Catholic Charities Diocese of Allentown
Legal name: Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Allentown Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231598117
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Allentown, PA, USA
- Phone
- 610-435-1541
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,584,336
- Expenses
- $3,129,511
- Assets
- $9,391,642
- Liabilities
- $1,058,514
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDREA KOCHAN NEAGLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ANDREA KOCHAN NEAGLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $113,397 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown serves as a living expression of Christ’s love by providing compassionate, professional services, advocacy, and hope to individuals, families, and communities, regardless of faith while respecting the dignity and sanctity of all human life. The staff at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown, are committed to meeting people where they are, offering support, care, and hope to individuals and families throughout Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton, and Schuylkill counties. Our client-centered approach ensures that every person we serve is treated with compassion, respect, and dignity. Guided by our faith and mission, we walk alongside those in need, helping to strengthen lives and communities through professional services and heartfelt advocacy—regardless of faith or background. Mission Statement Mission Statement.
What it reported doing in 2024
Community and veterans support services and case managementin partnership with private donors and government agencies in a wide range of areas, catholic charities offers housing location and rental assistance, utility bill budgeting and payment assistance, and disaster relief assistance. A program for older adults, ensuring their safety and independence is also part of our services. Catholic charities is the sole administrator of the federal supportive services for veteran families program in lehigh, northampton and schuylkill counties, and works in partnership with additional agencies in berks and carbon counties. The program provides case management and supportive services to prevent the imminent loss of a veteran's home or identify a new, more suitable housing situation for the individual and his or her family; or to rapidly re-house veterans and their families who are homeless and might remain homeless without this assistance.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.
- 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. Liabilities are high compared with assets and the available information about grant readiness federal audit leaves an important question unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.9%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $24.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.7%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 88.9% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $113K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.