Cassia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831758728
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Edina, MN, USA
Phone
952-855-5000
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,377,268
Expenses
$885,371
Assets
$5,967,161
Liabilities
$2,500,129

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT DAHL (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT DAHL (PRESIDENT/CEO): $822,196 total reported compensation
  • KATHY YOUNGQUIST (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $584,006 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW KERN (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $487,527 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cassia provides housing, health care and community services to older adults. Cassia’s mission is to foster fullness of life for older adults in the spirit of Christ’s love. Nurses at Cassia have a heart for helping others, specifically older adults. Knowing you are making a difference in residents' lives can be very rewarding. If your calling is to provide care and advocate for those in need, we encourage you to apply for one of our RN or LPN positions. You'll appreciate providing nursing care in a mission-driven nonprofit organization and making a difference in the lives of our residents and patients. You can specialize in various areas and differing levels of acuity, including long term care, assisted living, transitional care, memory care and more.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cassia was organized for the purpose of furthering its charitable purposes, along with its beneficiary organizations, to provide residential and service alternatives that support each individuals' physical, spiritual, cultural, social, and recreational needs through the aging process to enhance their quality of life, and to support, aid, and develop methods and means to make the lives of older and disabled persons as independent , healthful, meaningful, and secure as possible in an environment which emphasizes christian care and concern. This is accomplished through, but not limited to, providing facilities for nursing care and elderly housing, facilities and programs for social services and education of older persons, their families, professional who serve older persons, and other members of the communities served by this corporation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.6%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 9.1%; rating input score 9
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.8%; rating input score 97; 32nd 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: 62.8%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.74; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 6.6% of revenue deployed · 9.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $822K · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 35 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.