Alabama · Nonprofit
Catholic Social Services of Montgomery
Catholic Social Services of Montgomery (Alabama) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,883,266 to it, the largest being ALABAMA BUSINESS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND INC ($590,728). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $755k
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Catholic Social Services of Montgomery does
Mission
Catholic Social Services, an agency of the Archdiocese of Mobile, is an organized expression of the Church's concern for social justice and well-being. As such, all activity is to mirror the loving care and concern of Christ for those in need. We evidence this first as professional providers of both direct and indirect services. At the same time we are called upon to act as effective advocates, leaders, prophets, and consciousness raisers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
To provide assistance to individuals in the form of utility payments, food, transportation, medical assistance, household items, clothing and other personal items.
$360,416 spent61% of program spendingTo provide adoption and pregnancy support services.
$6,000 spent1% of program spendingCounseling, prescription drug support, immigration support and thrift store.
$228,798 spent38% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $595,214.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $58k → $281k.
4 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 Social Services of Montgomery’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 Social Services of Montgomery leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% 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 Social Services of Montgomery.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 51% · 2019 31% · 2020 38% · 2021 40% · 2022 37% · 2023 42% — 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
44% of Catholic Social Services of Montgomery's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
100% of Catholic Social Services of Montgomery's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $94k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 Social Services of Montgomery
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Archdiocese of Mobile · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Catholic Social Services of Montgomery: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Catholic Social Services of Montgomery?
- Catholic Social Services of Montgomery (Alabama) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,883,266 to it, the largest being ALABAMA BUSINESS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND INC ($590,728). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Catholic Social Services of Montgomery have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,883,266 in grants to Catholic Social Services of Montgomery, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Catholic Social Services of Montgomery?
- ALABAMA BUSINESS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $590,728 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Catholic Social Services of Montgomery find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 25 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