What Catholic Charities Atlanta does

Catholic Charities Atlanta (legal name: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, EIN 58-1097003) is a separately incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit social-services agency and the charitable arm of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, founded approximately 1950 and headquartered in Smyrna, Georgia. The agency delivers nine core service areas and 20+ programs across 47 Georgia counties, serving 11,918 individuals and 21,000+ service units in the most recent reporting year. Core programs include Counseling Services, Parenting Services (with a password-protected Pregnancy Aid portal), Educational Services (notably an ESL-Workforce Initiative with a 96% Guest Service Professional certification rate), Financial Health Services, Food Security & Resource Services, Housing Counseling (anchored by St. Joseph Place, a 47-unit income-restricted independent senior living community), Immigration Legal Services, Refugee Services (including the award-winning Refugee Youth Mentoring Program and a Safe Passages resettlement program), and Veteran Services (200 families helped in the most recent year). The operating footprint includes service centers in Northlake/Tucker and Smyrna, a Clarkston operational hub for refugee youth programming, and partnerships with parishes, Catholic schools, and Catholic Charities USA for disaster relief.

The technology stack is conventional and entirely vendor-based: a public-facing WordPress CMS integrated with Blackbaud NXT for secure donation processing and donor CRM, OneCause for gala ticketing and auctions, ApplicantPro for HR and employment applications, Microsoft Forms/Office 365 for volunteer intake, and Double the Donation for employer matching-gift lookup. Programmatic differentiators are domain-specialized rather than technology-driven — including a Refugee Camp Immersion / Mock Refugee Camp experience, a structured ESL-Workforce curriculum with lifetime hospitality certification, a two-tier Refugee Youth Mentoring Program for ages 9–17 and 15–24, and a dignity-preserving Christmas Connections wish-list gifting program that distributed $714,897 in gifts to 939 families in 2023. The agency has held continuous Council on Accreditation (COA) accreditation since January 2005 and a Guidestar/Candid Platinum Transparency 2023 seal.

Revenue is generated entirely through fundraising rather than service fees: one-time online and mail donations, monthly recurring gifts starting at $15/month, charitable gifts of securities and IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions, vehicle donations via the CARS partnership with free towing, planned giving and an Endowment Fund managed by the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia, workplace giving through United Way (code 119), Combined Federal Campaign (EIN 58-1097003), and Georgia State Charitable Contributions Program (ID 204019), annual gala and 5K fundraisers, restricted and unrestricted foundation/corporate grants (Nissan, Goizueta, Frances Hollis Brain), and a 24-hour iGiveCatholic / Giving Tuesday campaign. The 19th annual Soirée gala at the Georgia Aquarium represents the largest single fundraiser, with the 2023 event alone raising $230K+ and cumulative fundraising exceeding $3.5M.

Name

Catholic Charities Atlanta

Legal name

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta

Website

https://catholiccharitiesatlanta.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Catholic Charities Atlanta is the 501(c)(3) social-services arm of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, serving 11,918 individuals annually across 47 Georgia counties through nine program areas including refugee resettlement, veteran services, ESL-workforce training, immigration legal aid, counseling, and affordable senior housing at St. Joseph Place.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human & Social Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Social services
• Refugee resettlement
• Immigration legal services
• Community counseling
• Veteran case management

Headquarters

HQ city

Smyrna

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Online & Mail Donations (One-Time): One-time tax-deductible contributions accepted via secure online Blackbaud form, check, or money order. Year-end annual appeal campaign and Christmas appeal drive peak one-time gift volume.
2. Monthly Recurring Giving: Subscription-style recurring gift program starting at $15/month (50¢/day). Donors receive monthly e-newsletter showing impact, plus year-end tax receipt.
3. Charitable Gift of Securities & IRA Rollover: Donations of appreciated stocks/bonds/mutual funds (full market value deduction, no capital gains tax) and Qualified Charitable Distributions from IRAs for donors 70½+.
4. Vehicle Donations (CARS Program): Partnership with CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) to accept donated cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, and RVs in any condition; free towing and tax-deductible receipt provided.
5. Planned Giving (Bequests & Endowment): Deferred gifts via wills, beneficiary designations on securities/retirement/insurance/real estate, charitable gift annuities, and the Catholic Charities Atlanta Endowment Fund managed by the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia.
6. Workplace Giving (United Way, CFC, GASCCP): Payroll deduction and matching gift programs: United Way (partner code 119), Combined Federal Campaign (EIN 58-1097003), Georgia State Charitable Contributions Program (Agency code MC004400 / ID 204019), and employer matching gifts.
7. Annual Soirée Gala Fundraiser: Annual gala at Georgia Aquarium (~500 attendees) with live/silent auction, seated dinner, and Fund-A-Need; 16th annual raised $230K+ in 2023, cumulative $3.5M+ since inception.
8. Run to Serve / Holy Halloween 5K Fundraiser: Annual Peachtree Road Race qualifier 5K + 1 Mile Fun Run; proceeds benefit vulnerable children programs. Sponsorships and registration fees; 2023 had multiple corporate sponsors.
9. Foundation & Corporate Grants: Restricted and unrestricted grants from corporate and family foundations (e.g., $10K Nissan Foundation for refugee education; 3-year Goizueta Foundation grant for refugee youth services; Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund for food security).
10. iGiveCatholic / Giving Tuesday Campaign: 24-hour online crowdfunding day tied to #GivingTuesday; 2023 goal was $20K in 24 hours. 2025 campaign supports Afterschool Program and Youth Services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Catholic Charities Atlanta delivers accredited, faith-inspired social services across nine service areas and 20+ programs to individuals and families across 47 Georgia counties, including counseling, parenting, ESL/workforce education, financial health, food security, housing counseling, immigration legal services, refugee resettlement (with youth mentoring), and veteran case management. All programs are offered free or subsidized, supported by donations, foundation grants, workplace giving, and signature fundraising events such as the Soirée gala and Holy Halloween 5K.

