Catholic Charities North Dakota
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 450226416
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Fargo, ND, USA
- Phone
- 7012354457
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,807,746
- Expenses
- $8,187,581
- Assets
- $7,521,042
- Liabilities
- $815,029
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Bishop John Folda (President)
- Bishop David Kagan (Vice President)
- Kari Dew (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Kari Dew (Executive Director): $154,508 total reported compensation
- Loren Loh (Director of IT): $149,008 total reported compensation
- Dan Mykleseth (Director of Finance until Oct 2024): $70,487 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 North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all. Our leadership team provides vision, guidance, and stewardship to ensure our mission remains at the center of all we do. With backgrounds in social work, counseling, nonprofit management, and community service, they are dedicated to strengthening programs, supporting staff, and expanding access to care throughout the state. Through thoughtful leadership and collaboration, we continue to respond to the evolving needs of North Dakota communities while remaining grounded in our values. Smiling female staff member.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the past fiscal year, the Guardianship Division - Intellectual Disabilities served over 556 wards throughout the State of North Dakota.During the past fiscal year, Catholic Charities North Dakota's other Guardianship Program, Guardianship Services - Vulnerable, served 143 wards in 26 counties in North Dakota.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 87% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.1%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- 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; 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; 63rd 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: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th 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: 77.1% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $155K · 24 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.