Lacasa

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382370824
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Howell, MI, USA
Phone
5175481350
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,658,826
Expenses
$5,866,347
Assets
$20,730,199
Liabilities
$7,111,959

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bobette Schrandt (President & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Bobette Schrandt (President & CEO): $194,555 total reported compensation
  • Geraldine Greenspan (Chief Development Officer): $116,886 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

LACASA Center protects, supports, empowers and advocates for survivors of child abuse, domestic violence, and sexual violence; and promotes interpersonal safety through education, awareness, and prevention programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family and Community Prevention and Education Services: the LACASA Family Education Services activity includes multiple programs. The Healthy Families program provides a home visiting program for families at risk for abuse & neglect of children 0-3. Long-term intensive home visits were provided for 86 clients (44 adults and 42 children). In conjunction with the County Department of Human Services, LACASA's parent coach program provides supervised parenting time. 21 clients (4 mothers, 5 fathers and 12 children) received supervised parent coach services in 2024. The Fathers' Only Parenting program offered one eight-week parenting class that served 10 men. The nurturing parenting program conducted 4 ten-week parenting classes that served 42 clients. LACASA conducts community prevention, education and public awareness activities about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, and child abuse. LACASA conducted 39 community presentations that reached 1,390 individuals from businesses, the faith community, criminal justice workers, human service agencies, medical personnel, childcare providers, emergency response teams, and substance abuse providers. 161 youth presentations were provided in the middle and high schools throughout all Livingston County school districts reaching 4,052 youth. In addition, LACASA provided 15 community awareness events regarding; dating violence, sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse reached 946 individuals. Transitional housing services LACASA provides transitional housing and support services to domestic violence victims and their dependent children. 12,099 nights of safe, affordable housing were provided along with supportive services (counseling and case management) for 59 clients (25 adult females and 34 children) in 2024. Assailant counseling services LACASA provides counseling to adults and youth who perpetrated violence in their families or community. In 2024, the domestic abuse intervention program provided psycho-education services for 61 individuals who use violence, threats and/or force in their relationships (56 males and 5 females). Approximately 339 volunteers provided 18,054 hours of service for LACASA.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 73.7%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: -3.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.53; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 73.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $195K · 21 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.