Catholic Charities Of Ne Kansas Inc.

Catholic Charities Of Ne Kansas Inc., doing business as Catholic Charities, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient to deliver homelessness intervention, refugee resettlement and integration, and community stabilization services across a 21-county service area in Northeast Kansas. The organization does not hold federal prime contracts but operates predominantly in the federal grant space, with 73% of its 233 recent awards arriving as sub-recipient grants routed through prime grantees rather than direct federal awards.

The bulk of Catholic Charities' federal grant footprint splits between two dominant customers. The Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration accounts for 86 awards, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 75 awards, together representing roughly 70% of the organization's recent award volume. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development contributes 35 awards; the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, 9 awards; and the Department of Homeland Security US Citizen and Immigration Services, 5 awards. The top five agencies collectively represent 90% of Catholic Charities' award count.

As a prime grant recipient, Catholic Charities receives direct HUD Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) awards for homelessness intervention. Recent prime grants include a $323,534 CoC award for January 2026 through December 2026 supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness across Northeast Kansas; a $283,758 CoC award for 2025; and a $291,440 CoC award covering 2024. The organization also received a $312,500 USDA Agricultural Marketing Service grant (CFDA 10.175) under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program awarded September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2027, supporting the New Roots for Refugees program—a four-year farmer training and incubator farm serving refugees and immigrants with agricultural backgrounds; 46 families have graduated to date, with 32 still actively farming. An earlier $656,226 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant (September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024) supported New Roots expansion and market diversification, targeting 77 socially disadvantaged beginning farmers. Catholic Charities holds a $450,000 Department of Homeland Security USCIS Citizenship Education and Training grant (CFDA 97.010) for October 2023 through September 2025, funding the "CC NE KS Citizenship Preparation and Integration Program" delivering citizenship instruction, naturalization application assistance, and English language classes to lawful permanent residents. The organization also received a Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement Individual Development Accounts (IDA) grant (September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2026) to help low-income refugees build financial assets through matched savings for homeownership, business capitalization, education, and professional certification.

The sub-recipient posture dominates Catholic Charities' portfolio. The organization receives recurring monthly or quarterly sub-awards routed through the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops—the largest sub-award prime grantee—funding refugee resettlement and placement programs, voluntary agencies matching grant programs, and preferred communities programs. Additional sub-recipient relationships include the International Rescue Committee Inc., which routes refugee cash and medical assistance awards, refugee support services, and Wilson Fish TANF coordination program funds to Catholic Charities, and the Kansas State Department of Education, which passes education block grant sub-awards. Monthly sub-award activity increased substantially in 2024 (119 awards) and continued through 2025 (46 awards), reflecting consistent federal support for refugee services and homelessness intervention.

Activity has grown sharply year over year—from 4 awards in 2022 to 119 in 2024—driven primarily by an expansion in sub-recipient grant passthrough awards. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $30.5 million over the source period. Only 3 awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure for Catholic Charities' existing grant portfolio. The organization competes entirely in the full-and-open space; no set-aside designations apply to its federal award footprint. Catholic Charities operates as a mission-driven social services provider focused on vulnerable populations—individuals experiencing homelessness, refugees, immigrants, and low-income families—with federal grant funding anchoring its ability to deliver stabilization, housing assistance, citizenship education, and economic self-sufficiency programming across the Kansas City metro region and surrounding counties.