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CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 103 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,903,422 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,722,754). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $64M
- Funders on record
- 103
- Grants received
- $34M
- Net assets
- $54M
What Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc does
Mission
Catholic charities' mission is to welcome and serve, with compassion and respect, all those in need by providing life's necessities, education, and advocacy to move families toward self sufficiency. Catholic charities boston is one of the largest social service non-profit organizations in massachusetts with over 70 programs that help us serve our neighbors, regardless of religion, race, gender, age, disability, or ethnicity. Our vision is to create a just, equitable, and compassionate society rooted in the dignity of all people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Catholic charities' family and youth services integrated system of programs help parents and grandparents meet the challenge of an evolving world, and young adults and children to thrive. Programs include affordable childcare services (both center-based and in family childcare home settings after-school and summer programs, healthy families, parent and elder programs, and post adoption search services. The organization served over 4,000 children youth, elders and families throughout the greater boston area in 2025. All child care programs are licensed by the massachusetts office of early education and care and are naeyc accredited with over 90% of children enrolled at catholic charities qualifying as income eligible as defined by the commonwealth of massachusetts. Our teen center (located at st peter's parish in dorchester) provides safe, no-cost, after-school care for over 300 middle and high school students in dorchester's bowdoin-geneva neighborhood. The program and activities aim to increase teens' self-esteem while providing the tools needed for academic and personal success.sunset point camp in hull offers over-night camp each summer for over 400 children ages 6-14 from…
$25,628,577 spentof which $25,189 as grants$2,275,722 earned by the program51% of program spendingBasic needs services include food pantry, shelters, and living assistance. Each year we help community members access the resources they need to move from crisis to stability to self-sufficiency. Food pantries are location in dorchester at our yawkey center, in lynn, brockton and lowell. Our basic needs assistance includes emergency rent and utility assistance, and we have temporary and longer term supportive residential care for families and individuals working to procure permanent housing. Residences are staffed 24/7 and care includes case management, stabilization, referral services or specialty care for families and children.
$8,951,387 spentof which $952,223 as grants18% of program spendingAdult education and workforce development programs include: english for speakers of other languages (esol), high school equivalency (hi-set) preparation, computer literacy and job readiness training, certified nurse assistant / home health aide training and it certification and training. Catholic charities partners with the massachusetts department of elementary and secondary education to provide esol and adult basic education services with levels ranging from beginning english to college readiness. Esol classes are provided in south boston, dorchester, jamaica plain, brockton and lynn. Certified nurse assistant and home health aide training is provided in south boston and brockton locations. Education programs are also offered in lynn and salem and include esol, ged (hi-set), computer and job readiness training. It training and workforce development programs, focused on cyber security and it certifications, are offered in jamaica plain for students to begin it careers with internships or apprenticeship placements. All classes are at no charge to student and include training materials and certification exams. All classes are at no charge to students and include training materials…
$7,238,775 spentof which $334,008 as grants14% of program spendingCatholic charities' refugee and immigrant services programs include refugee resettlement services, interpreter services, and immigrant legal services to refugees and immigrants from all corners of the world. In 2025, 1,356 refugees received specialized case management, housing and basic necessities to help them acclimate to their new lives in the us. The interpreter services program provides translation services to assist people with limited english language skills access legal, health, and educational services. Legal services include consultation, referral, and representation to help newcomers navigate complex issues including political asylum, naturalization, and family reunification. Refugee arrivals are managed through the us conference of catholic bishops and us department of state.
$8,370,900 spentof which $1,648,954 as grants$3,995,656 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $50,189,639.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $57M to $63M (+10%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 58% · 2018 53% · 2019 51% · 2020 52% · 2021 63% · 2022 63% · 2023 68% · 2024 67% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Kelley Tuthill
President/CEO
Board chair
Mark Kerwin
Trustee, chair of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $1.9M → $4.1M.
21 of 103 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 103 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
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
82% 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 CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 32% · 2019 42% · 2020 36% · 2021 30% · 2022 24% · 2023 33% — 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
47% of CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
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
98% of CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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.
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- West Broadway Community Development Corporation · exempt
- Columbia Road Community Development Corporation · exempt
- St Annes Home Inc · exempt
- Catholic Social Services Inc · exempt
- The Catholic Community Fund of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 103 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,903,422 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,722,754). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC have?
- IRS filings report 103 organizations giving $33,903,422 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC, 57 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,722,754 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 103 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