Missouri · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS (Missouri) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,987,697 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($3,821,427). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 70
- Grants received
- $10.0M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Louis does
Mission
To bring the healing, help, and hope of jesus christ to those in need with a compassionate, caring presence. Our values are dignity, hospitality, service, excellence, compassion, and joy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Following the devastating tornado on may 16, 2025, a clear need emerged across our community, many families were struggling to access consistent, nutritious food. In response, catholic charities of the archdiocese of st. Louis expanded its efforts to meet this urgent need by launching a food security program to provide direct support to individuals and families affected by the disaster. What began as an emergency response has quickly grown into a sustained initiative. Today, the food security program continues to provide vital food assistance while expanding across all 11 counties of the archdiocese of st. Louis. Through partnerships with local schools, parishes, and community organizations, catholic charities is working to ensure families have reliable access to food and the support they need to move toward stability. This effort will continue to grow through our parish network and community partnerships as we respond to ongoing needs and strengthen food security for our neighbors throughout the region.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Catholic charities of the archdiocese of st. Louis (ccstl) will be a premier leader in community renewal and a visible catalyst for social outreach by connecting with people, parishes, and ministries committed to a meaningful communion of care to those in need across every square mile of the archdiocese of st. Louis.as one ministry, the central office of ccstl provides services in human resources, philanthropy, integrated marketing & communications, advocacy support, operations, community outreach, quality and care. Ccstl also provides direct and indirect financial support to the ministries, including $0.1 million direct funds, $0.4 million "pass-through" grants and $3.5 million in-kind centralized services during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025.
$3,858,690 spentof which $385,575 as grants$715,535 earned by the program73% of program spendingPathways to progress is a joint program of catholic charities of the archdiocese of st. Louis and st. Francis community services. The program empowers low-income families to improve their economic stability and make effective decisions that positively impact their future. This is achieved through long-term (2 to 3 years) personalized case management, legal aid, financial education, employment guidance and access to services from other catholic charities ministries and community partners. In fiscal year 2025, 55 families (190 individuals) participated in the program in st. Louis city and st. Louis county. Fourteen of those families were preparing to graduate, joining 63 alumni who successfully completed the program in the past. Additionally, pathways to progress launched an effort to establish services in washington county, mo. Since its inception in 2016, pathways to progress has served 188 families with 520 children.
$446,846 spentof which $446,846 as grants8% of program spendingCcstl is one of the st. Louis region's primary providers of disaster response services, specializing in long-term disaster case management for households impacted by natural disaster such as tornados, floods, earthquakes and other disasters that are declared such by the federal government. Ccstl is currently serving individuals and families affected by the march 14, 2025, tornados in perry, jefferson, franklin, and northwest st. Louis counties and the devastating tornado on may 16, 2025, that damaged or destroyed thousands of properties in north st. Louis. Ccstl has received more than 3,000 requests from tornado survivors for help finding new housing, rebuilding their damaged housing, and other support services. Before the close of the fiscal year 2025, we began receiving private donations and foundation grants. These early contributions helped us meet survivors' immediate needs and made it possible to recruit and hire disaster case managers - critical for supporting what will be a years-long disaster recovery process.
$561,769 spentof which $56,219 as grants$369,745 earned by the program11% of program spendingCatholic charities continues to strengthen its commitment to serving those in need through impactful partnerships and the launch of new ministries. Our collaboration with organizations such as bridge of hope in troy, mo, life's river in washington, mo, and caring hearts family resource center in potosi has allowed us to provide critical services to individuals and families facing various challenges, from homelessness to unplanned pregnancies. In addition, catholic charities housing is dedicated to addressing the growing affordable housing crisis across the archdiocese. This initiative focuses on providing safe, affordable housing options for vulnerable populations, particularly those experiencing homelessness, ensuring that we meet the urgent need for housing across the region. These partnerships and our ministry reflect catholic charities' unwavering commitment to offering hope and support to the most vulnerable members of our community.
$450,961 spent$220,349 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,318,266.
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. 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 $2.8M to $6.7M (+136%).
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.
89% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
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.
Board chair
Halpin Burke
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $630k → $1.5M.
23 of 70 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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: $4.1M 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 ST LOUIS raised.
From the IRS filings of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 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 ST LOUIS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 38% 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
87% 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 ST LOUIS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 68% · 2019 65% · 2020 34% · 2021 50% · 2022 35% · 2023 31% — 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
61% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
88% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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 ST LOUIS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 38 related entities
- Language Access Multicultural People · disregarded
- Archdiocese of St Louis · exempt
- Cardinal Carberry Senior Living Center · exempt
- Cardinal Ritter General Partnership Corporation · exempt
- Cardinal Ritter Institute - Residential Services Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS (Missouri) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,987,697 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($3,821,427). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS have?
- IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $9,987,697 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,821,427 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 70 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