Catholic Charities

Name

Catholic Charities

Legal name

Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc.

Website

https://ccab.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Services (Social Services Nonprofit)

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Religious Organizations (8131), Community Food Services (62421), Temporary Shelters (624221), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH), Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF), Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI)

Keywords

• Social services nonprofit
• Adult education programs
• Refugee resettlement services
• Food assistance programs
• Immigrant legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual and Corporate Donations: The organization relies heavily on donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations. The 2026 Spring Celebration raised over $1.8 million, with presenting sponsors including United Way, The Cummings Foundation, Jeff and Karla Kaneb, and Yawkey Foundation.
2. Government Grants and Contracts: Catholic Charities receives government funding through grants from federal, state, and local sources including the Healey-Driscoll Administration for the NA/HHA Program and various shelter and resettlement contracts.
3. Special Events Fundraising: Annual events including Spring Celebration Gala and Labouré Center Spring Reception generate significant contributions, with the 2025 gala raising over $1.5 million and 2026 exceeding $1.8 million.
4. Planned Giving and Legacy Gifts: The organization encourages planned giving through wills, living trusts, gifts of securities, real estate, and insurance policies as part of legacy planning programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Catholic Charities Boston provides free, comprehensive social services across four core areas: Family & Youth Services (childcare, counseling, parenting programs, teen center, summer camp), Basic Needs (food pantries, emergency shelters, emergency living assistance, elder outreach), Refugee & Immigrant Services (resettlement, immigration legal services, interpreter/translation services, community sponsorship), and Adult Education & Workforce Development (ESOL classes, high school equivalency, nursing assistant and IT job training). Services are delivered through 20+ locations across Eastern Massachusetts, with 450 staff serving thousands of individuals and families annually.

Product overview

Catholic Charities Boston operates as a comprehensive social services non-profit organization offering over 70 programs across more than 20 locations in Greater Boston. The organization is structured around four core service areas: Family & Youth Services (childcare, counseling, after-school programs, teen center), Basic Needs (food pantries, shelters, emergency assistance, elder outreach), Refugee & Immigrant Services (resettlement, legal services, interpreter services, community sponsorship), and Adult Education & Workforce Development (ESOL classes, high school equivalency, job training). Key programs include El Centro Adult Education (60+ years of ESOL instruction), the El Centro IT Program (cybersecurity certification), Healthcare Bridge ESOL (healthcare career pathway), CareerWorks (youth workforce training), and four food pantries serving approximately 69,441 people annually. The organization employs 450 staff and serves thousands of individuals and families.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• El Centro Adult Education: Intensive ESOL instruction program for low-income immigrants in Boston, founded in 1957. Provides adult education, IT training, and college transition services.
• Labouré Center
• Notre Dame Education Center
• CareerWorks
• Catholic Charities Yawkey Center
• Labouré Adult Education
• English Language Learning Academy (ELLA)
• English Transcultural Center
• Haitian Multi-Service Center

