Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley

What it reported doing in 2024

Catholic social servicesemergency assistance program: provides assistance in medical consultation, transportation, shelter, and other vital services.homelessness prevention program: focuses on housing for homeless and at-risk households. It provides temporary financial assistance, housing relocation and stabilization services to individuals and families who are homeless or would be homeless but for this assistance.pregnancy counseling program: provides confidential support, encouragement, guidance, and practical assistance to women (and/or their family) who are undergoing a crisis pregnancy, so they can feel supported and confident in choosing childbirth.counseling program: provides assistance with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, marital and relationship issues to individuals, couples, teens and adults.disaster relief program: alleviates a family's burden that has been placed on the family after a disaster. Victims at risk of being homeless are assisted with financial assistance to restore their lives, reconstruct their damaged home, and/or provide temporary shelter.food program: promotes and maintains the health and nutritional status of children and adults, promote development of good eating habits, and integrate nutritious food service with organized day care services.humanitarian crisis response: responds to families in crisis. We believe that human beings who have no food, no security, no access to shower, etc., are people in crisis. We will continue responding to the needs of these families in crisis as long as there is a need. Thanks to all who have in any way or form helped thus far... All donors, volunteers, people praying for this cause, etc. God bless us all!

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 69.9%; rating input score 70
• Program expense ratio: 75.5%; rating input score 76
• Fundraising efficiency: $14,942.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Limited
  • Conducts field audits: Limited
  • May suspend future funding: Limited
  • Requires financial reports: Limited
  • Conducts site visits: Limited
  • Requires grant agreements: Limited
  • May require repayment: 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: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • 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: 7.7%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.63; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings