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National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association

The National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association, together with its state and local member programs, supports and promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy so every child who has experienced abuse or neglect can be safe, have a permanent home, and the opportunity to thrive.

$667k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$19MHuman Services$6.2MCivil Rights$3.0MPublic Benefit$486kPhilanthropy$358kEducation$245kYouth Development$218kArts & Culture$152kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 32 grants below total $347,534, the rows itemized in this filing. The $666,613 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $319,079 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $106k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $241k
$10,184
Median grant
22
States reached
$6.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CASA OF ORANGE COUNTY$23,277
BRIGHTSIDE CHILD & FAMILY ADVOCACY$20,661
CASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE$20,131
CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY$18,588
CASA OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI$17,256
ALABAMA CASA NETWORK$14,116
COLORADO CASA$13,477
HEART OF MISSOURI CASA$12,941
MONTANA CASAGAL ASSOCIATION$12,847
CASA OF TRAVIS COUNTY$12,522
CASA INC$11,673
CONNECTICUT CASA INC$11,534
CASA OF ESSEX COUNTY$10,768
CASA OF LEXINGTON INC$10,604
CASA OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS$10,595
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $4.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Essex County CASA: $95k → 10%MONTANA CASAGAL ASSOCIATION: $39k → 9%MONTANA CASAGAL ASSOCIATION: $73k → 9%CASA OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $65k → 9%CASA of Philadelphia County: $85k → 22%OKLAHOMA CASA ASSOCIATION: $101k → 16%Okmulgee CountyCreek Nation CASA: $41k → 19%CASA FOR CHILDREN OF DC: $35k → 14%CASA OF THE RIVER REGION - AL: $43k → 18%CASA of Sedgwick County: $36k → 16%Franklin County CASA: $36k → 9%CASA OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI - 25TH JUDICIAL DIST: $36k → 16%CASA OF ST CROIX COUNTY: $46k → 5%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $68k → 10%CASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $55k → 15%SETHRA CASA: $35k → 18%CASA of Adams and Broomfield Counties: $78k → 10%GALCASA OF MARION COUNTY: $37k → 16%CASA OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $50k → 17%CLOSED - Clark County CASA Program: $61k → 9%WEST VIRGINIA CASA ASSOCIATION: $80k → 17%WEST VIRGINIA CASA ASSOCIATION: $42k → 18%Passaic County CASA: $85k → 12%MARYLAND CASA ASSOCIATION: $50k → 11%ESSEX COUNTY CASA: $44k → 10%MONTANA CASAGAL ASSOCIATION: $45k → 9%CASA OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $42k → 9%CASA OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY: $50k → 22%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $42k → 10%CASA Corridor of East Tennessee: $47k → 15%CASA OF ADAMS AND BROOMFIELD COUNTIES: $53k → 10%CLAR COUNTY CASA PROGRAM: $59k → 9%WEST VIRGINIA CASA ASSOCIATION: $55k → 17%Passaic County CASA: $44k → 12%MARYLAND CASA ASSOCIATION: $68k → 11%CASA of Lexington: $55k → 15%CASA of Philadelphia County: $50k → 22%CASA for Children of DC: $195k → 14%CASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $40k → 15%CASA of Adams and Broomfield Counties: $45k → 10%MARYLAND CASA ASSOCIATION: $43k → 11%CASA of Lexington: $50k → 15%CASA OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY: $36k → 22%CASA OF CHILDREN OF DC: $102k → 14%CASA Corridor of East Tennessee: $37k → 15%CASA OF ADAMS AND BROOMFIELD COUNTIES: $41k → 10%CASA for Children of DC: $42k → 14%CASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $35k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
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ID
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
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CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
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AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27M · 210 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

210 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 181 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

210
117

Total granted

$27M
$3.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+19%

Still filing today

88%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsCrime & LegalHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CA
    COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $798k · revenue +115%
  • CC
    CONNECTICUT COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $681k · revenue +34% · 67% of their budget
  • RC
    Richland County Court Appointed Special Advocates
    7× · 2017–2023 · $480k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $218k
  • CF
    CASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +10%
  • NC
    NEBRASKA CASA ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $91k · revenue +120%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Milam County
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2
Casa of Tipton County

Child Advocacy Services

Crime & Legal
3
Court Appointed Special Advocates Casa of Liberty/Chambers Counties

None

Human Services
4
Court Appointed Special Advocate of Humboldt

To provide all abused and neglected children with a voice in the court process.

Civil Rights
5
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Bastrop Count

The organization recruits, trains, and supervises volunteers who provide advocacy services to child victims removed by the state from homes because of abuse or neglect

Civil Rights
6
Court Appointed Special Advocates

The Sonoma County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program serves abused and neglected children coming before the Juvenile Court of Protection and Rehabilitation Services.

