Louisiana · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,449,825 to it, the largest being LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE ($2,302,963). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge Inc does
Mission
We proclaim the gospel vision of jesus christ as our mission by serving the needs of individuals and families, especially the poorest, and working with church and community for justice, peace, and compassion in society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Stabilizing families and individuals: these programs include services such as disaster assistance, homelessness prevention, employment services, pregnancy counseling, early childhood intervention, and domestic and international adoption. Material goods are distributed, such as personal care supplies, food, and baby care items, as well as disaster supplies as needed.
$3,001,804 spentof which $1,170,200 as grants23% of program spendingImmigrant and refugee services: ccdbr helps refugees with a smooth transition into life in the united states, starting with finding and furnishing a home for the new arrivals, orientation about the culture, english language training, and employment services. The goal is early self-sufficiency and most of the refugees achieve this within four months.
$8,679,799 spentof which $3,864,095 as grants66% of program spendingTransitional housing: daily support is given by case managers while residents transition to independence. Services include transportation to doctor and hospital appointments, educational and vocational opportunities, and places of employment.
$682,240 spentof which $18,330 as grants5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$789,021 spentof which $305,178 as grants$1,953,797 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,152,864.
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 $8.4M to $7.4M (−12%).
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 23% · 2020 32% · 2021 48% · 2022 45% · 2023 46% · 2024 54% · 2025 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC’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.
Chief executive
Stephanie Sterling
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $682k → $788k.
7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 OF BATON ROUGE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 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 DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% 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
86% 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 OF BATON ROUGE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 44% · 2019 54% · 2020 24% · 2021 29% · 2022 39% · 2023 48% — growing more concentrated.
“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
64% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
58% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $977k 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.
Against its field
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC is better cushioned 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
Government funding CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $48.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$45.0M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$3.5M
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 OF BATON ROUGE 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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC: 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 OF BATON ROUGE INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,449,825 to it, the largest being LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE ($2,302,963). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $7,449,825 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC?
- LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE is the largest funder on record, with $2,302,963 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC 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.
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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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing