CASA-Children Worth Saving Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481076594
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Dodge City, KS, USA
Phone
6202251278
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,256
Expenses
$155,794
Assets
$170,188
Liabilities
$2,411

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Patty Duncan (President)
  • Sheila Ridder (Vice-President)
  • Janee Duran (Executive Director)
  • Sheila Bergkamp (Executive Director)
  • Harley Long (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Patty Duncan (President)
  • Susan Dewell (Secretary)
  • Glory Spikes (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Casa-children worth saving, inc. Is a group of trained lay volunteers who are appointed by the juvenile court of the 16th judicial district of Kansas to represent the best interest of abused and neglected children in the court system. The volunteers act as the "eyes and "ears" of the court, investigating the individual case and making recommendations to the court that are in the best interest of the child.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024 a total of 19 children were served by casa volunteers. These volunteers donated 165 hours of service, with an additional 147 hours donated by the board of directors, advisory group, project attorney, training speakers, volunteer clerical help and friends of casa for 312 total hours.

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 100% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.1%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.1% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $115K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.