Catholic Charities San Francisco
Legal name: Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941498472
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Phone
- +1 (415) 972-1200
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $66,319,115
- Expenses
- $63,116,627
- Assets
- $61,497,032
- Liabilities
- $25,895,723
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
36 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATHY GROGAN (BOARD PRESIDENT)
- ELLEN HAMMERLE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- ELLEN HAMMERLE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $348,005 total reported compensation
- CHERYL EWERS (CFO): $323,301 total reported compensation
- STEVE GRANT (DIRECTOR, FACILITIES): $217,183 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 creates lasting solutions to pressing challenges in the community, serving vulnerable neighbors and protecting their dignity (including homelessness, inequality, aging in isolation, generational poverty, HIV/AIDS, and immigration). We have adapted our services to ensure that we are meeting the needs of San Francisco’s homeless families. Catholic Charities’ Mission Access Point provides assessment and intake services for families and individuals for entry into shelter and housing program placement. Catholic Charities has operated multiple programs geared towards ending family homelessness for over 25 years. Over the years, we have adapted our services to ensure that we are meeting the needs of San Francisco’s homeless families. We are excited to continue to support the community by participating in the Coordinated Entry System (CES).
What it reported doing in 2024
Housing and community support: catholic charities improved the economic conditions and stability of individuals and families through emergency shelter, permanent supportive housing, utility and rental assistance, mental health counseling, case management, and immigration services. Catholic charities served 21,138 individuals through housing and community support programs including refugee & immigrant services, homelessness prevention program, sf home, star community home, st. Joseph's family center, treasure island supportive housing, 10th & mission family housing, edith witt senior community, rita da cascia & hazel betsey communities, assisted housing & health, derek silva community, leland house, peter claver community, and bayview access point.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 67% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
- 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $32.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 4.8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $54.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $348K · 36 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.