California · Public charity
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association
California casa was founded in 1987. Its mission is to ensure that children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have both a voice and the services they need to thrive. We achieve this by strengthening and empowering californias network of local casa programs and advocating for effective child welfare policies and…
- $15M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 44
- Grants FY2025
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $181,289
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,565,020
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 44
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 44 | $15M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 44 | $17M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $12M | 89% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $21k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa of Los Angeles | $7,470,302 | 4 | 38% |
| Voices for Children | $4,496,123 | 3 | 19% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County | $4,448,286 | 3 | 30% |
| Child Advocates of Silicon Valley Inc | $1,840,241 | 3 | 15% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Sacramento County | $1,580,261 | 3 | 37% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Cruz County | $1,466,548 | 5 | 32% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Fresno and Madera Counties | $1,459,694 | 3 | 33% |
| San Francisco CASA | $1,298,871 | 3 | 13% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Kern County | $1,262,012 | 3 | 37% |
| CASA of Placer Yuba and Sutter | $1,217,472 | 3 | 23% |
Show all 44 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: California Foundation for Stronger Communities · In-N-Out Burgers Foundation · National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association · Ticket to Dream Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Teichert Foundation · Valorus · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Quest Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Dutch Bros Foundation
How this is measured
Compare California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association with peer funders
About California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association
- How much does California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association give?
- California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association reported 44 grants totaling $14,702,361 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 44 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (60%), Civil Rights (26%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Casa of Los Angeles ($7.5M), Voices for Children ($4.5M), Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County ($4.4M).
- Does California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Foundation for Stronger Communities, In-N-Out Burgers Foundation, National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association.
- Where is California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association based?
- California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association is based in CA.
Play a game based on California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association’s filings →