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CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC

CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $132,426 to it, the largest being GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($46,876). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$4.9M
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$132k
Net assets
$0
8/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Catholic Charities Foundation of the Diocese of Venice Inc does

Mission

To solicit, maintain, and develop funds to be used for the mission of catholic charities of the diocese of venice, inc.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Development of restricted and unrestricted endowments for the long-term funding of catholic charities, diocese of venice, inc., services and programs.

    $427,540 spentof which $427,540 as grants
    2% of program spending
  2. Provide scholarships for catholic education throughout the diocese of venice.

    $307,232 spentof which $307,232 as grants
    2% of program spending
  3. Merger with catholic community foundation of southwest florida, inc.

    $17,127,114 spentof which $17,127,114 as grants
    96% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,861,886.

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 ($2.8M) Expenses 100 ($52k) Net assets 100 ($6.0M)2018 Revenue 28 ($769k) Expenses 848 ($441k) Net assets 106 ($6.4M)2019 Revenue 186 ($5.1M) Expenses 562 ($292k) Net assets 189 ($11M)2020 Revenue 93 ($2.6M) Expenses 1033 ($537k) Net assets 221 ($13M)2021 Revenue 85 ($2.3M) Expenses 1900 ($987k) Net assets 277 ($17M)2022 Revenue 26 ($725k) Expenses 2454 ($1.3M) Net assets 227 ($14M)2023 Revenue 19 ($538k) Expenses 1514 ($787k) Net assets 239 ($14M)2024 Revenue 27 ($754k) Expenses 1590 ($826k) Net assets 262 ($16M)2025 Revenue 176 ($4.9M) Expenses 34480 ($18M) Net assets 0 ($0)
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Revenue (176)Expenses (34480)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $16M to $0 (−100%).

$6.0M
$6.4M
$11M
$13M
$17M
$14M
$14M
$16M
$0
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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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$2.7M
’17
$328k
’18
$4.8M
’19
$2.0M
’20
$1.4M
’21
−$550k
’22
−$248k
’23
−$73k
’24
−$13M
’25
14
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

Chris M Root

CEO

Board chair

Mrs Mary Pat Mcnally

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed161716141414131313
Joined·+4+0+2+0+3+3+1+2
No longer listed·31403412
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $550 → $18k.

4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 10 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 FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

97% 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 FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC.

35%
largest funder
78%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 46% · 2019 95% · 2020 80% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 38% — 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

20% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

73% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC'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 $36k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from Florida funders.

MN
WI
RI
FL

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

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’18
’19
’20
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $97k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

Organizations like CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE 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 Florida

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

Part of a family of 10 related entities

  • Diocese of Venice in Florida · exempt
  • Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice · exempt
  • Catholic Charities Housing Inc · exempt
  • Casa San Juan Bosco · exempt
  • Marian Manor Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC?
CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $132,426 to it, the largest being GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($46,876). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $132,426 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC?
GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $46,876 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 10 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