Catholic Charities of North Louisiana
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320315500
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Shreveport, LA, USA
- Phone
- 318-865-0200
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,188,237
- Expenses
- $1,152,099
- Assets
- $2,180,716
- Liabilities
- $249,662
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHARLES OLIVER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DIANE LIBRO (EXECUTIVE DI): $51,304 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
_Our mission is to bring Christ’s message of love to the poor and vulnerable by providing quality social services to families and individuals, without discrimination, and in accordance with Catholic Social Teaching and professional standards._ VISION _Together, we invest in people to alleviate poverty, distress, and injustice._. _Catholic Charities of North Louisiana (CCNLA) was established in August 2010 by Bishop Michael Duca of the Diocese of Shreveport. CCNLA is one of 160 affiliates of Catholic Charities USA, the largest private U.S. network of social service organizations that works to support families, reduce poverty, and build communities. In the past fourteen years, we have provided education, assistance, and services to individuals and families in North Louisiana, empowering them to reach their next step of independence._ SHREVEPORT.
What it reported doing in 2024
Catholic charities of north Louisiana also provides benefits assistance by assisting individuals in completing applications for snap, as well as other programs that help families to be whole. Gabriel's closet serves low- income new parents, their infants, and small children by supplying many of the items that they might need for their children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 71% for direct work, and 29% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.8%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th 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; 76th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 49th 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: 68.8% of revenue deployed · 70.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $815K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $51K · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.