Southern California Immigration Project

    Southern California Immigration Project is a public interest nonprofit organization dedicated to providing pro bono legal services to survivors of human and civil rights violations.

    International
    5
    Sexual Violence Law Center

    Sexual Violence Law Center (SVLC) is a nonprofit law firm that protects the safety, privacy, and civil rights of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Washington through holistic and trauma-informed practices rooted in race and…

    Human Services
    6
    Legal Link

    Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.

    Crime & Legal
    7
    California Center for Movement Legal Services

    The California Center for Movement Legal Services (Movement Legal) provides legal services in the pursuit of improving the lives of California's traditionally underserved residents, carrying out legal work that fosters community led policy…

    Crime & Legal
    8
    Immigrant Legal Defense

    Immigrant legal defense's mission is to promote justice through the provision of legal representation to underserved immigrant communities.

    Crime & Legal
    9
    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
    10
    Counsel for Justice

    CFJ promotes access to justice for underserved communities seeking to assert their legal rights. Our pro bono-based projects bridge the gap for underserved communities seeking safety, stability, and justice. CFJ engages volunteer attorneys…

    —
    11
    Jobs with Justice San Francisco

    A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

    Employment
    12
    Legal Assistance to the Elderly

    LAE's mission is to protect and advance the right of San Franciscos seniors and adults with disabilities to be housed, healthy, financially stable, and safe. We provide free legal services to San Francisco seniors and adults with…

    Crime & Legal
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

    10 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. 10 of the 12 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.

    0
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    1
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    10/10
    Grantees still filing
    7/10
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    HOLY FAMILY: $485,068 · OtherHOLY FAMILYSANTA CLARA COUNTY ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE: $250,850 · OtherSANTA CLARA COUNTY ASIAN LAW ALLIAN…JESUIT VOLUNTEERS: $90,895 · OtherJESUIT VOLUNTEERS+1 more: $15,000 · OtherSTEP FORWARD FOUNDATION: $250,850 · Crime & LegalSTEP FORWARD FOUNDATIONPangea Legal Services: $250,850 · Crime & LegalPangea Legal ServicesCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc: $248,625 · Crime & LegalCommunity Legal Services in East…Law Foundation of Silicon Valley: $29,580 · Crime & LegalPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $310,850 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOA…International Rescue Committee INC: $253,126 · InternationalInternatio…SERVICES IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK (SIREN): $250,850 · Human ServicesSERVICES I…CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING: $250,850 · EmploymentCENTER FOR…
    Other$841,813Crime & Legal$779,905Education$310,850International$253,126Human Services$250,850Employment$250,850

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

    25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $310,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $253,126 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTEP FORWARD FOUNDATION: $250,850 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetSANTA CLARA COUNTY ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE: $250,850 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetPangea Legal Services: $250,850 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetSERVICES IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK (SIREN): $250,850 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING: $250,850 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc: $248,625 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetJESUIT VOLUNTEERS: $90,895 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley: $29,580 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

    Sunlight GivingSilicon Valley Commun…Immigrant Legal Resou…The Sobrato Family Fo…The Heising-Simons Fo…California Access to …Amalgamated Charitabl…The San Francisco Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
    Sunlight GivingCA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Sunlight Giving · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Immigrant Legal Resource Center · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The Heising-Simons Foundation · California Access to Justice Commission · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

    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 Santa Clara County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      1get no government money at all
      7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
      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 12 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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