Casaprince George's County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521772617
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Riverdale, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3012090491
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Civil Rights
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,769,449
- Expenses
- $1,926,530
- Assets
- $1,274,621
- Liabilities
- $248,155
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRUCE D EDWARDS (PRESIDENT)
- YOLANDA JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- YOLANDA JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $123,628 total reported compensation
- KARA BUNDY (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $108,310 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Court appointed special advocate (casa)/ prince george's county, inc. Is a volunteer-based organization that partners with the juvenile court to improve the lives of children living in foster care who have suffered from abuse and neglect. Casa/ prince george's county trains and supervises volunteers from the community who advocate for the best interest of children, recognizing and respecting each child's individual needs. By providing a voice to children in the foster care system, it is our goal to help children and promote the timely placement of those we serve in safe, permanent homes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Thrive prince george's - in 2023, the greater Washington community foundation, prince george's county government and the meyer foundation partnered to launch a 2-year $4 million guaranteed income pilot that seeks to provide greater economic stability and increase upward mobility for more families in the county. Casa was selected as a partner to provide guaranteed income to 200 youth who emancipated from prince george's county foster care between 2020 and 2022. Only individuals who are 18-24 years old and emancipated from prince george's county are eligible to participate in this program. During fiscal year 2025, casa provided a monthly $800 guaranteed income payment to 50 emancipated youth.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.
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: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.5%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $23.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: -8.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.5% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $124K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.