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CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON INC

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $947,204 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($257,632). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$631k
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$947k
Net assets
$543k
10/17 repeat funders
01What it does

What Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Lexington Inc does

Mission

Our mission is to serve christ by accompanying individuals, families, and communities with compassion, support, and resources as they move from hardship to stability with dignity.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Disaster recovery: support the community by providing temporary shelter, supplies & labor for home repairs, replacement of items lost, rent or utility assistance, emotional support, and referrals to other organizations.

    $51,782 spent
    13% of program spending

  2. Bridging the gap for emergency financial assistance, provide an on-site pantry of emergency supplies of tolietries, diapers, toliet papers, etc.

    $302,515 spent
    77% of program spending

  3. Provide mental health counseling by contracting with counselors to offer services at a reduced rate.

    $36,278 spent
    9% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $390,575.

02The organization over time

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

Shelli Gregory

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $50k → $193k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
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$172k
funders
5
4
3
7
6
8
7
6
2

9 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 LEXINGTON INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 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 LEXINGTON INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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

97% 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 LEXINGTON INC.

27%
largest funder
60%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 65% · 2019 71% · 2020 45% · 2021 52% · 2022 67% · 2023 70% — 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

56% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

65% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $336k that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from funders outside Kentucky, across 4 states.

IL
IN
KY
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $611k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON 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 Kentucky

Operation Care Inc81%Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Covington Inc81%St Vincent Mission Inc80%St Charles Care Center Inc80%Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Northern Kentucky79%Catholic Education Foundation Inc79%Council on Developmental Disabilities79%Cedar Lake - Monticello Parke Inc79%

Nationally

Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida87%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc87%Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Stockton87%Catholic Charities Diocese of Norwich Inc86%Catholic Council for Social Concern Inc Catholic Charities86%Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Worcester86%Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary86%Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse Ny86%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 20%Fundraising 8%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

KY

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON INC?
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $947,204 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($257,632). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON INC have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $947,204 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON INC?
NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $257,632 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 17 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