Catholic Charities of Baltimore

Legal name: Associated Catholic Charities Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520591538
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Timonium, MD, USA
Phone
6676003216
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$142,725,884
Expenses
$141,873,870
Assets
$223,952,958
Liabilities
$47,768,593

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

49 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William J McCarthy Jr (Executive Director and Secretary)
  • David W Kinkopf (Named Incoming Executive Director)
  • Daniel Rizzo (President)
  • Tamla Olivier (Vice President)
  • Michael Bison (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • William J McCarthy Jr (Executive Director and Secretary): $702,941 total reported compensation
  • Kevin M Keegan (Division Director): $364,334 total reported compensation
  • Mohammed Younus (Psychiatrist): $349,857 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Catholic Charities is a movement to improve lives. Our vision is what sets us on our path of action to fulfill our mission. Our values undergird all of our efforts. When we Cherish the Divine within all, we are noticing each person’s value. We truly see the person in front of us and, thus, we work to help them fulfill their God-given potential. With roots in the Gospel, we provide care and services throughout the state. We uphold the values of love, service, teaching, and working for justice in all that we do.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family Services programs include a continuum of behavioral health and special education services to children and their families ranging from counseling to intensive residential treatment. Villa Maria School provides educational and clinical services for children with significant emotional, behavioral, and learning challenges. St. Vincent's Villa offers residential treatment and diagnostic services for children between the ages of 5 and 13 with significant emotional and behavioral challenges. The goal is to move the children back to the community as soon as they are ready with all the necessary support and services to ensure long-term success. Behavioral Health Clinics provide individual and family mental and behavioral health and substance use disorder outpatient services in Baltimore City and seven Maryland counties. Gallagher Services provides support for adults with developmental disabilities in group homes throughout our community. Many Gallagher individuals participate in training programs, classes and partnerships to live the life of their choice. Safe Streets is designed to reduce shooting and homicides in areas that are disproportionately affected by gun violence by mediating disputes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $37.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 83.8% of revenue deployed · 83.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 28 of 32 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $118.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $703K · 49 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $8.1M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 40 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 42 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.