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Help the Church Sustain...
Facilitate donations to the Church by providing a consistently reliable source for donors or grantors to verify the tax exempt status of Catholic entities.
Help the Church Connect...
Foster collaboration by providing the tools for Clergy and lay people serving the church to locate and connect with colleagues and customers.
Help the Church Adapt...
Furnish vital statistical data. Enable Church leaders to analyze and react to important statistical trends at the local, regional and national level.
PLACES: LOCATE & UNDERSTAND
Find any Catholic entity in the U.S. by type and location to confirm its tax-exempt status with the IRS. Better understand the organization and administration of the more than 56,000 entities currently serving the Catholic Church in the U.S.
PEOPLE: IDENTIFY & CONNECT
Communicate with key staff among the more than 100,000 personnel assigned to Catholic entities and connect with them based on status (bishop, monsignor, priest, brother, sister, etc.) or role (pastor, teacher, business and finance, head of school or religious order).
DATA: RESEARCH & UNDERSTAND
Uncover trends in the Catholic Church by researching over 11,000 diocesan data points including new parishes, priests, ordinations, baptisms, weddings, students, and teachers or utilize our 1- and 10-year comparisons to better understand how the Church is changing.
PLACES
Locate and learn about more than 56,777 Catholic entities including…
210 Dioceses
16,993 Parishes
6,639 Schools, High Schools, Colleges, and Seminaries
5,593 Missions, Convents, and Monasteries
2,509 Hospitals, Med Centers, and Special Care Facilities
13,012 Diocesan Curia offices
PEOPLE
Identify leadership and others serving the church...over 110,125 personnel assignments including...
62,019 Clergy
40,235 Priests
11,107 Religious Priests
21,784 Deacons
6,760 Brothers and Sisters
33,968 Lay Persons
DATA
Track and discover trends with over 100 Diocesan Statistics including…
Parish: Newly created parishes; parishes without resident pastor; closed parishes
Personnel: Diocesan and Religious Priests in Diocese; ordinations; retired priests, sick or absent
Sacramental: Baptisms, First Communions, Confirmations and Marriages
Educational: FT Priest vs Lay Teachers; Parish, Diocesan, Private Schools; Total Students
Special Care: Hospitals; Homes for the Aged; Orphanages; Number Assisted Annually
Vital: Catholic Population vs. Total Population
CONNECTIONS
Reach out to colleagues, leadership, or support staff at Catholic entities by role...
45+ Person/title types including Priest/Reverend, Deacon, Brother, Sister, Friar, Laity, and more...
60+ Position/role types including Pastor, Business Manager, Principal, Prioress, Liturgy Director, Parish Life Coordinator, Director of Religious Education, Treasurer, and more…
6,000+ Entity-level notes providing additional information about the relationship to other Catholic entities, properties owned, merger data, purpose, and more…
114,000+ Points of Contact: phone numbers, email addresses, and websites
41,000+ Addresses (Physical and Mailing)
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