Casa De Misericordia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742912461
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Laredo, TX, USA
Phone
3145796100
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Family Violence Shelters
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,081,611
Expenses
$2,194,089
Assets
$5,397,256
Liabilities
$529,083

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WELSH RSM SR ROSEMARY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CASSO ELIZABETH (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CASSO ELIZABETH (PRESIDENT): $207,772 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education center programthe education center provides educational and life skills classes aimed at helping victims of domestic violence become self-sufficient. Casa works with the mexican consulate and individuals from the community to provide instructors and materials for each class. In fiscal year 2025, casa provided beauty, english as a second language (esl), sewing, health and wellness, and job and life skills classes. Through the educational and life skills classes, survivors of domestic violence are able to gain the skills needed to establish or supplement an income needed to attain financial independence. Beauty class had a total of 67 attendances, esl recorded 121 attendances, sewing class recorded 66 attendances, arts and crafts class recorded 114 attendances, music class recorded 165 attendances, health and wellness classes recorded 44 attendances, citizenship classes reported 9 attendances, primaria/secundaria class 22 attendances and computer class 66 attendances.through the education center, casa provides many opportunities for community education. The education center provides domestic violence and teen dating violence presentations and awareness activities both in the center and out in the community. Casa has provided these presentations to different businesses, schools, social service and government agencies, and social, community and educational organizations. These presentations and activities help the community understand domestic violence, its effects, and how the community can support and respond to the needs of victims of domestic violence. In fiscal year 2025, casa provided 91 community presentations with attendances totaling 6,754, 35 television interviews and/or public service announcements, 3 radio interviews, and 12 newspaper interviews/articles.casa is committed to working with community collaborators. Casa is one of the founding members of the webb county domestic violence coalition, a grassroots organization composed of approximately 35 community organizations that meets monthly to discuss how best the community can address domestic violence. The coalition also facilitates an annual conference that brings together law enforcement, advocacy, education, health, and other community professionals.

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 90% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.8%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $470.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.4%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.46; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.8% of revenue deployed · 86.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 30 of 30 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $208K · 32 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $160K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 80 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.