Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Joliet, Inc.

Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Joliet, Inc., doing business as Diocese Of Joliet, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Crest Hill, Illinois, that operates as a federal grant recipient (68% of recent awards as prime recipient) delivering homelessness interventions, senior volunteer mobilization, and child nutrition services across the Joliet area and broader Illinois.

The organization's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grants under CFDA 14.267, which account for the vast majority of its recent award volume. Catholic Charities receives annual CoC grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development to fund permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homelessness prevention across multiple project cycles. Representative CoC awards include a $996,875 grant (July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025), a $510,827 grant (October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026), and a $427,303 grant (October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025). The organization also operates Senior Companion Program (SCP) grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service under CFDA 94.016, mobilizing seniors aged 55 and older to provide companionship, transportation assistance, and respite care to vulnerable adults; the most recent award carries $356,282 in funding (July 1, 2026–June 30, 2029) with a three-year performance period. Catholic Charities also holds a Head Start and Early Head Start grant from the Office of Head Start (January 1, 2025–December 31, 2029).

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development alone accounts for 121 of 214 total awards—57% of the portfolio—anchoring the organization's federal revenue. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service contributes 20 awards through sub-recipient flows (Child and Adult Care Food Program and school meal reimbursements, primarily via the Illinois State Board of Education). The Corporation for National and Community Service and its Office of Grants Management account for 19 combined awards across SCP and related volunteer-mobilization work. The top five customer agencies cover 77% of all awards.

Catholic Charities operates predominantly under prime-recipient arrangements with HUD and the Corporation for National and Community Service but also accepts sub-recipient status under the Illinois State Board of Education for child nutrition programs (CACFP and school breakfast and lunch reimbursements) and under unspecified HUD intermediaries for Emergency Solutions Grant and HOME Tenant-Based Rental Assistance flows. The sub-recipient role is material—68 of 214 awards (32%) are sub-awards, reflecting Catholic Charities' position within Illinois' homelessness and nutrition service delivery ecosystem.

Activity has been volatile. Awards climbed from 8 in 2022 to a peak of 42 in 2023, then declined to 29 in 2024 and 21 in 2025, with only 5 awards recorded so far in 2026. Only five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, signaling limited recompete churn in the near term. Combined dollars obligated across all awards in the source data total $263.9 million, with the most recent award effective July 1, 2026.