About Catholic Church Support Services
This foundation concentrates nearly all of its funding on supporting the local Roman Catholic diocese and its activities in the Oakland area, providing large, repeat grants to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland for religious and church-related purposes. A very small portion of funding goes to other philanthropic organizations, indicating occasional support for grantmaking or related civic activities. Overall the foundation acts as a focused, place-based supporter of Catholic institutional operations and programs.
Focus Areas
Diocesan operations and parish support for the Roman Catholic Diocese of OaklandCatholic religious activities and programs in Alameda County/OaklandOccasional support to philanthropic intermediaries or foundations
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated — very few, large grants with repeat funding to a single flagship grantee (the Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland); limited diversification across recipients.
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted supportcore/organizational fundingcapacity-sustaining grants
About Catholic Church Support Services
Catholic Church Support Services gives most of its funding to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland, with three large general-support grants recorded in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern shows a funder built around ongoing support for diocesan operations rather than one-off project grants. The organization also uses its grantmaking to back Catholic institutions beyond Oakland, including a $200,000 general-support grant in 2025 to Wilcox Family Foundation and smaller general-support awards to seminary, charity, retreat, and Catholic media organizations. The mix points to a focused Catholic institutional funder with a local center of gravity and selective support for related organizations. Its stated programs add another dimension: capital funding, cemetery management, funeral home acquisition, and cash-flow support for dioceses and Catholic cemetery organizations. Those program descriptions align with the grant record by emphasizing operational sustainability, succession planning, and ministry infrastructure. In practice, Catholic Church Support Services appears to function as a regular funder for church-related operating needs, with occasional support extending to other Catholic philanthropic entities.
What Catholic Church Support Services Funds
A central theme is diocesan operating support. The largest grant in the record was $3,000,000 to Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland for general support, and that same recipient also received $1,371,065 in 2025 and $824,096 in 2024. Smaller awards extend that church-centered pattern to other institutions: Sacred Heart Major Seminary received $10,000 for general support, showing attention to formation and education within the Catholic ecosystem. Catholic service organizations also appear in the mix. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland received $10,000 for general support, while St Vincent De Paul of Contra Costa County received $5,000 for general support. The foundation also supported Annunciation Heights with a $10,000 general-support grant, indicating selective backing for Catholic ministries and related community programs outside the Diocese of Oakland.
How Catholic Church Support Services Gives
Typical grants are modest at the lower end but highly skewed upward: the p25 is $7,500, the median is $10,000, and the p75 is $417,048. That spread reflects a small number of very large operating grants alongside many smaller awards. The recipient pattern is repeat-driven rather than one-off; Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland appears in multiple years with large general-support grants. Catholic Church Support Services is classified as a regular funder, and the available record shows no grants to individuals and no program-related investments. Application details are not indicated in the grant data or program descriptions.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$783K
Total Assets
$5.8M
Total Revenue
$9M
Total Expenses
$8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $417K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$417K
Geographic Reach
Regional4 states funded
About 57% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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