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CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD

CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD (Connecticut) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,123,729 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($4,910,401). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$32M
Funders on record
60
Grants received
$17M
Net assets
$26M
35/60 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford does

Mission

Mission: reflecting god's love, we partner with all to strengthen families and inspire people to achieve their fullest potential.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Child development & family centers: each day, more than 526 children from infancy to 5-years-old attend our school readiness programs. Catholic charities also provides infant and toddler care, youth development programs for adolescents and a scholarship program affiliated with catholic high schools. Our programs include comprehensive wraparound services, including family literacy, well-child screenings, parent education and support programs, and more. Catholic charities family centers are neighborhood hubs that offer a culturally competent and comprehensive approach to the development and enhancement of the family.our family centers are built upon the principles of parent empowerment and leadership development. They offer children and parents a comprehensive array of programs in neighborhood-based locations, helping children to grow and develop, parents to achieve their own personal and educational goals, and families to build stronger communities. This year, catholic charities served more than 7,332 individuals.

    $8,602,629 spentof which $106,104 as grants$809,688 earned by the program
    34% of program spending
  2. Developmental disability services: catholic charities provides individualized residential programs and day services where adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities can reach the highest level of independence possible. This year, 99 individuals received safe and nuturing care in our 24/7 group residences and our limitless adult day programs.

    $8,147,116 spent$8,777,577 earned by the program
    32% of program spending
  3. Behavioral health: catholic charities is a leader in providing culturally and linguistically competent behavioral health services to more than 3,061 adults, children, adolescents, and families across our region. Services include individual, group, and family therapy to address such mental health issues as anxiety, depression, substance abuse, trauma, anger management and counseling for victims of crime.

    $5,776,518 spentof which $2,620 as grants$1,235,562 earned by the program
    23% of program spending
  4. I) supports urgent needs of individuals and families experiencing a crisis. Provides case management, advocacy, and basic human needs such as food, clothing, utilities assistance, and rental assistance; ii) catholic charities provides supportive services to residents of two housing developments established for individuals and families at risk of homelessness. Such supportive services include health and wellness, substance abuse management and recovery, vocational and employment services, financial education, case management, life skills, and advocacy of case management and supportive services; iii) catholic charities is committed to providing a supportive environment and a strong sense of community for individuals aged 55 years and older in the city of hartford. The agency provides enriching and rewarding bilingual and multicultural programs and services, including opportunities to socialize, engage in recreational activities, develop new learning experiences, and emphasize health and wellness; and iv) proudly working in partnership with hartford public schools to support students and families. Over 615 hps elementary and middle school students and their families participated in…

    $3,112,061 spentof which $4,060 as grants$113,705 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $25,638,324.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($27M) Expenses 100 ($26M) Net assets 100 ($17M)2018 Revenue 91 ($25M) Expenses 94 ($25M) Net assets 98 ($17M)2019 Revenue 87 ($24M) Expenses 93 ($25M) Net assets 92 ($16M)2020 Revenue 89 ($24M) Expenses 95 ($25M) Net assets 86 ($15M)2021 Revenue 97 ($27M) Expenses 91 ($24M) Net assets 114 ($19M)2022 Revenue 94 ($26M) Expenses 98 ($26M) Net assets 98 ($17M)2023 Revenue 105 ($29M) Expenses 111 ($29M) Net assets 97 ($17M)2024 Revenue 138 ($38M) Expenses 117 ($31M) Net assets 139 ($24M)2025 Revenue 115 ($32M) Expenses 115 ($30M) Net assets 153 ($26M)
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Revenue (115)Expenses (115)Net assets (153)Peer revenue range

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 $26M to $32M (+24%).

$25M
$25M
$24M
$28M
$27M
$26M
$26M
$32M
$33M
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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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 54% · 2018 54% · 2019 54% · 2020 36% · 2021 48% · 2022 47% · 2023 48% · 2024 56% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

63% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,405 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.0M
’17
$167k
’18
−$793k
’19
−$625k
’20
$2.6M
’21
$29k
’22
−$512k
’23
$7.1M
’24
$1.3M
’25
3.5
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

Marek Kukulka

Chief executive officer

Board chair

Deacon Dennis Ferguson

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed312932313133323532
Joined·+1+4+4+5+5+6+6+2
No longer listed·31553735
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 21 funders, grant income fell $2.0M → $1.3M.

17 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 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 INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% 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

94% 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 INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD.

29%
largest funder
70%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 40% · 2019 23% · 2020 23% · 2021 28% · 2022 46% · 2023 54% — 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.

How long its funders stay

37% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

94% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

MI
NY
MA
CT
RI
VA
NC
DC
TX

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

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Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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

Against its field

CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · above the median
Months of reserve3.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Government funding CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $107.3M on record — $12.9M federal, $94.4M state.

Federal$12.9M
grants $12.6Mcontracts $269k
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$12.6M
  • Department of Justice$269k
State$94.4M
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Top programs
  • Board & Care Of Clients$40.3M
  • Client Services-General$25.1M
  • Pass thru Grant Non-State$13.4M
  • State Aid Grants$8.5M
  • Educational Services$5.3M
  • Other Program Expenses$1.2M

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 INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 14%Fundraising 2%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

CT

Part of a family of 5 related entities

  • Archdiocese of Hartford · exempt
  • Cathedral Green Inc · exempt
  • Francis Xavier Plaza Inc · exempt
  • Connecticut Catholic Foundation · exempt
  • Catholic Charities Institute for Hispanic Family Assoc Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD?
CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD (Connecticut) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,123,729 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($4,910,401). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD have?
IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $17,123,729 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD?
HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $4,910,401 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 60 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