Casa of Jefferson County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202951370
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Mount Vernon, IL, USA
Phone
6182045453
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$188,085
Expenses
$157,079
Assets
$251,299

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CINDY DRAEGE (PRESIDENT)
  • LESLIE BAUM (FORMER PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • JUDI HEITMEYER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WHITNEY HODGE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • CINDY DRAEGE (PRESIDENT)
  • LESLIE BAUM (FORMER PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • JUDI HEITMEYER (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

Programs for needy children

What it reported doing in 2024

Casa of jefferson county, il provides training to volunteerswhom advocate in the jefferson county court system for abusedand neglected children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 64.5%; rating input score 64

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: 16.5%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54% of revenue deployed · 64.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $101K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.