Archdiocese of Chicago Tech Stack
Large Catholic institution managing 221 parishes, schools, and social services across Chicago region
The Archdiocese of Chicago operates a distributed network of 221 parishes, a major private school system, and Catholic Charities—one of the region's largest social service nonprofits. With 10,000+ employees across education, operations, and ministry roles, the organization runs on a traditional enterprise stack (Microsoft 365, UKG, PowerSchool, QuickBooks) alongside financial-planning tools like OneStream. Aggressive hiring velocity (144 roles posted in 30 days) across education and operations reveals sustained pressure to fill staffing gaps and support capital expansion—core pain points flagged internally.
Tech Stack 19 technologies
What Archdiocese of Chicago Is Building
◆Challenges
- Benefits budget variance monitoring
- Compliance with federal and state regulations
- Financial performance improvement
- Need additional staff
- Staff shortage
- Operational performance improvement
- Covering principal vacancy
- Youth minister recruitment
- Adapting to evolving parish needs
- Streamlining fp&a processes
▲Active Projects
- Special liturgy coordination
- Transition of aca coverage
- Children’s religious education program (rep)
- Capital campaign management
- Special mailings
- Religious instruction
- Open enrollment
- Compensation study for parish and schools
- Implementation and expansion of pastoral migratoria
- Multi-year capital improvement plan
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Development Director, Music Director, Youth Faith Formation Director, Ministry Director, Religious Education Director
