Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$30,218,080

Total expenses

$32,976,849

Contributions and grants received

$26,647,230

Grants paid

$5,116,541

Program service revenue

$1,120,747

Investment income

$421,293

Other revenue

$2,028,810

Total assets, end of year

$42,557,215

Total liabilities, end of year

$8,315,283

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$34,241,932

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$27,594,669

Management and general expenses

$4,062,855

Fundraising expenses

$1,319,325

Program service expenses (Part III)

$27,594,669

Program services were 83.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• STABILITY AND CONNECTEDNESS - SOCIAL CARE PROGRAMS ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE WHO FACE CHALLENGING AND UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS. THIS ASSISTANCE IS OFFERED IN ALL EIGHT COUNTIES. BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, FINANCIAL, PRESCRIPTION, AND HEAT ASSISTANCE WERE PROVIDED TO 9233 INDIVIDUALS, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. IN CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES, OUR KINSHIP CAREGIVER PROGRAM SUPPORTED 199 KINSHIP AND NON-RELATIVE CAREGIVERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. USING A CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL AND SUPPORT GROUPS, KINSHIP CAREGIVER ALSO OFFERS FAMILIES OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS THAT SUSTAIN SOCIAL INTERACTION FOR PERSONAL WELL-BEING AND KEEP INDIVIDUALS SAFELY IN THEIR OWN HOMES SERVED 292 PEOPLE. THESE INCLUDE HOME VISITATION IN GENESEE AND WYOMING COUNTIES, THE TELEPHONE ASSURANCE PROGRAM IN ERIE COUNTY, FRIENDLY PHONES IN ORLEANS COUNTY, AND PROJECT HOPE, A CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM GEARED TO OLDER ADULTS.CARE COORDINATION INCLUDES PROGRAMS TO ASSIST 221 CHILDREN AND ADULTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE LOW INCOME. SERVICES INCLUDE ASSESSING AND ASSISTING CLIENT NEEDS THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH HOME CARE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER (CHW) PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS WORK WITH CLIENTS AND THEIR NETWORK OF HEALTH PROVIDERS (MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS), HEALTH PLANS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

  Expenses $7,504,393 · Grants $4,038,480 · Revenue $618,107

• NUTRITIONAL SERVICES - CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO ADMINISTERS THE WOMEN, INFANTS & CHILDREN (WIC) FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IN ERIE, NIAGARA AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. TRHOUGH WIC, 23,903 WOMEN, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WERE SUPPORTED.CATHOLIC CHARITIES OPERATES NINE FOOD PANTRIES IN THREE COUNTIES - ONE IN ALLEGANY, ONE IN CATTARAUGUS AND SEVEN IN ERIE COUNTY. A TOTAL OF 7,113 PEOPLE WERE ASSISTED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. ONE THRIFT STORE SERVES ALLEGANY COUNTY AND OFFERS FREE CLOTHING TO CLIENTS WHEN NEEDED. A TOTAL OF 1,866 PEOPLE WERE ASSISTED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.LADIES OF CHARITY OF THE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO OPERATES THE ERIE/NIAGARA THRIFT STORE. LADIES OF CHARITY ALSO PROVIDES A NUMBER OF OTHER REFERRAL PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED INCLUDING HOLIDAY GIFTS, CLOTHING, BABY ITEMS, AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS. LADIES OF CHARITY IS A MINISTRY OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY WOMEN AND YOUNG WOMEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. THE GROUP IS AN AFFILIATE ORGANIZATION OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES. A TOTAL OF 13,347 PEOPLE WERE ASSISTED THRUOGH THESE SERVICES.

  Expenses $6,350,560 · Grants $141,867 · Revenue $146,476

• FAMILY ENRICHMENT - CATHOLIC CHARITIES WORKS TO STABILIZE, EMPOWER AND STRENGTHEN FAMILIES THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS TRADITIONAL, KINSHIP AND REFUGEE PREVENTIVE SERVICES, THERAPEUTIC SUPERVISED VISITATION, ACCESS AND VISITATION, MULTISYSTEMIC THERAPY, INCREDIBLE YEARS PARENTING PROGRAM, AND OUR KIDS PARENT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS SERVED 510 DIRECT CLIENTS, IMPACTING 1,535 CHILDREN AND INDIVIDUALS.OUR IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS PROVIDE EXTRA SUPPORTS TO HELP STUDENTS OVERCOME OBSTACLES THEY MAY FACE WHEN ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM. THE IN-SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM (ISSWP) ENHANCES STUDENT SUCCESS BY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE CHARACTER-DEVELOPMENT AND SKILL-BUILDING ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS THROUGH SHORT-TERM INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS, SMALL GROUPS AND CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS. THE CLOSING THE GAP (CTG) PROGRAM SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF STUDENTS IN BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ADDRESSING NON-ACADEMIC BARRIERS TO LEARNING. A TOTAL OF 4,314 STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM THESE PROGRAMS.THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM FOR OLDER ADULTS WHICH PROVIDES BENEFITS FOR LOWER INCOME ELIGIBLE ADULTS WHO WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH STUDENTS IN NEED IN SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS, INCLUDES MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A CHILD, FINANCIAL BENEFITS, TRAINING, AND SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH PEERS AND OTHERS. THE PROGRAM IMPACTED 860 LIVES.

