Catholic Charities, Diocese Of San Diego

Catholic Charities, Diocese Of San Diego operates as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in San Diego, California, and acts as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient for the Department of State, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Justice, focusing on homelessness prevention, refugee resettlement and integration, and emergency shelter services. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its 272 federal awards across the past four years consist entirely of grant funding, split nearly evenly between direct grants (51%) and sub-grants flowing through prime grantees, particularly the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The organization's customer base reflects a heavy concentration in humanitarian and social-services grants. The Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration anchors the portfolio with 88 awards spanning refugee reception, placement, resettlement programs, and services for at-risk youth experiencing homelessness. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families issued 47 awards for emergency family services, transitional housing support, and youth programming. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development provided 32 awards under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) and related housing initiatives, funding rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, emergency shelter, street outreach, and HMIS administration. These three agencies cover approximately 72% of the award count. A notable but narrow exposure exists to the Department of Justice U.S. Marshals Service Southern California field office, which carries a single award with $10.9 million combined potential value — a significant outlier in potential value and the only award with nine-digit magnitude in the portfolio.

Recent grant activity shows a sharp acceleration followed by consolidation. The organization received 2 awards in 2022, 14 in 2023, peaked at 100 in 2024 (primarily monthly sub-award distributions from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops), then dropped to 28 in 2025 and 2 through mid-2026. The cumulative obligated dollars ($163 million) substantially exceed the combined potential value ($14.9 million), reflecting the size and maturity of the portfolio. Catholic Charities holds or receives sub-award flow through HHS Blanket Purchase Agreements (HHSP23320042904YB with 11 task orders, HHSP23320052926YB with 2 task orders) and Department of State vehicles (MS00D0034 IDIQ with 6 task orders and $2.8 million potential value; MS95D0026 IDIQ with 6 task orders). The recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal — only 3 awards face ultimate completion in that window.

Programmatic work centers on shelter operations, refugee case management and direct assistance, emergency family services, homelessness prevention, youth mentoring and skill-building for at-risk populations, and homeless management information systems support. Named representative grants include a Continuum of Care Program award of $177,883 (HUD, November 2024 to October 2025) providing case management and direct assistance to homeless individuals and families in San Diego, multi-year Shelter and Services Program grants from FEMA (October 2023 to September 2026), and ongoing Preferred Communities Program, Reception and Placement Program, Safe Passages II, and Emergency Relief and Medical Assistance (ERMA) awards flowing through the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The organization also receives sub-award funding for critical infrastructure and key resources protection (August 2025) and rapid rehousing, emergency shelter, street outreach, and HMIS administration (May 2025).