Iowa · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES
CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES (Iowa) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,495,899 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($9,646,301). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What Catholic Council for Social Concern Inc Catholic Charities does
Mission
For more than 100 years, catholic charities of the diocese of des moines has been committed to transforming lives through service, guided by the core principles of catholic social teaching. Our mission - to provide family-centered services that empower individuals and strengthen families - reflects our deep belief in the inherent dignity of every person and the importance of fostering strong, resilient communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Refugee services - 281 refugess were resettled or served through resettlement programs. Refugees are individuals who come to the united states legally because they have been forced to leave their homeland due to war or persecution. Resettlement efforts include assisting with housing, food, transportation, cultural orientation and job placement for the first 90 to 240 days.
$2,591,325 spentof which $1,534,181 as grants$25,014 earned by the program42% of program spendingFood pantry: 8,434 families received a monthly food box (21,440 total persons served). 8,434 unduplicated households received one or more of the following services in fy25: monthly food box, infant formula, diapers, personal hygiene items and baby wipes. 128,107 people were served at our daily food window in fy25.
$1,656,925 spentof which $59,184 as grants$58,560 earned by the program27% of program spendingDomestic violence and sexual assault support programs assisted 1,654 survivors of domestic violence, 249 survivors of sexual assault, and 7 survivors of human trafficking in fy25. Shelter was provided to 110 families, totaling 263 individuals for a total of 4,836 nights of care in shelter. Program staff and volunteers responded to 35 emergency hospital calls to assist survivors reporting domestic violence or sexual assault.
$1,217,782 spent$4,427 earned by the program20% of program spendingEmergency family shelter - 178 unduplicated families and 554 people found shelter last year. Catholic charities offers services to families who are experiencing homelessness and working toward self-sufficiency.
$629,316 spentof which $6,393 as grants$55,334 earned by the program10% of program spendingCounseling - professional counseling by licensed therapists.
$123,992 spent$986 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,219,340.
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 $6.1M to $7.1M (+17%).
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 47% · 2018 39% · 2019 44% · 2020 40% · 2021 42% · 2022 43% · 2023 42% · 2024 39% · 2025 46%. 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.
Board chair
Bishop Joensen William M
Board chair & president
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 10 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $605k → $632k.
10 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 38% · 2019 90% · 2020 90% · 2021 69% · 2022 84% · 2023 61% — 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
47% of CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
82% of CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES'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 $2.3M that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Organizations like CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES
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 Iowa
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
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Diocese of Des Moines · exempt
- The Catholic Foundation of Southwest Iowa · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES?
- CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES (Iowa) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,495,899 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($9,646,301). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $12,495,899 in grants to CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES?
- COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $9,646,301 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL CONCERN INC CATHOLIC CHARITIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 27 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