Tennessee · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,066,199 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC ($2,122,150). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.6M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $5.1M
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What Catholic Charities of East Tennessee Inc does
Mission
Empowered by the grace of jesus christ, catholic charities of east tennessee addresses the unmet needs of the most vulnerable of our region by providing shelter, nourishment, counseling and education, in order to foster human dignity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Catholic charities of knoxville outreach services served 5,634 individuals during the year.
$1,362,630 spentof which $308,717 as grants$261,887 earned by the program29% of program spendingHousing: as part of its mission to address unmet needs, ccetn focuses its housing programs on special populations for whom safe and stable community living may be difficult, if not impossible, to secure. These populations vary by community. Served 147 individuals during the year.
$1,259,290 spentof which $77,190 as grants$285,857 earned by the program27% of program spendingCounseling and education: counseling and education programs serve women and families facing the consequences of an unplanned pregnancy; and uninsured or under-insured individuals, couples and families dealing with emotional or adjustment issues. Served 1,547 individuals during the year.
$1,108,292 spentof which $124,113 as grants$175,451 earned by the program23% of program spendingChildren's services provides residential, in-home and appointment-based interventions for abused, neglected or at-risk children and youth. As child custody and protection laws have changed, ccetn has adapted its services to ensure protection and nuturing of these youngest and most vulnerable in our community. Served 855 individuals during the year.
$575,142 spentof which $12,016 as grants$2,803 earned by the program12% of program spendingDisaster relief: established to assist those who have encountered individual or natural disasters in the east tennessee area. Served 10,265 individuals during the year.
$438,727 spentof which $243,470 as grants9% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,744,081.
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 2024 to 2025, from $5.3M to $8.2M (+54%).
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 36% · 2018 33% · 2019 15% · 2020 13% · 2021 26% · 2022 11% · 2023 13% · 2024 21% · 2025 16%. 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.
Chief executive
Deacon Dave Duhamel
Executive director/secretary
Board chair
David Ligon
Finance chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 20 funders, grant income fell $689k → $532k.
17 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 OF EAST TENNESSEE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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 OF EAST TENNESSEE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 53%; half comes from just 3 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 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 OF EAST TENNESSEE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 77% · 2019 55% · 2020 26% · 2021 26% · 2022 45% · 2023 28% — 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
47% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
70% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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.
Organizations like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 Knoxville · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,066,199 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC ($2,122,150). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $5,066,199 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC is the largest funder on record, with $2,122,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 54 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