Catholic Charities Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Syracuse, N.y.

Catholic Charities Of The Roman Catholic Diocese Of Syracuse, N.Y., operating through its Catholic Charities Of Onondaga County Division, is a tax-exempt nonprofit recipient of federal grants across homelessness services, veteran family support, refugee resettlement, and immigrant integration, headquartered in Syracuse, New York. The organization acts as both a prime recipient (47% of awards) and a sub-recipient (53% of awards), with no federal contract prime or sub footprint — all federal business flows through grant vehicles.

The organization's capability portfolio centers on permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, emergency shelter operations, transitional housing, case management, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families. Representative prime grant work includes a $1.095 million Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for August 2026 through July 2027 to establish and operate permanent housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services in Syracuse; a $1.27 million VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families award (CFDA 64.033) from the Department of Veterans Affairs for September 2025 through September 2026 to provide outreach, case management, VA benefits assistance, and temporary financial assistance to very low-income veteran families; and a $300,000 Citizenship Education and Training award (CFDA 97.010) from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for citizenship instruction, English language classes, and naturalization support through September 2026. Sub-recipient work flows predominantly through the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops as the prime grantee, focusing on refugee resettlement, placement, emergency assistance to refugees, and reception and placement programming.

Customer concentration is highly concentrated across three federal agencies accounting for 95% of awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads with 101 awards, predominantly under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), followed by the Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration with 84 awards (principally sub-awards under USCIS refugee resettlement vehicles), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families with 64 awards. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration contributed 13 awards under the SSVF program. Over $88.8 million in combined federal dollars have flowed to the organization across all sources, with 280 total awards spanning 2000 to August 2026.

Activity has grown substantially in the recent cycle — 11 awards in 2022, 15 in 2023, rising to 112 in 2024, followed by 40 in 2025 and 2 through August 2026. Only 3 awards carry ultimate completion dates inside the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete pressure in that window. The organization's sub-recipient footprint with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops spans multiple refugee resettlement programs including FY24 Reception and Placement, FY23 and FY24 Match Grant Programs, Preferred Communities Programs, and Afghan refugee services. An October 2022 sub-award for emergency shelter facility acquisition and conversion — a housing services center on Erie Boulevard in Syracuse with 80 emergency shelter beds, six permanent apartments, and integrated health and culinary services — demonstrates capital project execution capability under ESG-CV (Emergency Solutions Grants – Coronavirus) funding.