Iowa · Nonprofit
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque (Iowa) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,940,943 to it, the largest being WHEATON FRANCISCAN SERVICES INC ($380,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $18M
What Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque does
Mission
Our mission is to reduce poverty, strengthen families and empower communities in the 30 most northeast counties of Iowa.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The primary mission of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa (Catholic Charities) is to strengthen families, reduce poverty, and empower communities by responding to changing social needs to provide help and create hope for the most vulnerable populations.Affordable Housing Affordable housing is a basic life necessity that Catholic Charities is committed to supporting. Catholic Charities Housing offers safe and affordable accommodations for low-income families, elderly and adults with disabilities. Rent for each of our properties is determined based on the renter's income. (Statement continued on Schedule O)Catholic Charities owns and manages properties in Dubuque, Maquoketa and Waterloo with a total of 208 units among our five locations.Ecumenical Tower in Dubuque is an 88-unit senior/disabled adult apartment complex located in downtown Dubuque. (Statement continued on Schedule O)Kennedy Park West is a 72-unit, 1-to-3-bedroom apartment complex for individuals and families located in Dubuque's west end.Carter Plaza also located in Dubuque's west end, offers eight family-friendly, low-income units.Alabar Plaza is a 12-unit, low-income property in Waterloo, close to…
$1,681,382 spent$1,634,682 earned by the program34% of program spendingJail & Prison Ministry Catholic Charities coordinates volunteer-based outreach for imprisoned and recently released individuals to support them in successful re-entry into society. 481 formerly incarcerated individuals received support for successful reentry into the community in 2025.Immigration Legal Services -Catholic Charities' immigration attorneys provide affordable legal services to help reunite families by assisting them in navigating the immigration system and advocating on their behalf. (Statement continued on Schedule O)Catholic Charities assists with paperwork for green card and citizenship applications, family and visitor visas, deferred action for childhood arrivals, temporary protected status, violence against women act, and other family-based immigration legal services. In 2025, our immigration attorneys provided 745 free immigration legal consultations. Clients represented 58 different countries of origin, which is our highest outreach yet.
$1,318,744 spentof which $37,249 as grants27% of program spendingMental Health Counseling Services Inspired by the belief that marriage and families are at the core of our social structure, Catholic Charities provides professional counseling for marriages, families, and individuals experiencing various social, emotional, and interpersonal struggles. The option to use insurance, or pay on a sliding fee scale, makes counseling attainable for anyone who is truly in need. All Catholic Charities' counselors are masters-level, licensed professionals, and services are available to anyone regardless of religious, social, or economic background. (Statement continued on Schedule O)In 2025, the total number of counseling sessions increased from 5,438 in FY 23-24 to 5,735 in FY 24-25, which includes telehealth sessions. In 2025, Catholic Services served 26,125 individuals across 30 counties in Northeast Iowa.
$982,368 spent$559,403 earned by the program20% of program spendingCatholic Charities offers Case Management Services to individuals who are experiencing hardship with immediate needs and empowers them with the guidance and tools for a successful future. 100% of case management clients maintained housing, 74% of clients started an emergency savings fund and 32% of clients increased their employment income.Catholic Charities is a HUD-approved housing counseling agency, provided by a HUD-certified housing counselor.Catholic Charities partners with Catholic Charities USA through the Walmart Foundation to enroll families and individuals in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This program increases food security for low-income families in the US, particularly in underserved and rural communities. Catholic Charities guided 228 families through SNAP enrollment in 2025.Post Adoption Search Services Allows any adult member of an adoption, previously facilitated by Catholic Charities, to gain knowledge about the other parties such as non-identifying medical information, contact information, and knowledge of other siblings. In cases where members of an adoption group mutually agree to be reunited, Catholic Charities' staff provides…
$902,735 spentof which $412,712 as grants$13,529 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,885,229.
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 2023 to 2024, from $15M to $18M (+26%).
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: 2021 10% · 2024 13% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Tracy Morrison
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $18k → $166k.
8 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.6M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Catholic Charities Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque raised.
From the IRS filings of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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 Dubuque has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
97% 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 Dubuque.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 37% · 2019 77% · 2020 46% · 2021 31% · 2022 42% · 2023 19% — 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
63% of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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
60% of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $869k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 the Archdiocese of Dubuque
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 11 related entities
- Heartland East LLC · disregarded
- Catholic Charities Foundation · exempt
- Archdiocese of Dubuque · exempt
- The Witness Publishing Company · exempt
- Archdiocese of Dubuque Deposit and Loan Fund · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque?
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque (Iowa) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,940,943 to it, the largest being WHEATON FRANCISCAN SERVICES INC ($380,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,940,943 in grants to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque?
- WHEATON FRANCISCAN SERVICES INC is the largest funder on record, with $380,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 23 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