Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio

Analysis

Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio is a registered charity in United States, based in Cincinnati, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1946, 80 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio reported income of $9.1m and spending of $9.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $14.2m to $9.1m (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whole Life Services Inc ($9.1m), 21 Plus Inc ($9.1m) and Tabor Childrens Services Inc ($9.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 7.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $413k (4.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.8m. At year end it held assets of $9.5m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $7.8m. It reported 129 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.