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CARITAS OF AUSTIN

CARITAS OF AUSTIN (Texas) receives grants from 166 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,037,981 to it, the largest being International Rescue Committee INC ($3,350,011). 98 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$18M
Funders on record
166
Grants received
$18M
Net assets
$4.2M
98/166 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What Caritas of Austin does

Mission

Caritas of Austin provides a home and tailored services to prevent and end homelessness.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Supportive housing programs provide permanent housing with on-site and off-site supportive services for individuals who have experienced long-term homelessness and who are recovering from the trauma they have experienced while being homeless.

    $8,728,496 spentof which $3,507,817 as grants
    52% of program spending
  2. Best single source plus (bss plus) collaboration is comprised of local nonprofits referred to as partner agencies and aims to streamline housing services, improve efficiency, and eliminate barriers for those seeking assistance for housing stability. Participating agencies include: building promise usa, Caritas of Austin, downtown austin community court, family eldercare, foundation for the homeless, lifeworks austin, sunrise community church, the safe alliance, the salvation army - austin area command. Bss+ provides comprehensive case management and basic needs services to eligible individuals and families in austin and travis county. The program is based on a rapid rehousing (rrh) model that utilizes progressive engagement interventions. The primary goal is to encourage housing stability to prevent and end homelessness. Caritas of Austin is the lead fiscal agent, managing all program operations and administering contract funds.

    $3,795,561 spentof which $3,010,739 as grants
    23% of program spending
  3. The supportive services for veteran families program is designed to increase housing stability for veteran families that are at-risk of homelessness or experiencing homelessness. Supportive services include outreach, case management, help in obtaining va benefits, emergency financial assistance, and assistance obtaining and coordinating other public benefits.

    $1,625,654 spentof which $756,841 as grants
    10% of program spending
  4. Refugee services for documented refugees begins with their arrival in austin and includes employment assistance and connection to other community resources. The goal of these services is to help refugees transition to life in the united states and achieve self-sufficiency within their first six months of arrival. Refugees served are approved for resettlement by the united states government.employment services program provides clients opportunities to find and keep jobs in order to support themselves and their families. Clients receive assistance with short-term job placement as well as long-term career development. Services include: pre-employment preparation such as job readiness training, vocational certification, esl classes, and assistance with professional recertification; referral and placement; work authorization; logistical support; new hire paperwork assistance; and post-hire support.food services consist of the caritas community kitchen and food pantry. Each weekday the caritas community kitchen serves a hot, nutritious lunch to over 300 people, no questions asked. The food pantry provides groceries and hygiene items to individuals and families already receiving services…

    $2,564,446 spentof which $549,161 as grants$2,315 earned by the program
    15% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,714,157.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($13M) Expenses 100 ($13M) Net assets 100 ($3.4M)2018 Revenue 83 ($11M) Expenses 90 ($11M) Net assets 83 ($2.8M)2019 Revenue 85 ($11M) Expenses 84 ($11M) Net assets 96 ($3.2M)2020 Revenue 103 ($13M) Expenses 95 ($12M) Net assets 133 ($4.5M)2021 Revenue 121 ($16M) Expenses 105 ($13M) Net assets 204 ($6.8M)2022 Revenue 134 ($17M) Expenses 139 ($17M) Net assets 200 ($6.7M)2023 Revenue 136 ($18M) Expenses 150 ($19M) Net assets 162 ($5.4M)2024 Revenue 159 ($20M) Expenses 164 ($21M) Net assets 157 ($5.3M)2025 Revenue 143 ($18M) Expenses 155 ($19M) Net assets 126 ($4.2M)
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Revenue (143)Expenses (155)Net assets (126)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $7.6M to $13M (+72%).

$4.0M
$3.5M
$3.9M
$5.7M
$7.6M
$7.6M
$13M
$13M
$12M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 71% · 2018 70% · 2019 65% · 2020 64% · 2021 61% · 2022 72% · 2023 74% · 2024 73% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$316k
’17
−$572k
’18
$431k
’19
$1.3M
’20
$2.4M
’21
−$129k
’22
−$1.3M
’23
−$163k
’24
−$1.1M
’25
0.5
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Jo Kathryn Quinn

President & CEO

Board chair

Lori Freedman

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed222020232524262625
Joined·+2+4+6+3+3+7+7+3
No longer listed·44314574
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 29 funders to 61 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $3.6M.

29 of 166 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of CARITAS OF AUSTIN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 166 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

CARITAS OF AUSTIN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

68% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CARITAS OF AUSTIN.

19%
largest funder
45%
top three
~12
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 66% · 2019 29% · 2020 25% · 2021 24% · 2022 25% · 2023 62% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

53% of CARITAS OF AUSTIN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

66% of CARITAS OF AUSTIN's grant income comes from Texas funders.

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
OK
LA
GA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Government funding CARITAS OF AUSTIN receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $26.4M on record.

Federal$26.4M
grants $26.4Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$16.1M
  • Department of Veterans Affairs$10.3M

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like CARITAS OF AUSTIN

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 5%Fundraising 9%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Vbg-Caritas Cairn Point Austin LLC · disregarded
  • Vbg-Caritas Rutland Austin LLC · corp_trust
  • 9027 Northgate Blvd LLC · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds CARITAS OF AUSTIN?
CARITAS OF AUSTIN (Texas) receives grants from 166 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,037,981 to it, the largest being International Rescue Committee INC ($3,350,011). 98 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CARITAS OF AUSTIN have?
IRS filings report 166 organizations giving $18,037,981 in grants to CARITAS OF AUSTIN, 98 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CARITAS OF AUSTIN?
International Rescue Committee INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,350,011 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CARITAS OF AUSTIN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 166 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing