California · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA (California) receives grants from 90 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,315,349 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA ($16,326,280). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 90
- Grants received
- $40M
- Net assets
- $54M
What Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa does
Mission
Catholic charities creates access to opportunities for self-sufficiency by providing innovative and compassionate services to people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Homelessness solutions programs:nightingale - nightingale provides respite shelter beds for those who are experiencing homelessness and are discharged from hospitalization. Nightingale programs are located in sonoma and napa counties. This program is supported by local hospitals.family center - with 192 beds, this santa rosa shelter helps families move from homelessness to stable housing as safely and rapidly as possible. Services include housing-focused case management, sobriety support groups, parenting skills support, meals and children's services including school coordination and childcare referrals. The organization has a community partnership with head start through sonomacan who operates an early education program for children ages 0-5 years.samuel l jones hall - this program in santa rosa provides 213 beds of year-round emergency shelter for single adults experiencing homelessness in a facility owned by the city of santa rosa. In addition to providing shelter, catholic charities works closely with community partners, so residents have access to healthcare, sobriety support groups, counseling, and housing-focused case management.rainbow house family shelter - located in…
$12,296,780 spentof which $177,839 as grants$2,132,508 earned by the program65% of program spendingHousing services: housing counseling - catholic charities is one of only two u.s. Department of housing and urban development (hud)-certified housing counseling agencies in sonoma county that provides counseling on rental issues, occupancy problems, and assistance with section 8 housing.palms inn permanent supportive housing - previously a 104-unit motel, the palms inn was converted into permanent supportive housing for veterans and for chronically homeless individuals. Catholic charities provides social services for 44 of the units for individuals who were chronically homeless and provides 24/7 site support. Catholic charities leases the property.napa permanent supportive housing - catholic charities provides additional permanent supportive housing units in napa, california including jefferson permanent supportive housing and imola house.
$3,358,688 spentof which $824,537 as grants$533,135 earned by the program18% of program spendingCommunity connections: financial stability and crisis response (fscr) - fscr provides health education and enrollment assistance for public nutrition and medical benefits in sonoma, lake, napa and mendocino counties. Supporting services include financial education and coaching and community resource referrals.community food program - the community food program distributes free food to low-income members of the community at sites throughout sonoma and lake counties. The program distributes over 300,000 meals annually.wildfire recovery disaster case management (dcm) - focused on long term recovery for those affected by wildfires in sonoma, lake, mendocino and napa counties. The agency began providing these services after devastating fires in lake county in 2015 and expanded the program significantly after the 2018 firestorms in napa and sonoma counties. Dcm assists individual community members make a full recovery by providing services with partnering agencies. Dcm provides case management services for locating permanent housing and returning to the pre-disaster housing status.senior services - the caring rides program provides free transportation for seniors no longer able to drive…
$2,207,026 spentof which $555,038 as grants12% of program spendingImmigration:immigration legal services - the federal department of justice accredits the catholic charities' immigration office and staff who provide free or low-cost immigration legal consultations and education on immigration benefits and new federal laws, reunite families, help individuals become u.s. Citizens, assist immigrant victims of domestic violence and human trafficking, and empower immigrants to become more fully involved in civic life. One of the largest providers of immigration services in california, catholic charities maintains a staff that includes 10 or more accredited agents, and provides 3,000 services annually.
$1,190,530 spentof which $1,430 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,053,024.
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 $50M to $112M (+122%).
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 44% · 2018 38% · 2019 40% · 2020 51% · 2021 32% · 2022 36% · 2023 72% · 2024 58% · 2025 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA’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. 2 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
Jennielynn Holmes
Chief executive officer
Board chair
The Most Rev Robert F Vasa
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $2.1M → $4.0M.
24 of 90 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 SANTA ROSA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 90 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 SANTA ROSA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 56%; half comes from just 3 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
87% 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 SANTA ROSA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 41% · 2019 39% · 2020 52% · 2021 35% · 2022 35% · 2023 43% — 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
51% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
85% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.8M 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 OF SANTA ROSA is better cushioned than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.8M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$7.3M
- Department of Homeland Security$938k
- Department of Health and Human Services$350k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$240k
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 SANTA ROSA
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 5 related entities
- Caritas Homes One LLC · disregarded
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Santa Rosa · exempt
- Diocese of Santa Rosa · exempt
- Caritas Center Qalicb · exempt
- Caritas Homes Phase I LP · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA (California) receives grants from 90 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,315,349 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA ($16,326,280). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA have?
- IRS filings report 90 organizations giving $40,315,349 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA is the largest funder on record, with $16,326,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 90 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