Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 362170817
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Crest Hill, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8157233405
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $35,316,742
- Expenses
- $34,402,449
- Assets
- $29,904,129
- Liabilities
- $6,993,888
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATHLEEN LANGDON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (END 12/31/24))
Highest reported compensation
- KATHLEEN LANGDON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (END 12/31/24)): $217,101 total reported compensation
- JENNIFER ARELLANO (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION): $183,542 total reported compensation
- KATHY FUDGE-WHITE (EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR): $160,885 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 provides help for basic needs such as food, shelter, and financial assistance, and offers counseling/therapy and support services for seniors, people with disabilities (18+), families, and caregivers—along with education, employment support, and access to food pantry services. We provide support services including counseling, information assistance, care coordination, crisis intervention, and volunteer opportunities for older adults and people (18+) with disabilities, as well as caregiver programming for families and grandparents raising grandchildren. Aging & Disability Services I need counseling. We provide early childhood programs (Head Start, Early Head Start, home-based, and daycare) for children up to five from low-income families, offering educational activities, medical and dental care, healthy meals, safe play environments, and family support services....
What it reported doing in 2024
Aging & disabilities - the aging and disability services division assists older adults and adults with disabilities through various services. Aging and disability resource network provides information and assistance to older adults and their caregivers to connect them with community services. Services include emergency financial assistance, assistance with transportation, short-term housing case management, benefit access and medicare open enrollment. Community care program offers long-term case management that coordinates a variety of in home services that promote healthy aging and maintain their independence. Nutrition services provides daily home delivered meals to older adults and congregate dining offers weekly meals at community locations. Caregiver services provides information, support, individual counseling, education and financial assistance to older adult caregivers. Community base programs offers a variety of healthy aging programs that offer exercise and fall prevention classes, wellness and education classes, health promotions and recreation activities to reduce social isolation. Money management provides supportive services for older adults and adults with disabilities who need assistance with basic money management and bill paying services. Americorps senior programs offers low income older adults age 55 and older an opportunity to serve others in their community through the senior companion and foster grandparents programs. Adult protective services investigates alleged abuse, neglect and exploitation for older adults and adults with disabilities ages 18-59 living in the community. Ombudsman provides advocacy and support services to individuals residing in long term care facilities to ensure that they receive quality and individualized care.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.9%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $44.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th 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: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 2.6%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 86.9% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $30.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $217K · 24 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.8M reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.