Casa of Mclennan County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455401776
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Waco, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2543047982
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $546,352
- Expenses
- $578,246
- Assets
- $932,707
- Liabilities
- $74,663
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jordan Hannah (President)
- Mandi DuPuy (Vice President)
- Ashlee Knutson (Executive Director (Jan-25 to Present))
Highest reported compensation
- Faye Stewart (Interim ED & Board Member (See Sch O)): $13,906 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
CASA of McLennan County recruits, trains, and supports volunteers who advocate for the best interest of children in foster care. We seek advocates whose identity mirrors the children we service, in order to provide informed, quality advocacy in the courtroom and in the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
In Fiscal Year 2025, CASA of McLennan County provided trained volunteer advocacy services for children involved in the child welfare system due to abuse or neglect. The organization served 203 children and supported 85 CASA volunteers who advocated for children's best interests in court and the community. Services included volunteer advocacy, court reporting, case monitoring, child visitation, collaboration with service providers, and permanency-focused recommendations. Program accomplishments included increasing advocate retention from 30% of the total kids in foster care to 40% of the total kids in foster care by the end of the fiscal year. The program staff found stability, and new positions were added in order to maintain healthy growth. Additionally, some outsourced services were brought internal in order to lower administrative spending, allowing funds to be redirected toward programming.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.8%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 80.1%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $157.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -5.8%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.8% of revenue deployed · 80.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $463K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $14K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.