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CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA:
1997 STATE PROFILES
December 1998
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Catholic Charities USA, an organization of
1,406 locally controlled agencies and institutions, is
the nation’s largest private social service network.
For 26 years, Catholic Charities USA has conducted an
annual, nationwide survey of its member agencies. This
report provides state-level highlights from the 1997 Annual
Survey. For a comprehensive summary of the survey results
at the national-level, see an accompanying report entitled
Catholic Charities USA 1997 Annual Survey Findings (FLYNN
RESEARCH December 1998).
In 1997, the survey response rate was 97 percent.
A total of 160 of the 165 main diocesan agencies affiliated
with Catholic Charities USA provided information on activities
of 1,406 agencies in their service areas. Respondents
provided detailed information on the types of social services
and emergency services provided, the number and characteristics
of clients served, social policy and community organizing
programs, parish social ministry activities, staffing
of local agencies, and financial resources and expenditures
in 1997.
The state profiles are organized in four parts.
Part I identifies the number of clients receiving social
services in each state by type of program offered. Social
services include adoption, counseling, education, out-of-home
care, health care, permanent housing, pregnancy services,
refugee resettlement and immigration services, social
support, and socialization. The number of people served
through other specific programs are identified, including
addiction treatment programs, child day care, employment
and training, and HIV/AIDS services.
Part II lists the number of people receiving
emergency assistance through Catholic Charities local
agencies in 1997. Emergency services include food programs
(e.g., soup kitchens, food banks, and other food distribution
services), temporary shelter, and other crisis services
(e.g., case management, clothing, disaster response aid,
financial assistance, medication, referrals, services
for abused persons, and utility assistance). In sum, more
than 10.6 million people were served in 1997. An estimated
3.8 million received social services and 6.8 million received
emergency services.
| Clients
Served in 1997 |
| Social
Services |
3,782,476 |
| Emergency
Services |
6,845,653 |
| Total
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10,628,129 |
Part
III identifies the number of paid staff, volunteers
and board members who served in various capacities in
local agencies. In 1997, 310,154 people worked with
Catholic Charities. Approximately 85 percent served
as volunteers (252,984) and board members (9,638) and
15 percent as paid employees (47,532).
| Total
Staffing in 1997 |
| Volunteers |
252,984 |
| Board
Members |
9,638 |
| Paid
Employees |
47,532 |
| Total
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310,154 |
Part
IV lists the total cash and in-kind income received
by each state in 1997 to support its local programs
and the total amount expended in the same year.
Catholic Charities agencies received cash
income totaling $2.27 billion from the following sources:
government agencies ($1.45 billion); program service
fees paid by users ($251 million); community support
from individuals, corporations, and foundations ($177
million); the Church ($112 million); United Way and
Combined Federal Campaign ($81 million); investments
($62 million); pass-through income mostly for disaster
relief ($18 million); and business income ($14 million).
An additional $55 million from in-kind contributions
was received in the form of unpaid salaries (for volunteers
and clergy), space, and equipment for programs.
| Total
Income in 1997 |
| Cash
Income |
$2,218,938,135 |
| In-kind
Contributions |
$55,023,555 |
| Total
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$2,273,961,690 |
More
than $2.1 billion of cash income was expended in 1997.
The primary expenditure was salaries and benefits of
paid staff members ($1.37 billion), followed by other
direct program expenditures ($389 million), occupancy
and overhead ($177 million), emergency cash assistance
($79 million), pass-through income ($27 million), and
fundraising ($22 million).
Appendix 1 lists the names of the main agencies
in each state that completed the 1997 Annual Survey.
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