Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Legal name: Catholic Charities Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 480543703
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Houston, TX, United States
- Phone
- 713-526-4611
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,447,696
- Expenses
- $13,750,259
- Assets
- $18,947,921
- Liabilities
- $1,235,607
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- TRACI KENNEDY (EXECUTIVE DI): $161,607 total reported compensation
- PATRICK BUTLER (DIRECTOR OF): $132,088 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, guided by God’s love, assists people by providing caring and compassionate services and advocating for social justice. Catholic Social Teaching proclaims that all people should be treated with dignity and respect. **That belief lies at the heart of the mission of Catholic Charities.** We are people of faith, helping people in need achieve self-sufficiency and live with dignity. Catholic Charities is a game changer for people in poverty. We offer a **_network of life-changing programs_** that work together to serve as a bridge to help people move from poverty to wholeness. _Everyone can do something to help_. **Volunteer. Be a voice for people in need. Make a financial gift.
What it reported doing in 2024
Harbor house - provide temporary shelter, counseling, education, outreach and advocacy to adults and children who are victims of domestic violence; outreach services extend to the district attorney's office, municipal court and the wichita and el dorado, Kansas department of children and families.
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 86% 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: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.3%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $26.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- 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; 72nd 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -10.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 97.3% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $12.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 24 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 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: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.