Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Catholic Charities of the Diocese
Catholic Charities of the Diocese (Wisconsin) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,536,001 to it, the largest being VERNON F DALE CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,255,914). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Catholic Charities of the Diocese does
Mission
To proclaim christs gospel of life and promote human dignity by alleviating poverty and strenghting individuals and families
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community homeless facilities provided 27,900 overnight service stays for homeless people at la crosse warming center, eau claire sojourner house, and wausau warming center. Guests in all 3 areas can rest, shower, wash clothes and eat supper and breakfast. 22 family members were also housed through the thriving families project.
$1,866,223 spent$2,569,826 earned by the program31% of program spendingDisability support services provided 25,272 hours of support to children, adults and families affected by aspergers, autism and other severe emotional disabilities. Clients are assisted with daily routines so they can stay in their homes, be successful in school or live in an adult home. Services are provided through our schools and community.
$1,551,975 spent$1,412,785 earned by the program26% of program spendingPost adoption services provided retreats, programs, workshops, newletters and support groups to 6,925 individuals in wisconsin.
$1,177,990 spent$1,253,447 earned by the program20% of program spendingSt. Lawrence community services charitable outreach provided financial counseling and limited financial assistance for basic needs to 3,871 clients experiencing a crisis or a disaster in their lives. Representative payee program offers case management and monthly budgeting services to individuals during the year. Financial counseling is received through personal appointment, financial literacy classes and outreach programs. Financial assistance includes emergency needs of food, clothing or other basic human needs. Disaster funds and assistance is also distributed to local residents affected by a disaster.
$671,145 spent$586,120 earned by the program11% of program spendingAdoption services this program placed 46 children in families through the process of adoption and supported 46 birth parents to ensure healthy pregnancies.
$481,122 spent$453,491 earned by the program8% of program spendingImmigration and refugee services legal services provided to 361 individuals. Also helped with the afghan refugees at fort mccoy.
$215,674 spent$101,865 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,964,129.
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 2019 to 2020, from $9.5M to $12M (+23%).
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 12% · 2018 13% · 2019 15% · 2020 39% · 2021 31% · 2022 49% · 2023 17% · 2024 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of Catholic Charities of the Diocese’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Roberto Partarrieu
Executive director
Board chair
W Dhein
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $393k → $700k.
18 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 Diocese’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 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 Diocese has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
52% 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 Diocese.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 22% · 2019 27% · 2020 44% · 2021 29% · 2022 26% · 2023 30% — broadly stable.
“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
48% of Catholic Charities of the Diocese's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
63% of Catholic Charities of the Diocese's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 Diocese's funding base is broadening — from 13 funders to 20 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Catholic Charities of the Diocese receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $34k on record.
- Department of Justice$34k
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 the 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Catholic Charities of the Diocese: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Catholic Charities of the Diocese?
- Catholic Charities of the Diocese (Wisconsin) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,536,001 to it, the largest being VERNON F DALE CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,255,914). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Catholic Charities of the Diocese have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $5,536,001 in grants to Catholic Charities of the Diocese, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Catholic Charities of the Diocese?
- VERNON F DALE CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,255,914 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Catholic Charities of the Diocese find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 55 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