Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego

What it reported doing in 2024

Family, Youth, Children and Community Services: Our CalFresh Healthy Living Program (formerly SNAP-Ed) promotes healthy, active lifestyles for individuals and families in San Diego and Imperial Counties. The program helps participants make healthy food choices within a limited budget and encourages physically active lifestyles consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.We provide evidence-based nutrition and physical activity education to low-income individuals and collaborate with sister agencies, local organizations, and community leaders to expand services and strengthen community health initiatives. In FY20242025, we provided direct nutrition education to 1,536 individuals, and reached an additional 51,325 individuals through indirect education.CalFresh Food (SNAP) is an entitlement program that provides monthly benefits to help low-income households purchase the food they need to maintain adequate nutrition. Benefits may be used for any food or food product intended for human consumption. Our CalFresh Food team supports the community by assisting with applications, conducting outreach, and advocating for individuals who may qualify for this vital self-sufficiency program. In FY20242025, we supported the submission of 171 applications.Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego, in partnership with community organizations, established the Emergency Food Distribution Network+ (EFDN+) to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable food distribution. Through parish-based drive-thru pantries and home-delivered food packages, we provide essential nutrition to families in need. By working closely with local food banks, EFDN+ continues to reach households experiencing food insecurity. As of FY2025, EFDN+ has operated 21 distribution sites, assisting 13,714 households and 37,727 individuals. Over the course of the years, the program has distributed 599,025 pounds of food, equating to 499,188 meals.Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego also participates in the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), a federally funded initiative launched in 1983 to help meet the needs of hungry and homeless populations nationwide. The program, which operates in phases based on funding availability, supports food assistance and shelter programs. As part of EFSP, we administer Hotel/Motel Vouchers and emergency food assistance. In FY20242025, we provided 63 nights of shelter to 6 individuals (4 adults and 2 children), funded by $8,820 in EFSP resources.Catholic Charities has provided counseling services to pregnant women since the early 1970s, and services to prospective adoptive parents since the 1980s. Catholic Charities became a state-licensed adoption agency in 1984, and over 450 infants have been placed for adoption through the program. Although Catholic Charities no longer recruits adoptive families or places children in adoptive homes, we honor our history by providing Post-Adoption Services to all adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents who have been involved in an adoption through our agency. Respectfor clients, and the values of mercy and justice, are continuously at the core of all practices of Catholic Charities Post Adoption Services. The Corporate Board of Catholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego, has passed a resolution to close the Catholic Charities Adoption Program and to surrender the Adoptions License in June 2023.Senior ServicesThe Senior Nutrition program helps to maintain the health and well-being of seniors through nutritious meals, the opportunity for socialization, and other needed services. The Senior Nutrition Program is in Imperial County, and provides a nutritious lunch for persons 60 years of age and older. The program offered meals at our congregate meal sites and provided home-delivered meals to those who are homebound. 10 congregate meal sites were open during FY2024-2025. We served 41,748 meals in the Congregate Program and 74,317 meals for the Home Delive

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
• Program expense ratio: 97.4%; rating input score 97
• Fundraising efficiency: $2,865.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • 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: 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: 3.4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings