Founded | September 25, 1910 | (as National Conference of Catholic Charities)
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Type | Humanitarian aid |
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Origins | Ursulines in New Orleans |
Area served | United States |
Key people | CEO Kerry Alys Robinson |
Website | www |
Catholic Charities USA is the national voluntary membership organization for Catholic Charities agencies throughout the United States and its territories.[1] Catholic Charities USA is a member of Caritas Internationalis, an international federation of Catholic social service organizations.[2] Catholic Charities USA is the national office of 167 local Catholic Charities agencies nationwide.
Founded in 1910 as the National Conference of Catholic Charities (NCCC), the organization changed its name in 1986 to Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA).[3] Donna Markham was the first female president to lead CCUSA. She held the position from 2015 to 2023. On July 25, 2023, Catholic Charities USA announced that Kerry Alys Robinson, an expert in Catholic leadership and philanthropy, would suceed Markham as the next president and CEO of CCUSA beginning on August 23, 2023.[4]
The organization's archives are housed at the Catholic University of America.[5]
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