Casita Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843860605
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Los Angeles, CA, US
Phone
3233196009
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,429,387
Expenses
$878,045
Assets
$1,461,930
Liabilities
$4,083

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NOERENA LIMON (CEO)
  • KATHERINE PEOPLES (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • NOERENA LIMON (CEO): $173,692 total reported compensation
  • TIMOTHY PAWLAK (DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION): $120,781 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Casita Coalition fosters resilient communities by championing diverse housing solutions that empower neighborhoods to thrive.

What it reported doing in 2025

Policy reform: recommendations provided to local, state and federal agencies in topic areas related to adu & middle housing policy. Middle housing playbook published and distributed to assist in development of effective policies for attainable homes for rental and purchase; advised on statewide policies to remove barriers to more homes; assisted in development of standardized data fields for adus on mls platforms

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.1%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.6%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 54.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 81.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 48.1% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $687K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $174K · 15 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.