Product overview

Catholic Charities Atlanta delivers its services through a structured portfolio of nine core service areas and 20+ programs rather than a single unified software product. The portfolio is anchored on nine core services: Counseling Services, Parenting Services (including the Pregnancy Aid portal), Educational Services, Financial Health Services, Food Security & Resource Services, Housing Counseling Services (anchored by St. Joseph Place, an independent senior living community), Immigration Legal Services, Refugee Services (with the Safe Passages program, the award-winning Refugee Youth Mentoring Program, and the After-School Program), and Veteran Services. These programs are supported by customer-facing digital infrastructure including online donation flows (powered by Blackbaud), the Vehicle Donation Program (via CARS), an ApplicantPro-backed employment application portal, password-protected Pregnancy Aid, Board, and PC portals, and a newsletter sign-up. Adjacent to the core services, CCA runs recurring engagement and fundraising programs — the annual Soirée gala at the Georgia Aquarium, the Holy Halloween! 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk, Christmas Connections, the Monthly Giving Program, and the Endowment Fund — that together with the core services form the agency's integrated self-sufficiency mission across 47 counties in Georgia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• St. Joseph Place: Independent senior living community for low-income seniors operated by Catholic Charities Atlanta, offering 47 one-bedroom apartment homes within 11 brick buildings; residents must be at least 62 years of age and income restrictions apply.

Products and services

• Counseling Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 11,918 individuals served in the most recent year
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered minor, flagship and core.

