Indiana · Nonprofit
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,488,138 to it, the largest being CWI WORKS INC ($4,046,956). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.3M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $7.5M
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc does
Mission
Catholic charities serves those in need with special emphasis on the most vulnerable populations: the poor, disabled, immigrants, elderly, and children. We are committed to improving the quality of life for the individual, the family, and the community. (continued on schedule o)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
MIGRATION SERVICES Resettlement and Placement - Provides services for newly arrived refugees up to 90 days after arrival. This program assists people coming to the United States under refugee status as granted by the U.S. Department of State, as well as assists individuals who seek asylum once they are already in this country. Catholic Charities works in cooperation with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to provide these services, which help new residents adjust to life in the community. Services include pre-arrival processing, arrival services, assistance with housing, referrals for medical care, acculturation, referrals for ESL (English-as-a-second-language) classes, school enrollment for the children, and other educational services as needed. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)
$3,373,233 spentof which $778,660 as grants$197,549 earned by the program49% of program spendingSTABILITY SERVICES Resource & Referral - Services are provided to individuals and families who need help meeting basic needs: food, clothing, shelter, and utilities. Applicants qualified for the program will complete a brief assessment with a case manager in-person or virtually. Referrals are made to other agencies when appropriate. Hispanic Health Advocate - Our Hispanic Health Advocate program serves those who need Spanish-translation services in vital areas such as healthcare so they can get the vital services they need. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)
$2,320,077 spentof which $576,463 as grants34% of program spendingCOUNSELING SERVICES Clinical Services: Licensed counselors provide in-person and telehealth sessions in both English and Spanish. We serve individuals, couples, and families, offering faith-informed therapy that addresses grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. School Counseling: Recognizing that many children return home to families under chronic stress, we bring counseling directly into schools. This removes barriers of transportation and cost while addressing the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students who would otherwise go untreated. Diocesan Mental Health Ministries: Rooted in parish life, this ministry supports individuals living with mental illness and their loved ones through education, spiritual accompaniment, resources, and advocacy. Catholic Charities helps parishes create safe, welcoming spaces that reduce stigma and ensure no one suffers in silence. Victims Of Human Trafficking:Programming that helps freed victims deal with the trauma of their captivity and adjustment back into the community.
$892,801 spentof which $80 as grants$407,856 earned by the program13% of program spendingPRO-LIFE SERVICES Pregnancy Case Management - Professional, pro-life case management services for expecting parents facing an unplanned pregnancy. Our case managers help parents explore the options of parenting or adoption and accessing resources to support them in their decision. Education Creates Hope and Opportunity (ECHO) Collaborating with schools, clinics and other community providers, ECHO Program provides extended case management to pregnant or parenting teens seeking to complete their education.
$260,280 spentof which $9,660 as grants$42,795 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,846,391.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.5M to $5.0M (+43%).
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 30% · 2018 20% · 2019 31% · 2020 28% · 2021 31% · 2022 24% · 2023 46% · 2024 39% · 2025 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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
Dan Florin
CEO
Board chair
Most Rev Kevin Rhoades
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $629k → $1.1M.
18 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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 Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 65%; 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 Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 60% · 2019 62% · 2020 20% · 2021 54% · 2022 45% · 2023 45% — 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
47% of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $873k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$866k
- Department of Health and Human Services$8k
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 Fort Wayne - South Bend 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% 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 Fort Wayne-South Bend · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc?
- Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,488,138 to it, the largest being CWI WORKS INC ($4,046,956). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $7,488,138 in grants to Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc?
- CWI WORKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,046,956 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 39 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