Marin Court Appointed Special Advocates
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815047208
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Rafael, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4157853862
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protection Against Abuse
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,121,122
- Expenses
- $642,113
- Assets
- $1,529,950
- Liabilities
- $19,161
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- SHERENE CHEN (Executive Dir.): $114,250 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Marin casa provides a voice for abused, neglected and abandoned youth in the marin county juvenile court system. Our goal is to see every youth thrive in a safe, permanent and supportive home. As sworn officers of the court, our volunteer advocates are responsible for making recommendations for the safety, permanence and well-being of every marin casa youth. By building a consistent and supportive relationship with each youth, marin casa makes a difference one youth at a time.our volunteers advocate for their youth's critical needs including: medical, dental, mental health and educational services as well as permanent planning and placement. A casa volunteer stays with their youth until his/her case has gone through the entire court process. Casa volunteers understand and know how to work within the youth welfare and court systems to uphold the best interests of youth.
What it reported doing in 2024
The marin casa program is appointed to all dependency cases as well as additional probation and probate cases in the marin county juvenile court system. The marin casa program recruits, screens, trains and supervises all volunteers who play a critical role in providing a voice for youth ages 0-21 throughout the entire court process.in 2024, 66 casa volunteers advocated for 81 youth. Casas provided over 3,066 hours of voluntary advocacy services.
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 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 38
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30.7%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 51.7%; rating input score 52
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th 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: Limited
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 42.7%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.38; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 30.7% of revenue deployed · 51.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $332K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $114K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.