Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services

Legal name: Catholic Church Support Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463787418
IRS 990-PF coverage
2019–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
9259461440
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Roman Catholic
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,968,229
Expenses
$8,002,155

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services (CFCS) is a faith-founded charitable organization providing education, outreach, and professional funeral, cremation, and cemetery services while following the teachings of the Church. Mother Teresa Program CFCS created this program, inspired by Mother Teresa’s work with the poor, in order to provide sacred and dignified funeral and cemetery services to those who would otherwise be unable to pay for them. Funded through donations, this program is available to individuals within the community, as well as victims of violent crimes. These individuals are provided with complete burial or internment services in accordance with the Order of Christian Funerals. All Souls Remembrance Program.

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 2 grants totaling $1,571,065. The stated grant purpose was general support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 10
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 92
  • Endowment Health: 12

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 10; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 16 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 84
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Fail
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Fail
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 7.38; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they fund: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 12th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 21 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 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.

  • High — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 12/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 3 of 19 not reported.