• Blessed Trinity Catholic High SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2026Hosts the August 4–5, 2026 People of Hope Museum — a nationwide Catholic Charities storytelling museum — at the school campus.
• Catholic Charities of Los AngelesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Coordinated disaster relief partner during the January 2025 L.A. Wildfires — CCA Atlanta supported the L.A. affiliate by raising awareness and donations.
• Bordner Home ImprovementminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 October 2023Buford, GA-based home improvement company (Local Team Operations Manager Eric Sutulovich, owners Sam Fleenor and Rob Poettgen) donates a percentage of sales to CCA's programs. Customers engaging Bordner trigger a donation to CCA.
• Archdiocese of Atlanta (parish network — Cathedral of Christ the King, St. Joseph Marietta, St. Peter Chanel Roswell, St. Jude the Apostle Sandy Springs, St. Brigid Alpharetta, Holy Spirit Atlanta, etc.)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Catholic Charities Atlanta operates as the social-services arm of the Archdiocese of Atlanta; parishes sponsor Christmas Connections gifts, host Faces of Hope tours, support drives, and provide Family Friend Program volunteer teams for refugee families.
• Blackbaud, Inc.flagshipTechnology or IntegrationPowers CCA's secure online donation processing, monthly recurring giving, and donor CRM via Blackbaud NXT. Processes credit card transactions with encryption; no credit card data is stored on CCA's servers.
• ApplicantProcoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party application that securely processes CCA's online employment applications (HR / hiring).
• CARS (Charitable Adult Rides and Services)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOperates CCA's Vehicle Donation Program — accepts cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, and RVs in any condition; provides free towing (855-860-GIVE) and tax-deductible receipts.
• Catholic Charities USAflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational disaster-response partner — CCA coordinates with CCUSA on hurricanes (Idalia 2023, Helene 2024) and L.A. Wildfires (2025) and is the official disaster relief agency of the U.S. Catholic Church. CCA also refers donors to CCUSA giving pages during relief drives.
• United Way (workplace giving)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed partner under legal name "Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta" with partner code 119 for corporate workplace giving campaigns.
• Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAnnual workplace-giving drive for federal employees and military personnel; CCA designated via EIN 58-1097003 at givecfc.org.
• Georgia State Charitable Contributions Program (GASCCP)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPayroll-deduction giving program for Georgia state and University System employees; CCA ID # 204019 / Agency code MC004400.
• iGiveCatholicflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerNational U.S. Catholic giving day platform used annually by CCA on #GivingTuesday (2023 goal: $20,000 in 24 hours); 2025 benefits Afterschool Program and Youth Services.
• Big Peach Running Co.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the Run to Serve / Holy Halloween 5K — host of pre-race packet pickup at Brookhaven location.
• Pacesetters Road Race ConsultingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerManages the Run to Serve 5K race operations, a Peachtree Road Race qualifier.
• KrogerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed sponsor of the Run to Serve 5K (2023).
• Children's Healthcare of AtlantaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed sponsor of the Run to Serve 5K (2023).
• Catholic Metro SportsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRun club / sponsor that fielded many student runners at the Run to Serve 5K (2023).
• Hope ImmigrationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed sponsor of the Run to Serve 5K (2023).
• Rodriguez ImmigrationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed sponsor of the Run to Serve 5K (2023).
• Molavi O'Brien Wealth Management GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed sponsor of the Run to Serve 5K (2023).
• Flying LaboratoriesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed sponsor of the Run to Serve 5K (2023).
• MENTOR (The National Mentoring Partnership)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConvenes the annual National Mentoring Summit in Washington DC; CCA staff attend and CCA's Refugee Youth Mentoring Program is highlighted as an award-winning program.
• Napa InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremier U.S. Catholic conference (800+ attendees); CCA CEO Vanessa Russell served as a panelist on "Charity and Serving The Poor Through Works of Mercy" at the 13th annual conference in Napa, CA.
• Double the DonationcoreTechnology or IntegrationPowers CCA's employer matching-gift lookup tool; provides matching-gift and volunteer-grant database for donors.
• OneCauseflagshipTechnology or IntegrationPowers ticketing, silent auction, and donation management for the annual Soirée gala (e.g., 2026 event).
• Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerRecognized CCA with a HOPE Award at the Aug 19, 2023 Ceremony of HOPE at Legacy Park, Decatur, GA.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• International Rescue Committee (IRC): Leading nonprofit providing refugee resettlement, ESL, employment, and integration services across the U.S. — directly overlapping with CCA's Refugee Services, ESL-Workforce Initiative, and Refugee Youth Mentoring programs and competing for the same federal refugee-admissions contracts.
• HIAS: Jewish-American refugee resettlement and immigration legal services agency operating nationwide. HIAS is one of CCA's closest functional peers in refugee resettlement, immigration legal services, and refugee youth programming.
• Catholic Charities of Los Angeles: Diocesan Catholic Charities affiliate in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles — explicitly named as a coordinated disaster-relief partner with CCA Atlanta (Jan 2025 L.A. Wildfires). Closest functional peer in scope (9 service areas, refugee resettlement, immigration legal, senior housing).
• Lutheran Services of Georgia: Faith-based (Lutheran) social services agency operating in Georgia with refugee resettlement, foster care, and family services — a direct regional peer to CCA on refugee resettlement and family-stabilization programs in the same Georgia geography.
• Jewish Family & Career Services (JFCS) Atlanta: Faith-based social services agency in metro Atlanta offering counseling, refugee resettlement, career services, and senior support. Directly comparable to CCA on geography (same Atlanta market) and on service mix (counseling, refugee, career, and senior services).
• World Relief: Evangelical Christian nonprofit providing refugee resettlement, ESL, employment, and immigration legal services with multiple U.S. sites. Operates in similar service categories to CCA and competes for refugee admissions and resettlement funding.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities USA: National umbrella organization for the 167 diocesan Catholic Charities agencies, including Catholic Charities Atlanta. CCA coordinates disaster relief (Hurricane Idalia, Helene, L.A. Wildfires) through CCUSA, making CCUSA both a peer-affiliate and a strategic partner.
• Catholic Relief Services (CRS): Official international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic Bishops and the global Catholic Charities network. While international in scope, CRS is the institutional sibling of CCA in the broader Catholic social-services ecosystem and influences donor and disaster-relief coordination.

Regional players

• Atlanta Mission: Atlanta nonprofit providing homeless services, recovery programs, and veteran rehousing — adjacent to CCA's veteran services and housing counseling programs in the same metro Atlanta geography, but focused on emergency shelter rather than wraparound social services.

Emerging players

• Refugee Women's Network: Atlanta-based nonprofit serving refugee women and families with mentoring, ESL, and self-sufficiency programs. Geographic overlap with CCA's Clarkston refugee hub and partial overlap on refugee women's empowerment and mentoring outcomes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CatholicCharAtl
• Facebookfacebook.com/catholiccharitiesatlanta
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2352508
• Instagraminstagram.com/catholiccharitiesatlanta

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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