← CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DI

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DI.

Totals

Total revenue: $3,111,332
Total expenses: $3,718,122
Contributions and grants received: $3,095,787
Grants paid: $2,557,926
Program service revenue: $1,650
Investment income: $13,895
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $3,755,945
Total liabilities, end of year: $139,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $3,616,945
Program services expenses (Part IX): $3,555,712
Management and general expenses: $162,410
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $3,555,712

Program services were 95.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1e · Government grants (contributions)

$1,551,992
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,543,795
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$1,738,938
2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

total $1,650 · related or exempt $1,650
3 · Investment income

total $13,895 · excluded $13,895

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $2,557,926 · program services $2,557,926
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $322,100 · program services $319,360 · management and general $2,740
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $1,885 · program services $1,885
9 · Other employee benefits

total $47,632 · program services $40,357 · management and general $7,275
10 · Payroll taxes

total $23,552 · program services $23,365 · management and general $187
11b · Fees: legal

total $2,745 · program services $881 · management and general $1,864
11c · Fees: accounting

total $71,933 · program services $23,085 · management and general $48,848
11f · Fees: investment management

total $7,188 · management and general $7,188
11g · Fees: other

total $135,286 · program services $93,560 · management and general $41,726
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $976 · program services $929 · management and general $47
13 · Office expenses

total $22,685 · program services $16,859 · management and general $5,826
14 · Information technology

total $15,840 · program services $14,821 · management and general $1,019
16 · Occupancy

total $420,303 · program services $408,384 · management and general $11,919
17 · Travel

total $10,063 · program services $9,113 · management and general $950
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $1,086 · program services $918 · management and general $168
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $42,946 · program services $41,801 · management and general $1,145
23 · Insurance

total $32,222 · program services $2,458 · management and general $29,764
24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

total $1,754 · program services $10 · management and general $1,744

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $1,631,315 · end of year $973,597
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $50,225 · end of year $50,250
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $269,776 · end of year $234,429
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $306,035 · end of year $427,153
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$413,019
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$61,048
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $351,713 · end of year $351,971
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $1,517,273 · end of year $1,718,545
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $92,878 · end of year $139,000
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,578,156 · end of year $3,030,533
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,455,303 · end of year $586,412

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IS TO BE CHRIST'S MERCIFUL LOVE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER.OUR MISSION IS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY CATHOLIC PEOPLE AND OTHERS IN FRATERNAL GOODWILL POOLING THEIR RESOURCES TO REACH OUT AND ASSIST THOSE IN NEED. IN SO DOING, CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS THE PRIMARY INSTRUMENT OF THE DIOCESE OF LAKE CHARLES IN CARRYING OUT THE WORKS OF MERCY.AS A CONDUIT OF CHRIST'S LOVE IN PROVIDING WORKS OF CHARITY FOR ALL PEOPLE, THOSE WHO RECEIVE AND THOSE WHO NEED TO GIVE, WE CONTINUALLY ASSESS THE NEEDS OF THE WHOLE PERSON (MATERIAL AS WELL AS SPIRITUAL), FURTHER THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, AND ASSURE THE PROVISION OF PROGRAMS ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE SERVED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IS TO BE CHRIST'S MERCIFUL LOVE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER. OUR MISSION IS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY CATHOLIC PEOPLE AND OTHERS IN FRATERNAL GOODWILL POOLING THEIR RESOURCES TO REACH OUT AND ASSIST THOSE IN NEED. IN SO DOING, CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS THE PRIMARY INSTRUMENT OF THE DIOCESE OF LAKE CHARLES IN CARRYING OUT THE WORKS OF MERCY. AS A CONDUIT OF CHRIST'S LOVE IN PROVIDING WORKS OF CHARITY FOR ALL PEOPLE - THOSE WHO RECEIVE AND THOSE WHO NEED TO GIVE - WE CONTINUALLY ASSESS THE NEEDS OF THE WHOLE PERSON (MATERIAL AS WELL AS SPIRITUAL), FURTHER THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, AND ASSURE THE PROVISION OF PROGRAMS ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE SERVED.

DISTRIBUTE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR THROUGH FOOD AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THINGS SUCH AS RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UTILITIES, ID CARDS, FUNERAL EXPENSES, AND MEDICATIONS.

Expenses $3,555,712 · Grants $2,557,926 · Revenue $1,650

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

Listed in Part VII

DAN FRICK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
WANDA JOHNWELL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.05
JIM GUILBEAUX

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.05
OLIVER RICK RICHARD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.05
MSGR JAMES GADDY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.05
LONNY HARRIS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.05
STEPHANIE RODRIGUE

TRUSTEE/ CHAIRPERSON

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BISHOP GLEN JOHN PROVOST

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
FATHER RUBEN BULLER

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.05
FATHER MATTHEW CORMIER

SECRETARY/ TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.05
BLANCHE LANDRY

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ANTHONY BARTIE

VICE CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.05
SISTER MARIE JOSEPHA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 8 May 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202531289349304353

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.