Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington
Legal name: Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Yakima
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911370404
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Yakima, WA, USA
- Phone
- (509) 662-6761
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,939,610
- Expenses
- $46,472,528
- Assets
- $62,935,845
- Liabilities
- $10,698,251
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DARLENE DARNELL (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
- MANUEL VILLAFAN (VICE PRESIDENT & COO)
Highest reported compensation
- MARIE DESIRE (PSYCHIATRIST): $344,185 total reported compensation
- DARLENE DARNELL (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $333,638 total reported compensation
- PAUL PALMER (TREASUREER & CFO): $277,376 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Motivated by Christ’s love, we bring hope to life, especially for those most in need. At Catholic Charities, our mission is to bring hope to life. The dignity and uniqueness of each person are at the core of our mission. We are committed to an environment where employees and those we serve are empowered, valued, appreciated, and accepted. We are committed to an inclusive workforce that represents and respects diversity in all its forms and understand that it is a dynamic process. We are committed to evolving and advancing change. We actively pursue a workforce, leadership team, and governing boards that represent the communities we serve. Catholic Charities Stands United Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington has provided social services for 75 years to feed, hou.
What it reported doing in 2024
Behavioral health services: outpatient counseling - individual, marital, family, and group counseling is offered to community members seeking service for abuse, parent-child problems, grief and loss, adjustment, depression, anxiety, attachment, bonding, and other issues affecting optimal mental health functioning. A strength-based approach is used to empower individuals and families with a focus on health and wellness.valley intervention program - "hands on" parent training is provided within a behavioral intervention model for preschool children who are experiencing behavior problems. The program assists parents in regaining control of their preschool-aged child and focusing attention on positive behavior. Therapeutic classrooms with integrated behavioral health services provide an option for children with social, emotional, or behavioral issues to prepare them for success in kindergarten.crisis mental health services - provides behavioral health services and mobile crisis outreach to children, youth and adults experiencing a crises episode. Crisis services works with community partners on determining the least restrictive level of care to resolve a critical event. These services are available 24 hours a day for crisis situations in the community jails, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and homes. Mobile crisis services are provided to adults, youth, and children in chelan and douglas counties. Jail services - the jail services program assists individuals who are currently incarcerated with the goal of reducing inappropriate incarcerations and decreasing recidivism in the adult and juvenile legal systems. This program brings together law enforcement, the courts, mental health staff, patient advocates, and other community partners to reduce the number of mentally ill individuals that are in jail. The trueblood diversion program is designed to reduce the length of time that certain individuals (those with disabilities waiting in jail for court ordered competency services) spend incarcerated.program for assertive community treatment (pact) - assists chronically mentally ill individuals through a model that offers intensive interventions designed to reduce hospitalizations and support rehabilitation and recovery.supportive housing and related services - provides services and other support to allow covered persons to reside in an independent community setting in an effort to maintain the covered person's health and welfare. Through catholic charities' project for assistance in transition from homelessness (path) program, a broad range of services across the continuum of care are provided to homeless individuals with mental illnesses in an effort to reduce chronic homelessness.applied behavioral analysis (aba) - providing intensive therapeutic services for children with autism spectrum disorder to increase academic and cognitive skills and improve their ability to transition successfully. These services include parent training sessions, speech therapy, and intensive one-on-one work with a behavior technician under the supervision of a board certified behavior analyst three hours a day for 12 weeks.wraparound with intensive services (wise) - provides help to medicaid eligible children age five and under, and their families with intensive behavioral health care based on the individualized need of the child.assisted outpatient treatment (aot) - assisted outpatient treatment (aot) is an involuntary process included in Washington's involuntary treatment act (ita). Aot uses a court order to provide behavioral health treatment to adults with severe mental illness or substance use disorder.new journeys - provides critically needed early intervention and comprehensive treatment to youth and young adults who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis. This program promotes shared decision making and uses a team of specialists who work with the client to create a personal treatment plan.law enforcement assisted diversion (lead) -
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 80% for direct work, and 20% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $87.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- 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; 77th 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; 77th 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: 15.4%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 72.3% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $39.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $344K · 22 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $374K reported
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.