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CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO

CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 84 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,678,309 to it, the largest being United Way of Greater Cincinnati ($4,390,009). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$14M
Funders on record
84
Grants received
$15M
Net assets
$15M
44/84 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 27%
01What it does

What Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio does

Mission

Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio serves and empowers people through god's love in their times of vulnerability. We do so through a full range of local services that engage the community in building solidarity.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Refugee resettlement Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio welcomes refugees escaping persecution, war and violence in their homelands and empowers them to build new lives and become self-sufficient in a welcoming community. Since 1980, catholic charities has resettled thousands of refugees from all over the world in greater cincinnati. In 2025, the u.s. Refugee resettlement program experienced severe public policies shifts that halted the resettlement process. Regardless, catholic charities continued to accompany and integrate 686 refugees resettled in recent years to ensure self-sufficiency through emergency assistance, case management, job readiness, financial literacy and youth mentoring.

    $1,730,538 spentof which $162,429 as grants
    20% of program spending
  2. Su casa hispanic center jesus christ commanded us to "welcome the stranger," as he spelled out the final judgment on love (mt 25:31-46). Founded in 1997, su casa hispanic center extends a loving welcome and serves as a primary provider of social services to the hispanic/latino community in greater cincinnati. In 2025, su casa directly served 3,095 clients through emergency assistance stabilization services, english for speakers of other language classes, education, health promotion, case management and services for unaccompanied children.

    $1,006,256 spentof which $125,118 as grants$21,290 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  3. Senior & volunteer services - catholic charities offers caregiver assistance to those caring for vulnerable loved ones, having supported 416 caregivers in 2025. Through its senior companions and foster grandparents programs, senior volunteers gave over 79,000 hours of service to other homebound seniors in need and as teaching assistants to school children.

    $964,995 spent
    11% of program spending
  4. Additionally, catholic charities supported family development by providing early childhood mental health consultations and parenting education to 2,297 parents, children, teachers and daycare providers. Through our food for all pantries, over 342,000 meals were distributed to needy families across 6 counties. The agency conducted over 4,800 mental health counseling sessions and supported clients with post-adoption services. Over 1,800 clients received immigration legal services, 462 students of all ages participated in english and academic programs, and nearly 3,700 clients accessed translation services in multiple languages from our accuracy now interpretation services. All of this was made possible through the support of 800 yearly volunteers.

    $4,842,799 spentof which $785,571 as grants$1,067,184 earned by the program
    57% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,544,588.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($17M) Expenses 100 ($17M) Net assets 100 ($5.8M)2018 Revenue 87 ($15M) Expenses 94 ($16M) Net assets 128 ($7.4M)2019 Revenue 85 ($14M) Expenses 93 ($16M) Net assets 116 ($6.7M)2020 Revenue 51 ($8.6M) Expenses 48 ($8.1M) Net assets 136 ($7.9M)2021 Revenue 47 ($7.8M) Expenses 47 ($7.9M) Net assets 149 ($8.6M)2022 Revenue 46 ($7.8M) Expenses 48 ($8.0M) Net assets 124 ($7.2M)2023 Revenue 54 ($9.1M) Expenses 55 ($9.2M) Net assets 134 ($7.8M)2024 Revenue 85 ($14M) Expenses 67 ($11M) Net assets 194 ($11M)2025 Revenue 81 ($14M) Expenses 64 ($11M) Net assets 259 ($15M)
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Revenue (81)Expenses (64)Net assets (259)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $9.5M to $13M (+36%).

$9.6M
$7.9M
$7.2M
$9.0M
$9.1M
$8.9M
$9.5M
$13M
$16M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 17% · 2018 15% · 2019 16% · 2020 26% · 2021 38% · 2022 37% · 2023 41% · 2024 35% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

91% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,405 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$45k
’17
−$1.3M
’18
−$1.4M
’19
$463k
’20
−$82k
’21
−$242k
’22
−$160k
’23
$3.0M
’24
$2.8M
’25
3.7
months of
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

Anthony Stieritz

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.

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Listed232319212123202319
Joined·+5+2+6+3+3+2+4+2
No longer listed·56431516
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 28 funders, grant income fell $2.3M → $1.2M.

25 of 84 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 SOUTHWESTERN OHIO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 84 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 SOUTHWESTERN OHIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

94% 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 SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.

30%
largest funder
63%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 46% · 2019 41% · 2020 28% · 2021 36% · 2022 52% · 2023 40% — 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

40% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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

68% of CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

IL
MI
NY
OH
PA
CT
CA
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

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

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’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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

Against its field

CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin21% · top quartile
Months of reserve3.7mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 13%Fundraising 8%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Su Casa Hispanic Center · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO?
CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 84 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,678,309 to it, the largest being United Way of Greater Cincinnati ($4,390,009). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO have?
IRS filings report 84 organizations giving $14,678,309 in grants to CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO?
United Way of Greater Cincinnati is the largest funder on record, with $4,390,009 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO find more funders?
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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 84 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