Georgia · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,233,059 to it, the largest being US COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC ($6,101,042). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 51
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta Inc does
Mission
Catholic charities atlanta (cca), provides supportive services that enable families to overcome barriers and achieve self-sufficiency. 87% of clients are low income. Cca ensures that vulnerable individuals can attain economic self-sufficiency through services are designed toa) develop critical life skills, b) provide education and access to employment, and c) address their well-being and ensure families have basic food security and safety. We have been working with vulnerable populations since 1953. Our goal is to move families and vulnderable individuals from instability to self-sufficiency regardless of background or religion. We provide comprehensive services that address urgent needs, strengthen families and create lasting pathways to stable lives. Our prorgrams include mental health counseling, financial literacy, service navigation, senior housing and more. We serve children, veterans, refugees, seniors and at-risk individuals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cca's refugee program assists refugee families with employment services and case management to support self sufficiency. Cca provides educational and mentoring services for refugee parents and students as well as an afterschool program for elementary-aged refugee students aimed at improving critical english literacy skills.
$5,043,745 spentof which $1,511,988 as grants54% of program spendingThe family stabilization program provides supportive services for individuals and families in distress and those seeking pathways to financial stability and independence. We offer a complement of holistic services designed to help clients address their immediate needs and then establish and achieve self-sufficiency goals. Service areas include mental health counseling, financial education and coaching, housing counseling, food security & resources, case management and veterans navigation services. We also provide english instruction and work certifications.
$2,181,281 spentof which $152,351 as grants23% of program spendingCca's immigration legal services program staff assist individuals with lawfully obtaining or adjusting their immigration status in the united states. A team of multi-lingual staff assist clients with a variety of immigration cases. We specialize in assisting survivors of domestic violence, abandoned or neglected foreign-born children, and victims of trafficking crimes with legal services.
$2,079,865 spentof which $200 as grants$201,664 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,304,891.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $5.6M to $7.1M (+27%).
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: 2019 25% · 2020 22% · 2021 27% · 2022 44% · 2023 30% · 2024 51% · 2025 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Vanessa Russell
CEO
Board chair
Jack Nichols
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $3.4M.
22 of 51 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 51 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 THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 59% · 2019 55% · 2020 17% · 2021 23% · 2022 57% · 2023 54% — 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
57% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
54% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $8.0M that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 13 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.2M 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.
Against its field
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC has grown faster than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA 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 Georgia
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
92%
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
- Archdiocese of Atlanta · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,233,059 to it, the largest being US COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC ($6,101,042). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC have?
- IRS filings report 51 organizations giving $17,233,059 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC?
- US COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,101,042 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 51 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