Cass County Casa Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383278349
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Cassopolis, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2694454431
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Civil Rights
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $141,447
- Expenses
- $107,265
- Assets
- $402,017
- Liabilities
- $29,739
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HOPE ANDERSON (PRESIDENT)
- DON DELONG (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DENISE SWARTZ-MELTON (DIRECTOR)
- JEFF ROBINSON (DIRECTOR)
- MIKE GRAY (DIRECTOR)
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
To recruit and train court appointed advocates for abused and neglected children.
What it reported doing in 2024
A court appointed special advocate volunteer is a trained community member who is recruited and trained by cass county casa and sworn-in by the family court judge to speak up for foster children in court due to abuse and neglect. A casa volunteer works with attorneys, social workers, teachers, parents, caseworkers, and others who are involved with the child. Casa volunteers offer children trust and advocacy during complex legal proceedings. In 2022, casa had 14 active volunteers serving children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 78% for direct work, and 22% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
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: 24.2%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.75; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.