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CATHEDRAL CENTER INC

EIN 74-3038890 MILWAUKEE, WI

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Revenue 2025
$3,246,017
Expenses 2025
$2,760,636

Program services were 87.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X20
Classification
1200
Street
845 N VAN BUREN ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

CATHEDRAL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES, WHILE WORKING TO END HOMELESSNESS ONE LIFE AT A TIME. THE CATHEDRAL CENTER SERVES UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE HOMELESS OR EXPERIENCING A HOUSING CRISIS PRIMARILY FROM THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY AREA, THOUGH MAY COME FROM ANY GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

  • SHELTER - EMERGENCY SHELTER: IN 2025, CATHEDRAL CENTER PROVIDED 15,232 NIGHTS OF EMERGENCY SHELTER TO 195 WOMEN AND 50 FAMILIES COMPRISED OF 60 ADULTS AND 85 CHILDREN, RESULTING IN AN OCCUPANCY RATE OF 77%. WE MAINTAINED OCCUPANCY, EVEN DURING A 6 WEEK PERIOD IN WHICH GUESTS WERE SERVED AT AN ALTERNATE LOCATION, DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BUILDING DAMAGE DURING HISTORIC STORMS. SHELTER SERVICES INCLUDE ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT BEINGS WITH AN ASSESSMENT AND INLCUES PROVIDING GUESTS WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO REACH GOALS FOCUSED ON SECURING SAFE HOUSING, INCREASING INCOME AND HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. CASE MANAGERS PROVIDE REFERRALS TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS SUPPORT GUESTS INTERNALLY WITH MEETING BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS CLOTHING, FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT AND PARENT SUPPORT. SHELTER STAFF PROVIDE DAILY MEALS, HYGIENE ITEMS AND ENSURE SAFETY AND SUPPORT DURING THEIR TEMPORARY SHELTER STAY.

    Expenses $1,398,066 · Grants $12,463

  • FRIENDSHIP HOUSE - EMERGENCY HOUSING: OUR FRIENDSHIP HOUSE PROGRAM PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL 6421 NIGHTS OF SAFE EMERGENCY HOUSING TO 10 WOMEN AND 14 FAMILIES WITH 18 ADULTS AND 29 CHILDREN. OUR FLEXIBLE HOUSING PROGRAM MODEL IS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND RESULTED IN 86% OF ALL WOMEN AND 100% OF ALL FAMILIES WHO EXITED, LEFT TO A SAFE PLACEMENT. OUR FLEXIBLE EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM INCLUDES CLINICAL CASE MANAGEMENT, PARENTING SUPPORT, TRAUMA HEALING, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND MORE. DAILY MEALS ARE OFFERED, AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR PARENTS WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

    Expenses $641,866 · Grants $13,508 · Revenue $652,960

  • CASE MANAGEMENT - HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: IN 2025 CATHEDRAL CENTER'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM SERVED 55 UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN AND 89 FAMILIES WITH 100 ADULTS AND 230 CHILDREN. OF THOSE SERVED, 98% WERE SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED TO AVOID LITERAL HOMELESSNESS, THROUGH SERVICES THAT FOCUSED ON STABILIZING THEIR CURRENT HOUSING WHILE WORKING ON GOALS TO SECURE LONG TERM SAFE HOUSING. IMPLEMENTING OUR FLEXIBLE HOUSING MODEL OF SERVICE DELIVERY, WOMEN AND FAMILIES RECEIVING THIS CRITICAL PREVENTION SUPPORT ARE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE BREADTH OF SERVICES THEY NEED AND THE DURATION IN WHICH THEY WILL REMAIN ACTIVE IN OUR PROGRAM WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING THEM TO AVOID THE NEED FOR A SHELTER STAY ALTOGETHER.

    Expenses $360,893 · Grants $46,210

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Elizabeth Sellars

    PRESIDENT/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Hickey

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Klingsporn

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Tagliavia

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Trubshaw

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie Bedore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Mikulay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meghan Focht

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia Fennelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracey Wellman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patti Dew

    DIRECTOR THROUGH APRIL 2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Preston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shemia Watts

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna Rongholt-Migan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $185,619
    From this org
    $155,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,581
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,038
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,638
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,943
    Filer's total
    $185,619

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,246,017
    Expenses
    $2,760,636
    Contributions
    $2,456,715
    Grants paid
    $72,181
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,055,136
    Expenses
    $2,668,586
    Contributions
    $2,318,799
    Grants paid
    $85,608
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,577,864
    Expenses
    $2,458,314
    Contributions
    $1,981,286
    Grants paid
    $58,627
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,324,911
    Expenses
    $2,371,352
    Contributions
    $1,731,147
    Grants paid
    $106,903

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,439,026
    Expenses
    $2,163,536
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,729,043
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,394,776
    Expenses
    $1,918,063
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,416,382
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,798,435
    Expenses
    $1,686,417
    Assets (EOY)
    $913,412
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,836,044
    Expenses
    $1,759,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $808,476
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,668,133
    Expenses
    $1,585,135
    Assets (EOY)
    $760,946
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,318,351
    Expenses
    $1,252,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $726,121
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,114,615
    Expenses
    $1,082,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $581,960

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.