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CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $557,825 to it, the largest being Christus Health ($300,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $558k
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana in the Roman Catholic Diocese does
Mission
The mission of catholic charities of southwest louisiana is to be christ's merciful love to those who suffer.our mission is to be carried out by catholic people and others in fraternal goodwill pooling their resources to reach out and assist those in need. In so doing, catholic charities is the primary instrument of the diocese of lake charles in carrying out the works of mercy.as a conduit of christ's love in providing works of charity for all people, those who receive and those who need to give, we continually assess the needs of the whole person (material as well as spiritual), further the necessary resources, and assure the provision of programs accessible to those served.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Distribute direct assistance to the poor through food and financial assistance for things such as rental assistance, utilities, id cards, funeral expenses, and medications.
$3,206,297 spentof which $2,376,251 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,206,297.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $3.8M to $3.4M (−10%).
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: 2023 22% · 2024 50% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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
Sister Marie Josepha
Executive director
Board chair
Stephanie Rodrigue
Trustee/ chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $50k → $139k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
78% 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 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 72% — 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.
Where its funders are
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $557,825 to it, the largest being Christus Health ($300,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $557,825 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE?
- Christus Health is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 7 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