Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
Legal name: Diocese of Cleveland Facilities Services Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341754839
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, United States
- Phone
- 216-696-6525
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,700,352
- Expenses
- $3,335,856
- Assets
- $13,578,834
- Liabilities
- $181,267
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PATRICK GAREAU (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- PATRICK GAREAU (PRESIDENT & CEO): $245,164 total reported compensation
- JAMES GRAHAM (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $195,695 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We are blessed to have the Most Reverend Roger Gries, OSB continue to offer spiritual support to further the mission of the Church in the diocese. Click HERE to learn more about the past bishops of Cleveland. Bishop Malesic Bishop Malesic The Most Reverend Edward C. Malesic is the 12th bishop of Cleveland. He was installed on Sept. 14, 2020. Previously, he served as the 5th bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Learn More Bishop Woost Bishop Woost The Most Reverend Michael G. Woost was ordained on Aug. 4, 2022 and serves as auxiliary bishop of Cleveland. Learn More Bishop Gries Bishop Gries Bishop Roger was professed a Benedictine monk on July 11, 1957 and was ordained a priest.
What it reported doing in 2024
The corporation provides property and asset management for all real-property in the catholic charities system. Services include oversight of all capital and renovation/repair projects.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 95%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 9th 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: -23.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.07; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $245K · 5 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 3 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.