Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,465,360 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ($3,514,497). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $8.3M
What Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Allentown Inc does
Mission
Catholic charities, diocese of allentown serves as a living expression of christ's love by providing compassionate, professional services, advocacy, and hope to individuals, families, and communities, regardless of faith while respecting the dignity and sanctity of all human life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community and veterans support services and case managementin partnership with private donors and government agencies in a wide range of areas, catholic charities offers housing location and rental assistance, utility bill budgeting and payment assistance, and disaster relief assistance. A program for older adults, ensuring their safety and independence is also part of our services. Catholic charities is the sole administrator of the federal supportive services for veteran families program in lehigh, northampton and schuylkill counties, and works in partnership with additional agencies in berks and carbon counties. The program provides case management and supportive services to prevent the imminent loss of a veteran's home or identify a new, more suitable housing situation for the individual and his or her family; or to rapidly re-house veterans and their families who are homeless and might remain homeless without this assistance.
$1,386,537 spentof which $509,431 as grants$353,207 earned by the program53% of program spendingCommunity food services: soup kitchens and pantries and food truck in five county areathe allentown ecumenical soup kitchen and pantry, the schuylkill county community caf food truck and the berks county food distribution all operate to address food insecurity. There are no barriers to food access in any of the community food service programs offered by catholic charities. Fresh grocery items are made available through corporate partnerships. Hot meals are served three days per week in allentown. The schuylkill county mobile kitchen serves 13 communities in the county, serving three days a week/two meals per day. The berks county food distribution takes place once per month. All service locations offer emergency food pantries.
$503,984 spentof which $179,680 as grants19% of program spendingCounseling and pregnancy and parenting support servicesprofessional counselors offer help in areas such as depression, anxiety, marriage and family issues. Some insurances are accepted for services and we also offer a sliding fee scale based on household net income. No cost professional counseling is offered in diocesan high schools and some elementary schools. The counseling program also offers pregnancy and parenting counseling and material assistance.
$406,243 spent$26,070 earned by the program15% of program spendingCertified long-term care ombudsman programcatholic charities is the sole program administrator for the commonwealth of pennsylvania's long-term care ombudsman program in berks, lehigh and northampton counties, serving 150+ facilities. Certified ombudsman work to resolve complaints and issues on behalf of individuals residing in long-term care settings, such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and personal care homes. Ombudsmen empower residents by educating them on their rights under federal and state law and advocate for those who are unable to advocate for themselves, to ensure that they receive the highest quality of care.
$269,131 spent10% of program spendingOther
$63,426 spent2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,629,321.
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 2020 to 2021, from $6.6M to $8.1M (+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 21% · 2018 20% · 2019 23% · 2020 26% · 2021 56% · 2022 66% · 2023 55% · 2024 23% · 2025 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Andrea Kochan Neagle
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 7 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $441k → $334k.
8 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 ALLENTOWN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 20 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 ALLENTOWN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 ALLENTOWN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 83% · 2019 83% · 2020 77% · 2021 90% · 2022 83% · 2023 81% — 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
54% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
100% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $532k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Government funding CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.9M on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$4.7M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$223k
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 ALLENTOWN 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 Pennsylvania
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
99%
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
- Diocese of Allentown · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,465,360 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ($3,514,497). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $4,465,360 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY is the largest funder on record, with $3,514,497 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 20 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