Catholic Social Services – Alaska
Legal name: Catholic Social Services
Overview
Mission
The mission of Catholic Social Services is to promote the physical, spiritual and mental welfare of persons in need in the community. This mission is achieved by: Offering charitable assistance to those in need, especially persons who are poor; Developing and conducting programs to strengthen and support families and the dignity of the human person; Administering the Corporal Works of Mercy and Gospel of Jesus Christ as defined by the magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church and envisioned by the traditional concepts of Catholic Social Teaching and Action through the laity; And advocating for social justice for the common good of all.
What it reported doing in 2024
Homeless family services is a program of housing case managers who are focused on working with individuals and families experiencing homelessness to help them achieve housing and income stability. The program focuses on a range of populations including veterans, families, individuals ready to work, and those who need permanent supportive housing, among others. Homeless family services is the largest group of housing case managers working in our community. They partner with other agencies to connect clients with employment, childcare, education and training all to further housing stability and social well-being.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920037322
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Anchorage, AK, USA
- Phone
- 907-222-7300
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $42.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 92% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 10 filed program accomplishments · $29.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $198K · 24 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 19 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 11 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Robin Dempsey (CEO): $198,150 total reported compensation
- Kimberly Isley (COO): $146,767 total reported compensation
- Kristopher Palmatier (CFO): $128,031 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.