Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC
CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,930 to it, the largest being HEAD OF THE LAKES UNITED WAY ($13,097). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $17M
What Catholic Charities Bureau Inc does
Mission
To alleviate human suffering by sponsoring direct service programs for the poor, the disadvantaged, the disabled, the elderly, and children with special needs._____Catholic Charities Bureau is created and organized to own, maintain, operate and conduct; directly or indirectly; as well as to assist and coordinate activities and Social Services in accordance with the charitable Works and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. Works are carried out in accordance with Catholic Social teachings.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Catholic Charities Bureau provided oversight services for 35 Affiliated agencies. Services include payroll processing for 586 employees and consumers; assurance for provision of sound business practices; resource development to enhance funding opportunities; and Administration of employee benefit plans which include health, dental, long-term disability, and retirement. Catholic Charities Bureau is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. Our combined efforts provide for a more dynamic organization that has the impact of more effective delivery of service to people we serve. A listing of our affiliates is provided in schedule R of this form 990. A separate 990 is filed by each of our affiliates.
$2,523,594 spent$3,579,113 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,523,594.
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 2020 to 2021, from $12M to $16M (+33%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 37% · 2021 30% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. 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
Alan Rock
Executive Director & Secretary/Treasurer
Board chair
Larry Wojchik
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $34.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 CHARITIES BUREAU INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 CHARITIES BUREAU INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% 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 CHARITIES BUREAU INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $195 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Government funding CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $886k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$886k
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 CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 27 related entities
- Catholic Diocese of Superior · exempt
- Barron County Developmental Services Inc · exempt
- Black River Industries Inc · exempt
- Challenge Center Inc · exempt
- Diversified Services Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,930 to it, the largest being HEAD OF THE LAKES UNITED WAY ($13,097). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $28,930 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC?
- HEAD OF THE LAKES UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $13,097 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 5 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing