Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan & Ulster

Legal name: Catholic Charities of Orange Sullivan & Ulster

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
320151827
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Monticello, NY, United States
Phone
(845) 294-5124
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,576,098
Expenses
$12,699,939
Assets
$5,786,187
Liabilities
$4,778,606

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHANNON KELLY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHANNON KELLY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $269,291 total reported compensation
  • AMY KOLAKOWSKI (CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER): $143,540 total reported compensation
  • KELLEY OLLEY (DIRECTOR OF FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES): $127,989 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing Help. Creating Hope. We are blessed to have a dedicated volunteer board of directors. These individuals give generously of their time and talent to ensure that Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan & Ulster has the financial and human resources necessary to meet our mission to provide help and create hope. | Thomas Strahle, Chair Kevin Armistead. Catholic Charities strives to provide a dynamic and engaging workplace in which employees uphold the agency’s mission to provide help and create hope. We work together to make a positive difference in the lives of those we serve through the dedication, professionalism, and commitment of our employees. Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability...

What it reported doing in 2024

Sullivan county oasas funded programs provide a continuum evidence-based treatment of substance use disorder including medication assisted therapies, community based clinical intervention, peer recovery supports including harm reduction strategies, vocational counseling, and case management for individuals residing in the hud housing program. These programs serve individuals who may be covered by medicaid managed care or commercial insurance, or who are not covered and pay program fees themselves. In 2024, catholic charities' sullivan county outpatient treatment clinic served 180 people and the reintegration program served people. The prevention services department provided community-based prevention, intervention, community outreach, community coalition leadership and evidence-based curriculum in local schools. For the twelve months ended december 31, 2024, catholic charities sullivan county's addiction prevention services reached 4000 individuals through evidence-based programs at schools and outreach events. (continued on schedule o)

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 92% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.3%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $64.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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; 66th 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: 6.5%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 81.3% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $11M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $269K · 18 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $840K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.