Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON
CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON (Wisconsin) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,557,781 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($3,688,593). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 94
- Grants received
- $7.6M
- Net assets
- $23M
What Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison does
Mission
The mission of catholic charities is to demonstrate christ's love and justice by caring in faith for the human family.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Developmental disabilities - catholic charities supports persons with developmental disabilities through residential services and community-based day support. Catholic charities provides services in dane, rock, marquette, and green lake counties. In 2023, 105 individuals were served. The client outcome for residential services in dane county was 100% of clients had the opportunity to participate in the community. Clients in marquette and green lake county outcomes included: 100% of clients felt they were treated with dignity and respect and were satisfied with the services provided. 99% maintained or improved their quality of life. Community-based day program outcomes in rock county included: 92% of participants reported receiving high-quality programming and 100% of participants reported being given the choice to participate in community activities daily. In addition, day program participants achieved 90% of their goals.
$4,759,521 spent$4,386,706 earned by the program41% of program spendingServices to families and children - catholic charities provides services for children through public and private school counseling, after-school community center support, and adoption and permanency support. In 2023, 1,750 children were served. Outcomes included: 94% of students in the face kids group had an increased understanding of how to manage their problems, 100% of students in the parish school counseling program focused better on academic subjects, 90% of parents in the building bridges program felt more included in their child's school experience, 84% of teachers in behavioral health in schools had improved understanding of how children's mental health issue impact student behavior and learning, and 100% of adoption and permanency support families and professionals who attended a program-sponsored training increased their knowledge of how to strengthen adoptive families.
$2,383,480 spentof which $22,150 as grants$2,647,247 earned by the program21% of program spendingServices to homeless persons - catholic charities supports individuals and families by operating a homeless day resource center and housing navigation services in dane county, offering outpatient counseling in jefferson county, and supporting parish mobile food pantries in sauk, jefferson, grant, lafayette, columbia, iowa, green, and rock counties. In 2023, 16,822 individuals were served. Outcomes included: 98% of day resource center guests felt treated with dignity and respect, 240 households received financial assistance through housing navigation's quick move-in funding, 100% of counseling clients reported improved functioning at home, work, or school, and 98% of mobile food pantry clients saved money on groceries and were able to put their money toward other necessities.
$1,834,859 spentof which $318,267 as grants$1,284,730 earned by the program16% of program spendingServices for alcohol and other drug abuse - catholic charities provides a medically monitored 20-bed community-based residential facility for adults with severe substance use disorders with co-occurring mental health issues. Each client received up to 35 hours per week of treatment and remained in treatment for approximately 30 days. In 2023, 63% of participants completed treatment successfully.
$1,374,165 spent$1,388,126 earned by the program12% of program spendingServices to seniors - catholic charities provides services for persons who are aging that allow them to remain independent and in their own homes through in-home companion care, care teams, and an adult day center. In 2023, 417 individuals were served. Outcomes included 97% of companioncare clients remained in their own homes for 6 months or more after beginning services, 100% of care team volunteers reported a fulfilling volunteer experience, and 95% of participants of the adult day center continued living safely and independently at home.
$1,219,914 spent$1,034,679 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,571,939.
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 2020 to 2021, from $18M to $25M (+35%).
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 72% · 2018 68% · 2019 67% · 2020 60% · 2021 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Shawn Carney
Executive director
Board chair
Patrick Flesch
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $799k → $827k.
11 of 94 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 DIOCESE OF MADISON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 94 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 DIOCESE OF MADISON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 DIOCESE OF MADISON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 73% · 2019 77% · 2020 57% · 2021 50% · 2022 30% · 2023 32% — 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
36% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
88% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $892k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 INC DIOCESE OF MADISON runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $184k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$184k
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 DIOCESE OF MADISON
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
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- All Saints Assisted Living Center Inc · exempt
- All Saints Retirement Center Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON: 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 INC DIOCESE OF MADISON?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON (Wisconsin) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,557,781 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($3,688,593). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON have?
- IRS filings report 94 organizations giving $7,557,781 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON?
- UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,688,593 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 94 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