Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte covers 46 counties in western North Carolina, nearly half the state's counties by geography, with refugee resettlement, immigration legal services, food assistance, housing programs, and counseling. It was also one of the organizations working to reach Latino farmworkers and immigrant communities in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. This page covers how to donate, who the agency serves, and what to check before you give.
The service territory runs from Charlotte across the mountains, which makes this one of the larger Catholic Charities footprints in the Southeast. Core programs include refugee resettlement, food assistance, housing help, and counseling. Eastern North Carolina is handled separately by Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Raleigh, so residents east of the diocesan line should look there instead.
Immigration legal work is a major part of the caseload. North Carolina's construction, agriculture, and manufacturing sectors employ large Latino and immigrant communities, and Charlotte's rapid growth keeps adding new arrivals from dozens of countries. The agency handles resettlement cases, DACA renewals, and family reunification for those populations. Nonprofit legal help matters here because private immigration attorneys are scarce and expensive outside the biggest metro areas.
After Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina, Catholic Charities worked alongside MANNA and other groups to reach Latino farmworkers and immigrant families during the recovery period. Those communities faced specific barriers to official aid: unfamiliarity with FEMA processes, language gaps, and fear of exposing immigration status. Trusted local organizations became the practical route for getting help to people who would not walk into a government office.
For donors, cash designated for disaster recovery tends to be the most effective way to back this kind of work. Recovery needs shift over time, from food and tarps in the first weeks to rent help and rebuilding later, and flexible funds can follow that curve.
The direct route is the official donation page at ccdoc.org/donate. Money is more useful than goods for an agency spread across 46 counties, since it can move funds to whichever county office is seeing the most demand.
If you want to give food or household items instead, contact the nearest office through the official site first to confirm what is currently accepted and where.
Run the name through the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search at apps.irs.gov to confirm nonprofit status, and check Charity Navigator for an independent view of its finances. Save the acknowledgment letter for any gift of $250 or more.
Sources: Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte official site (ccdoc.org); our North Carolina charity guide research. Retrieved July 2026. We are not affiliated with Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte and receive no compensation for this listing. Spotted an error? [email protected]
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