Products and services

• Family & Youth Services Comprehensive services including childcare services, counseling services, healthy families and parent programs, after-school and summer programs, teen center activities, and post-adoption search services to strengthen families and communities in Eastern Massachusetts.
• Basic Needs Services Safety-net programs providing food pantries (four locations distributing ~2.4 million meals annually to ~69,441 people), emergency shelters (including family shelters, St. Patrick's Women's Shelter, and Catholic Charities Inn for migrant families), emergency living assistance, and elder outreach to address immediate crises and prevent homelessness.
• Refugee & Immigrant Services Services helping individuals and families integrate into society including refugee resettlement, immigration legal services, interpreter and translation services, and volunteer-led community sponsorship programs (CS/POWIR, Welcome Circle, Community Support Team, HEARTH) for refugees and immigrants in the Boston area.
• Adult Education & Workforce Development Education programs including ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes from beginning to advanced levels, high school equivalency programs (GED/HiSET) and a High School Diploma Program at Cathedral High School, and job training for certified nursing assistants, home health aides, and IT support specialists to support economic self-sufficiency.
• El Centro Adult Education Program Intensive ESOL instruction for low-income immigrants in Boston for over 60 years, offering adult education from beginning to advanced levels with college transition support, Critical Thinking and Analytical Reading classes, integrated digital literacy, and wraparound services. Recognized as a U.S. Department of Education Innovator in Adult Education in 2021.
• El Centro IT Program Information technology training with a focus on cybersecurity, delivered in partnership with Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. Students earn 15 college credits and prepare for CompTIA Security+ and PenTest+ certifications.
• Healthcare Bridge ESOL Program A 27-week contextualized course helping intermediate English language learners develop fundamental math, digital literacy, and systems navigation skills with the goal of securing sustainable jobs in the healthcare field. Combines ESOL instruction with healthcare career preparation and job placement support.
• Child Care Centers Early education programs at multiple locations (Yawkey in Dorchester, Labouré in South Boston, Lynn, Peabody, Malden) offering affordable childcare and early learning. The Yawkey and Labouré centers participate in the Boston Pre-K program using the Focus Curriculum.
• CareerWorks Program Free workforce training and supportive services preparing young adults from under-resourced communities for long-lasting stable careers. Operated in Lynn, Massachusetts, with a case management and instructional model.
• Community Interpreter Services Language services providing interpretation and translation for community members with limited English proficiency, supporting immigrants, refugees, and partner organizations in Greater Boston.
• Teen Center at St. Peter's After-school and summer programs serving more than 300 Boston youth in grades 5-12 with academic support, arts, fitness, and mentorship in the Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood of Dorchester.
• Sunset Point Camp Summer camp program located in Hull, Massachusetts, providing recreational activities for children and youth from families served by Catholic Charities Boston.
• Community Sponsorship Programs (Refugee Resettlement) Five refugee resettlement sponsorship programs (CS/POWIR, Welcome Circle, Community Support Team, HEARTH) matching refugees with community groups for material, emotional, and integration support during resettlement. The HEARTH program specifically helps families exiting emergency shelters transition to self-sufficiency.
• Healthy Families & Parent Programs Family support services including the Massachusetts Healthy Families home visiting program and parent programs helping parents develop skills and access resources to strengthen family stability.
• Notre Dame Education Center High School Diploma Program High school diploma program at the Notre Dame Education Center in South Boston enabling students ages 16-24 to complete their studies and obtain a diploma from Cathedral High School, including Adult Basic Education classes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 69,441 people served at food pantries annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• M&T BankcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerM&T Bank has partnered with Catholic Charities Boston on food drives and donations, collecting over 1,000 pounds of food and presenting a $20,000 grant. M&T volunteers support pantry operations and the bank has collected donations at 44+ branch locations across Greater Boston for the Hope for the Holidays campaign.
• United Way of Massachusetts BaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnited Way partnered on the 26th Annual Thanksgiving Project providing 10,000 meals across 13 communities, including 2,400 meals at Catholic Charities Yawkey Center. Awarded first SafetyNet Shelter Grant and Rapid Relief SNAP grant for emergency funding.
• Greater Boston Food BankcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLongtime strategic partner providing food donations including over 1,000 turkeys for Thanksgiving distributions. Catholic Charities is a key partner in GBFB's network distributing food across Eastern Massachusetts.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDonated 1,000 turkeys for Thanksgiving meal distributions to families in need.
• University of Notre DameminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerND Bridge program places students in summer internships at Catholic Charities. Second consecutive year hosting student interns who work at food pantries and childcare centers.
• AEC CaresminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLed one-day blitz build renovation of Teen Center with 150 volunteers, 5,000 sq ft new flooring, 75 gallons of paint, and $50,000 in new furniture.
• ConstructConnectminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPresenting sponsor of AEC Cares Teen Center renovation project.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Greater Boston Food Bank: Regional food bank serving Eastern Massachusetts as Catholic Charities' key food sourcing partner. Directly comparable on food distribution infrastructure and pantry-style operations at scale.
• Catholic Charities of New York: Operates the same model of comprehensive, faith-rooted social services across NYC, including immigration legal services, food pantries, shelters, ESOL, and workforce programs. Comparable scope, funding mix, and program mix, making it the closest scale-for-scale peer.
• Jewish Vocational Service (JVS Boston): Boston-area nonprofit operating workforce training, ESOL, refugee resettlement, and career services for immigrants and low-income residents. Closest non-faith peer on adult education and refugee/immigrant workforce services.
• International Institute of New England: Refugee resettlement and immigration services provider in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Directly comparable on Refugee & Immigrant Services — resettlement, ESOL, employment navigation — and competes for similar federal refugee contracts.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities USA: National umbrella network for the 167 diocesan Catholic Charities agencies including CCAB. Comparable mission and program taxonomy; broader advocacy and disaster-response scope.

Regional players

• Community Servings: Boston nonprofit providing medically tailored meals and food-as-medicine programs. Comparable food-distribution model with a clinical/health specialization that complements CCAB's basic-needs food pantries.
• Heading Home: Greater Boston nonprofit operating emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing. Comparable on family shelter-to-housing outcomes (124 families transitioned in CCAB's FY25) but narrower in scope.
• Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program: Greater Boston provider of healthcare services to homeless individuals, including clinical and behavioral health. Comparable footprint in the homeless-services ecosystem and the new Pathways behavioral health direction at CCAB.
• Pine Street Inn: Boston's largest provider of shelter, housing, and street outreach for individuals experiencing homelessness. Comparable on the shelter and rehousing side of Basic Needs but specialized vs. CCAB's broader portfolio.

Others

• United Way of Massachusetts Bay: Funder and convener for Greater Boston nonprofits, and CCAB's core SafetyNet partner. Comparable funder-base and donor relationships but operates as a grantmaker/convener rather than direct service provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/charitiesboston
• Facebookfacebook.com/CharitiesBoston
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/charitiesboston
• Instagraminstagram.com/CharitiesBoston

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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