Indiana · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY (Indiana) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,966,196 to it, the largest being LAKE AREA UNITED WAY INC ($769,539). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary does
Mission
Catholic charities provides and advocates for the physical, emotional, and social needs of the poor and vulnerable. We focus our attention on people (individuals and families) who live in poverty and are marginalized in other ways. Our goal is to stabilize the current situation and to work with them to create a plan for a brighter future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Emergency services the emergency services program assists individuals and families in a financial crisis who may be facing problems such as possible homelessness, loss of utility service, or other financial hardships. A hud certified self-sufficiency workshop is given weekly in various locations to help clients develop a plan for future financial stability.
$942,025 spentof which $684,650 as grants52% of program spendingWomen's care center the women's care center program provides free, confidential counseling, support and education to women facing unplanned pregnancies. Free pregnancy testing and ultrasounds help determine viability and dates.
$262,528 spentof which $882 as grants14% of program spendingThe food pantry provides various healthy food products to families in need through multiple methods. The pantry is located in east chicago and is open once a week. There is a mobile food pantry which travels to various locations within communities in need of food assistance. Homebound food pantry deliveries are made to those who are unable to leave their home. Pop up food pantries are held at different locations and times throughout the communities served by the organization.
$566,073 spentof which $360,672 as grants31% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$49,998 spentof which $5,162 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,820,624.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.5M to $1.9M (+28%).
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 38% · 2018 38% · 2019 27% · 2020 6% · 2021 12% · 2022 6% · 2023 16% · 2024 12% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
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
Terry Seljan
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $248k → $35k.
13 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 DIOCESE OF GARY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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 CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
83% 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 DIOCESE OF GARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 56% · 2019 38% · 2020 36% · 2021 71% · 2022 76% · 2023 31% — 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
50% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
99% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $486k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Against its field
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY is better cushioned than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $592k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$592k
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 DIOCESE OF GARY
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 1 related entity
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY (Indiana) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,966,196 to it, the largest being LAKE AREA UNITED WAY INC ($769,539). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,966,196 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY?
- LAKE AREA UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $769,539 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 23 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