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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: November 2024 Expires: November 2026

Cross Catholic Outreach

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(800) 914-2420
Post Office Box 273908
Boca Raton, FL, 33427
https://crosscatholic.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Cross Catholic Outreach meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"To mobilize the global Catholic Church to transform the poor and their communities materially and spiritually for the glory of Jesus Christ."

Year, State Incorporated:
2001, FL

Cross Catholic Outreach (CCO) provides food, shelter, medical care, water, education, self-help programs, care for orphans, and emergency relief to poor families around the world. The organization reports that it provides aid through a network of dioceses, parishes, and Catholic missions. CCO regularly supplies food to feeding programs, medicines to clinics, and construction materials to ministries engaged in home-building projects. CCO also reports that it funds agricultural and livestock projects and helps partners set up micro-loans to encourage the creation of small businesses in poor communities. The organization reports that it supplied cash grants or distributed material aid through nearly 296 different projects in more than 33 developing countries around the globe.

For the year ended June 30, 2023, Cross Catholic Outreach's program expenses were:

Health, food, and other assistance: $396,104,527

Project development: $18,669,984

Missions education: $7,448,686

Total Program Expenses: $422,223,197

Chief Executive
James J. Cavnar, Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$295,975

Chair of the Board
Most Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Archbishop of St. Louis

Board Size
7

Paid Staff Size
250

*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Internet, Radio, Telemarketing, Corporate solicitation

Fundraising costs were 3% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $442,999,826, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Cross Catholic Outreach's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
Noncash contributions $389,264,703
Cash contributions $53,735,123
Investment income, net $831,070
Total Income $443,830,896

Programs: 94% Fundraising: 3% Administrative: 3%

Total Income $443,830,896
Total expenses: $449,020,993
  Program expenses $422,223,197
  Fundraising expenses $13,941,759
  Administrative expenses $12,856,037
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-5,190,097
Beginning Net Assets $32,132,119
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $26,942,022
Total Liabilities $2,895,455
Total Assets $29,837,477

Note: For the year ended June 30, 2023, CCO reported in-kind donations totaling $389,264,703 including health ($376,847,948), food ($6,282,070), other ($4,597,097), disaster relief supplies ($1,392,946), and inventory ($144,642).

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Report completed by:
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