Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 351038653
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN, US
- Phone
- 260-422-5625
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,328,770
- Expenses
- $7,916,089
- Assets
- $7,248,203
- Liabilities
- $822,434
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Brad Durcholz (Vice President)
- Dr John Fallon (President)
- DAN FLORIN (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- DAN FLORIN (CEO): $142,750 total reported compensation
- Joseph Ryan (Member/Ex-Officio): $125,269 total reported compensation
- Most Rev Kevin Rhoades (Chairman of the Board): $30,034 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Through our 20+ programs, we live out our Catholic identity, build trusted relationships with our vulnerable neighbors, and provide both the hand up and the hope they need on their journey towards self-sufficiency. OUR MISSION To serve all those in need as Christ calls us to do. We imagine a world where each person is filled with hope for the future. We seek to support and inspire our neighbors so they can transform their lives by fulfilling their own God-given potential. REGIONALLY OPERATED We are separately operated from Catholic Charities USA and the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. As the Human Service Arm of the Church, we work closely with Bishop Rhoades to respond to the unique needs of our neighbors within the 14 counties of northeast Indiana.
What it reported doing in 2024
COUNSELING SERVICES Clinical Services: Licensed counselors provide in-person and telehealth sessions in both English and Spanish. We serve individuals, couples, and families, offering faith-informed therapy that addresses grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. School Counseling: Recognizing that many children return home to families under chronic stress, we bring counseling directly into schools. This removes barriers of transportation and cost while addressing the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students who would otherwise go untreated. Diocesan Mental Health Ministries: Rooted in parish life, this ministry supports individuals living with mental illness and their loved ones through education, spiritual accompaniment, resources, and advocacy. Catholic Charities helps parishes create safe, welcoming spaces that reduce stigma and ensure no one suffers in silence. Victims Of Human Trafficking: Programming that helps freed victims deal with the trauma of their captivity and adjustment back into the community.
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 80% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.6%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th 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: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: 5%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 82.6% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $143K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.