New Jersey · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN (New Jersey) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,165,013 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($851,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Catholic Charities Diocese of Metuchen does
Mission
Driven by the social teachings of the church,catholic charities, diocese of metuchen provides quality services to the poor, vulnerable and all people in need, and partners with families and communities to improve the quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Behavioral health and youth services - provides counseling, treatment, guidance and support to adults and youth struggling with psychological, behavioral and/or addiction issues. Also provides youth recreation programs.
$22,144,582 spentof which $1,141,752 as grants$7,427,124 earned by the program57% of program spendingChildcare - the agency provides affordable quality child care programs which are designed to meet the needs of working families following high quality standards. The programs currently serve apporximately 1,500 children from pre-school through middle school in programs classified as early learning centers, school age care and summer camps. The various programs serve children in middlesex, somerset, warren and morris counties.
$8,378,442 spent$2,717,520 earned by the program21% of program spendingHousing and homeless prevention: operates homeless shelters and low-income housing units. Provides financial assistance and/or resources to individuals and families in need of shelter, food, and basic needs, including inner-city neighborhood revitalization activities.
$6,247,214 spentof which $1,261,866 as grants$1,832,902 earned by the program16% of program spendingOut of home placement- includes an independent living programs which provide temporary out-of-home placement for troubled teenage youth and for youth approaching adulthood. Program offers a highly structured environment with individual, group, and family therapy.social concerns: the program works in collaboration with various office and programs within the diocese of metuchen to advocate for and educate about the issues affecting the poor and to help those in need. The programs provide direct assistance to disaster and long-term poverty, both within the four counties of the diocese and internationally. Immigration services are also offered to assist immigrant individuals and families to adjust their legal status in the united states.
$2,222,218 spentof which $627,031 as grants$545,949 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $38,992,456.
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 2017 to 2018, from $25M to $27M (+7%).
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 54% · 2018 53% · 2019 59% · 2020 61% · 2021 65% · 2022 60% · 2023 62% · 2024 62% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Anthony P Kearns Iii
CEO and chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 15 funders, grant income fell $876k → $186k.
10 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 METUCHEN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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 METUCHEN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 39% 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
91% 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 METUCHEN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 61% · 2019 49% · 2020 29% · 2021 31% · 2022 47% · 2023 22% — 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 CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
74% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $554k that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Government funding CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.5M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$9.5M
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 METUCHEN
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% 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
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Diocese of Metuchen · exempt
- Metuchen Community Services Corporation · exempt
- Community House at Saint Thomas · exempt
- Community Child Care Solutions Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN (New Jersey) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,165,013 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($851,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $2,165,013 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $851,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF METUCHEN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 35 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