Casa Chirilagua

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth Programs - Teens Club is a program offered to create a safe environment for middle school youth to develop stronger academic, social, and leadership skills. From January to May 2025, the middle school after school program, Teens Club, was offered to 20 students in 6th-8th grade. Twice a week, the students were welcomed to Casa Chirilagua for Teens Club on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for structured activities. This weekly session for 1.5 hours would include a study hall, community building games and choice time activities. Throughout all three of these components, the students participated in physical activities, received homework help, and participated in projects to discover their interests and strengths. Some of the choice time activities included gardening, chess, art, board/card games, and soccer. We brought in teachers, volunteers, partners, or staff to lead each component. From June 30th- July 18th, 12 students enrolled in our summer program meeting for 3 hours on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with 4-hour meetings on Fridays for field trips. We partnered with the organization Code Rising who provided STEM related learning opportunities. On the 25th of July we had 5 middle and high schoolers attend a kayaking excursion with the Four Mile Run Conservancy. From September to December 2025, Teens Club started again with the school year, being offered Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30p-5:30p. The program had 25 students enrolled. During their program time frame included community building, academic support and a weekly book club meeting with the book The First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez using curriculum from Cultured Kids. Book club incorporated faith-based elements and there were bi-weekly Bible studies on book club "off" days. The book club supported students in reading comprehension, vocabulary, personal reflection, artistic expression, and Social Emotional Learning. The Cultured Kids curriculum was centered around 4 pillars of Identity, Empathy, Belonging, and Global Citizenship. Study hall followed book club with structured time to complete homework or grade level academic work and check in with adults on school related challenges (e.g. specific classes or communication with teachers). In the Fall, Casa Chirilagua partnered with Code Rising for 6 weeks to provide STEM programming with brief lessons and hands on activities facilitated by Dominion Energy and Titan Robotics. This occurred on Thursdays from 4:30-5:30. Casa to Career is a program created for high school students to build an awareness of post-high school pathways and access support to discovering and pursuing post-high school goals for college and career. From January to June 2025, Casa to Career was offered to 12 students in 9th-12th grade on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Once a week, the students come for structured activities. These weekly sessions for 1.5 hours include academic support, group community building games, and participation in large and small group Bible studies. Throughout all three of these components, the students participated in dynamic icebreakers, received homework help, and participated in activities to understand what options they have for their future. We finished the school year with a fun field trip to laser tag and a closing Bible study in Crystal City over a shared meal. From June 30th- July 18th, 9 high school students enrolled in our summer program meeting for 3 hours on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with 4-hour meetings on Fridays for field trips. We partnered with the organization Code Rising who provided STEM related learning opportunities. The high schoolers received a learning stipend and MacBook to keep after their 3 weeks of co-working, resume building, coding, career panels/discussions, communications projects, and culminating environment-based project commissioned by the City of Alexandria. From September to December 2025, Tuesday and Thursday night programming was offe

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 74.3%; rating input score 74
• Program expense ratio: 54.6%; rating input score 55
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -34.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 12.3%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings