Connecticut · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,257,209 to it, the largest being SOUTHWESTERN CT AGENCY ON AGING INC ($7,241,364). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 107
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc does
Mission
Catholic charities of fairfield county's mission is to help the needy and most vulnerable of all faiths with solutions that permanently improve their lives. We provide supportive services that enable families to rise up out of poverty, overcome barriers, and achieve self-sufficiency and independence.we envision a fairfield county where all individuals have the basic necessities food, shelter, and support in order to reach their full potential as healthy, educated, and self-sufficient individuals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Food services include two of the state of connecticut's largest food cafes/soup kitchens serving the homeless and working poor, a mobile breakfast program, food pantries, and a congregate and home delivered meal program for homebound elderly. During the year, more than 1.5 million meals were served through these programs.
$5,795,183 spent$320,501 earned by the program43% of program spendingCommunity support service programsthe community support services program provides assistance, training, counseling and family support services to individuals and families who are chronically homeless or dealing with substance abuse or mental health issues. The family loan program helps working parents who can't borrow from traditional lenders to obtain small bank loans to purchase a used car, pay for car repairs or childcare. The program is a "hand up" to prevent loss of employment for low income families. For more information on the family loan program, see the schedule o, part x, line 7 narrative.
$3,144,050 spent$12,976 earned by the program23% of program spendingFamily services provide school readiness for children who would otherwise not receive pre-school preparation, through the room to grow early childhood education center, as well as a full array of family directional services including adoption and pregnancy outreach activities. Immigration services provide affordable counseling and legal assistance to immigrant families regardless of race, religion, or economic status and is accredited by the u.s. Department of justice to meet a broad spectrum of challenges normally faced by families new to the united states.
$2,457,146 spent$708,538 earned by the program18% of program spendingHousing services housing services programs provide rental assistance and support services to formerly homeless families and individuals who have documented disabilities or who have been recently released from prison. These support services assist these families and individuals with life skills as they move towards self-sufficiency. Ccfc housing programs consist of a network of both transitional and permanent housing administered via the state 211 can (coordinated access network).
$974,820 spent$165,149 earned by the program7% of program spendingBehavioral health services behavioral health services provide family and individual counseling throughout fairfield county, connecticut. Ccfc provides affordable and accessible mental health services to economically disadvantaged individuals and families. Behavioral health services have district offices in danbury and norwalk connecticut.
$1,077,015 spent$713,586 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,448,214.
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 2022 to 2023, from $9.4M to $12M (+28%).
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 51% · 2018 43% · 2019 49% · 2020 42% · 2021 41% · 2022 51% · 2023 40% · 2024 37% · 2025 40%. 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
Michael J Donoghue
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 52 funders, grant income rose $290k → $3.8M.
21 of 107 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 107 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 FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 40% 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
75% 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 FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 33% · 2019 34% · 2020 38% · 2021 40% · 2022 50% · 2023 41% — 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
47% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
76% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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 OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.6M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.6M
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 OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% 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 1 related entity
- Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,257,209 to it, the largest being SOUTHWESTERN CT AGENCY ON AGING INC ($7,241,364). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 107 organizations giving $18,257,209 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC, 66 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC?
- SOUTHWESTERN CT AGENCY ON AGING INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,241,364 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC 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 107 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