Casa Inc
Overview
Mission
To create a more just society by building power and improving the quality of life in working-class black, latino/a/e, afro-descendent, indigenous, and immigrant communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Community-based services:- naturalization: casa operated comprehensive citizenship promotion programs in Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, which include citizenship education, mentoring and interview preparation, application assistance, and post-naturalization support. Through partnerships with local credit unions, casa also aided members in acquiring loans and other financial products so they may afford the corresponding application fees.- financial education and assistance: casa provided individual counseling, and workshops on financial program service accomplishments: literacy topics. Casa also provided driver's (continued on schedule o)license education and income tax assistance clinics.- legal services: casa provided "know your rights" legal education, advocacy, counseling and representation for working class immigrants on issues related to employment, housing and immigration, as well as engaged in impact litigation on behalf of its members. Casa also provided rapid response when immigration raids or other crises occurred by assisting victims in securing legal representation and reuniting with their families.- health and human services: casa provided comprehensive social services navigation and case management assistance, as well as engaged community members with outreach and education in an effort to raise the level of health literacy in the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521372972
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Hyattsville, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3014314185
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 78
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.5%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 72.3%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99%; rating input score 99; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.3%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.5% of revenue deployed · 72.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $16.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $244K · 21 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $397K reported
- Consistency: 37 of 39 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 13 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- GUSTAVO TORRES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $244,108 total reported compensation
- KIMBERLEY PROPEACK (CHIEF STRATEGIC OFFICER): $193,461 total reported compensation
- MELISSA GUZMAN (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $186,298 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.