  Expenses $3,536,201 · Grants $40,173 · Revenue $280,328

• IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS - CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE POPULATIONS IN WESTERN NEW YORK SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1923. PRE- AND POST-ARRIVAL SERVICES SUCH AS ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHING, EMPLOYMENT, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS CLASSES AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO OUR RESETTLEMENT CLIENTS. MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT SERVIVCES ALSO ARE PROVIDED. A TOTAL OF 1,223 INDIVIDUALS WERE ASSISTED IN 2023-2024.THE CLIENTS SERVED BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO ARRIVE IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE AUSPICES OF THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS/MIGRATION REFUGEE SERVICES AND ONLY AFTER APPROVAL FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES. REFUGEES CONSIDERED FOR RESETTLEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES MUST PASS THROUGH A SERIES OF SECURITY SCREENINGS AIMED AT ENSURING THEY WILL NOT POSE A SECURITY RISK. THE INFORMATION EXAMINED TO CONFIRM A REFUGEE'S IDENTITY IS CHECKED AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, AND OTHER RELEVANT DATABASES, INCLUDING THOSE ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. IF THERE IS DOUBT ABOUT WHETHER AN APPLICANT POSES A SECURITY THREAT, THE INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT GAIN ADMISSION TO THE U.S.

  Expenses $2,802,114 · Grants $812,474 · Revenue $75,836

• PAYMENTS TO AFFILIATES - DIOCESE OF BUFFALO AND MONSIGNOR CARR INSTITUTE

  Expenses $2,481,084

• SCHOOL BASED SERVICES - OUR IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS PROVIDE EXTRA SUPPORTS TO HELP STUDENTS OVERCOMEOBSTACLES THEY MAY FACE IN ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM. THEIN-SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM (ISSWP) ENHANCES STUDENT SUCCESS BYPROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE CHARACTER-DEVELOPMENT AND SKILL-BUILDINGACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS THROUGH SHORT-TERM INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS, SMALLGROUPS AND CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS. THE CLOSING THE GAP (CTG) PROGRAMSEEKS TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF STUDENTS IN BUFFALO PUBLICSCHOOLS BY ADDRESSING NON-ACADEMIC BARRIERS TO LEARNING. CTG BEGAN IN2002 IN COLLABORATION WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, THE UNITED WAY OFBUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY, AND THE BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. APPROXIMATELY 5,000 STUDENTS WERE IMPACTED BY THESE PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $1,788,570 · Grants $24,074

• WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT - CATHOLIC CHARITIES' WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS OFFER EDUCATIONAL AND JOB TRAINING SERVICES. PROGRAMS GUIDE AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR EMPLOYABILITY, AND ULTIMATELY EARN A LIVING WAGE AND MORE. FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED OR A DISLOCATED WORKER, WE CAN PROVIDE A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM, OFFER REMEDIAL ASSISTANCE, AND/OR ASSIST WITH ENROLLMENT IN COLLEGE OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. OUR VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS OFFER HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATIONS IN GROWING FIELDS SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS. SINCE 1975, CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAS ASSISTED THOUSANDS OF ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTY RESIDENTS GET A FRESH START WITH THESE SERVICES. OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS SERVED 3,098 PEOPLE.

  Expenses $1,606,282 · Grants $59,473

• BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TREAT CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS THREE YEARS OLD, ADOLESCENTS, ADULTS, AND FAMILIES TO ASSESS FOR AND PROVIDE COUNSELING AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO ADDRESS MENTAL/BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS NEEDS. THROUGH OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, WE STRIVE TO TREAT THE WHOLE PERSON THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT AND PERSON-CENTERED CARE PLANNING TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACHIEVE THEIR WELLNESS GOALS. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES REACHED 7,320 PEOPLE.

  Expenses $1,525,465

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• DIOCESE OF BUFFALO

  501(C)3 · COORDINATION OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND RELATED GROUPS IN WNY · NY

• MONSIGNOR CARR INSTITUTE

  501(C)3 · PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES · NY · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BUFFALO

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

28 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202521209349301417

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