Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 530196524
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, United States
- Phone
- 202-772-4300
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $52,746,894
- Expenses
- $54,662,003
- Assets
- $79,293,952
- Liabilities
- $21,535,149
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mr James J Malloy (President & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Mr James J Malloy (President & CEO): $438,053 total reported compensation
- Mr Patrick Dunne (Chief Operating Officer): $361,142 total reported compensation
- Ms Denise A Capaci (Deputy Chief Operating Officer): $245,250 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Every dollar we raise supports our mission to help individuals and families struggling to put food on the table. Together with participating organizations, we’re working toward a collective goal of $5 million to help more children and families access the food they need to thrive. Because the American Dream starts with a full plate. Stay tuned to get involved. CCADW #NourishingNeighbors #NourishTheAmericanDream]( ](. Home>About Us > Our Mission Our Mission Motivated by the gospel message of Jesus Christ and guided by Catholic social teaching, Catholic Charities strengthens the lives of all in need by giving help that empowers and hope that lasts. We affirm and support the dignity of all human life, strengthen families and serve the poor and most vulnerable as the social services agency of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington.
What it reported doing in 2024
Family and children care: case management to support families in crisis, reduce truancy, and assist in family reunification. Community service: help the community in emergency service immigration and refugee shelters, a health and legal network, and dealing with the general social concern of the community at large.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 61% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
STRONG - 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: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 42nd 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: -3.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $45.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $438K · 26 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 8 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.