Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 750818147
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Amarillo, TX, United States
- Phone
- (806) 376-4571
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,807,868
- Expenses
- $9,262,983
- Assets
- $4,160,656
- Liabilities
- $821,529
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WALT KELLEY (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JEFF GULDE (EXECUTIVE DI): $92,553 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 of the Texas Panhandle enjoys a rich history of promoting the common good for those most in need of help. Bishop Rudolph A. Gerken, the first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Amarillo, established the agency on Aug. 15, 1932, as Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Amarillo. Catholic Charities partnered with the Amarillo Community Chest in the mid-‘30s Dust Bowl era to provide food and clothing in a city of 50,000. As Amarillo has grown and matured, so has the agency. The name, along with the leadership, has adapted to best fit the needs of our community. With the help of our team, volunteers, stakeholders, and donors, we fight poverty in several of its many forms: food i.
What it reported doing in 2024
Joseph's project - catholic charities of the Texas panhandle, through josephs project, commits its resources and expertise to facilitate access to crucial services such as insurance and prenatal care to reduce the number of deaths caused by a lack of the same. We are creating partnerships with healthcare professionals, counselors, and educators to build a comprehensive network that will fortify family foundations across the Texas panhandle. We empower families through education and guidance and our focused assistance will be tailored to expectant mothers and families with children under three, encompassing healthcare, counseling, educational resources, and material assistance. Through comprehensive and direct services, cctxp aims to create a supportive ecosystem conducive to the well-being of both mothers and their children, where families thrive, guided by informed choices and unwavering support.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 80% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: $114.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -5.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 98% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.