Catholic Charities of East Tennessee
Legal name: Catholic Charities of East Tennessee Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 621377551
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Knoxville, TN, USA
- Phone
- (865) 524-9896
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,611,050
- Expenses
- $5,788,076
- Assets
- $8,241,978
- Liabilities
- $469,615
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEACON DAVE DUHAMEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY)
- MARIE WILSON (PRESIDENT)
- JOE SIRAGUSA (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ANDREW KALEIDA (FORMER DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $134,706 total reported compensation
- DEACON DAVE DUHAMEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY): $111,145 total reported compensation
- DEEANNA HALL (TRUSTEE): $76,078 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mission: Empowered by the grace of Jesus Christ, Catholic Charities of East Tennessee fosters human dignity of the vulnerable in our region through shelter, counseling, education, advocacy, and reverence for life. BOARD MEMBERS Our Board Members at Catholic Charities of East Tennessee are integral to our mission, providing essential leadership, guidance, and advocacy. As passionate community ambassadors, they actively champion our cause, build meaningful connections, and ensure our programs align with the evolving needs of those we serve. Their dedication helps us fulfill our promise to compassionately serve and uplift our neighbors across East Tennessee. White boardroom.
What it reported doing in 2024
Children's services provides residential, in-home and appointment-based interventions for abused, neglected or at-risk children and youth. As child custody and protection laws have changed, ccetn has adapted its services to ensure protection and nuturing of these youngest and most vulnerable in our community. Served 855 individuals during the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.3%; rating input score 55
- Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 19th 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.8%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 55.3% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $4.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.