Catholic Charities of Orange County
Legal name: Catholic Charities of Orange County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953031389
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Garden Grove, CA, USA
- Phone
- 714.347.9602
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,067,980
- Expenses
- $6,656,665
- Assets
- $8,657,140
- Liabilities
- $1,276,761
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELLEN ROY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- MOST REV KEVIN VANN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ELLEN ROY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $176,813 total reported compensation
- JULIANA SILVA VASCONCELOS (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $138,943 total reported compensation
- MARIAJOSE GARORTI (DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION): $109,200 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
HERE AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES, WE LIVE OUT OUR MISSION IN THREE DISTINCT WAYS: We provide quality professional social services to individuals and families to transform hopelessness and despair into self-reliance and optimism. We advocate for justice and respect to transform social structures so that human dignity, reverence for family life, and community well-being are embraced. The mission of Catholic Charities of Orange County is to provide service to people in need, promote their voice in society, and to call the church and all people to do the same. Vision statement.
What it reported doing in 2024
Community outreach: served a total of 952,790 people in the following programs: the cantlay food distribution center provides food and other necessities, including diapers for children ages 0-5, to disadvantaged individuals and families three days a week.the garden of hope aspires to educate the community on the value of nutrition, how to grow organic vegetables & herbs, and how to cook healthy meals using garden ingredients.health & wellness services (calfresh healthy living) improves the nutritional health of low-income californians through nutrition sessions, physical activity education, and awareness of healthy community initiatives
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.2%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: $36.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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: 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: 5.8%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 89.2% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $177K · 20 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.