Civil Rights
7
Casa of Johnson County Inc

Recruit and train community volunteers to speak out for abused and neglected children in court proceedings so that they can be permanently placed in a safe, nuturing enviroment as quickly as possible.

Crime & Legal
8
Casa of Solano County

Advocates for abused, neglected and other identified children within the court system, with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.

Civil Rights
9
Casa-Voices for Children

To recruit, train and supervise community volunteers to advocate for children/youth who have experienced abuse and/or neglect who are within the legal jurisdiction of the state.

Civil Rights
10
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Ocean County Inc

The purpose of casa is to advocate for the best interest of the vulnerable children in foster care. these children have been removed from their homes due to a substantiated case of abuse and neglect. the casa volunteer serves as the…

Crime & Legal
11
Canadian County Casa Inc

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Crime & Legal
12
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Denton County Inc

To provide trained community volunteers, to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children, and to promote community awareness about child abuse issues.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Court Appointed Special Advocates of Atlantic Cape May & Camden Countiesinc; the most unlike its peers is Okmulgee County Family Resource Ctr. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

279 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 279 of the 330 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

17
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
109
Early backer (in before they grew)
271/279
Grantees still filing
215/279
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $797,700 · Civil RightsCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPS…CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION: $402,882 · Civil RightsGEORGIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $397,018 · Civil Rights+73 more: $9,897,512 · Civil Rights+73 moreRichland County Court Appointed Special Advocates: $480,473 · OtherRichland County Court …STATE OF FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM: $415,500 · OtherSTATE OF FLORIDA GUARD…Washington Court Appointed Special Advoc: $404,899 · OtherWashington Court Appoi…NORTH CAROLINA STATE GAL PROGRAM: $234,142 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA) OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT INC: $232,187 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MISSOULA: $228,967 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $218,428 · OtherCASA OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT: $208,368 · OtherCASA OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INC: $206,575 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE INC: $194,027 · Other+32 more: $2,754,450 · Other+32 moreCONNECTICUT COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $680,669 · Crime & LegalCONNECTICUT COURT APP…PENNSYLVANIA CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $345,988 · Crime & LegalPENNSYLVANIA CASA ASS…WISCONSIN CASA ASSOCIATION: $327,069 · Crime & LegalWISCONSIN CASA ASSOCI…NEW MEXICO KIDS MATTER INC: $258,900 · Crime & LegalCASA OF WESTMORELAND INC: $233,440 · Crime & LegalCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COOK COUNTY: $175,980 · Crime & Legal+39 more: $3,230,296 · Crime & Legal+39 moreCASA for Children of the District of Columbia: $400,370 · Human ServicesCASA for Children…THE WEST VIRGINIA CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $289,285 · Human ServicesTHE WEST VIRGINIA…CASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $272,890 · Human ServicesCASA CORRIDOR OF …CASA MISSISSIPPI INC: $264,070 · Human ServicesCASA MISSISSIPPI …MONTANA CASAGAL ASSOCIATION: $246,821 · Human ServicesMONTANA CASAGAL A…CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties: $231,451 · Human ServicesCASA of Adams & B…CASA OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY: $230,141 · Human ServicesCASA OF PHILADELP…CASA OF LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES: $178,605 · Human ServicesCASA OF LEXINGTON INC: $170,604 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $170,241 · Human ServicesMARYLAND CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $168,743 · Human ServicesCHILD FOCUS INC: $140,000 · Human Services+19 more: $1,425,862 · Human Services+19 moreFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $358,110 · PhilanthropyNEW MEXICO CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $306,355 · PhilanthropyKENTUCKY CASA NETWORK INC: $228,964 · PhilanthropyNEVADA CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $381,975 · Youth DevelopmentCASA OF AUTAUGA AND CHILTON COUNTIES: $52,397 · Youth DevelopmentUMATILLA-MORROW HEADSTART INC: $50,000 · Education
Civil Rights$11,495,112Other$5,578,016Crime & Legal$5,252,342Human Services$4,189,083Philanthropy$893,429Youth Development$434,372Education$50,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $797,700 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetCONNECTICUT COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $680,669 over 7y, 67% of budgetRichland County Court Appointed Special Advocates: $480,473 over 7y, 25% of budgetWashington Court Appointed Special Advoc: $404,899 over 4y, 92% of budgetCALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION: $402,882 over 6y, 13% of budgetCASA for Children of the District of Columbia: $400,370 over 6y, 14% of budgetGEORGIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $397,018 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetNEVADA CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $381,975 over 5y, 62% of budgetOHIO CASAGAL ASSOCIATION: $368,702 over 5y, 16% of budgetMICHIGAN CASA INC: $367,823 over 5y, 63% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $358,110 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $345,988 over 6y, 58% of budgetCASA PROJECT INC: $344,000 over 6y, 9.9% of budgetWISCONSIN CASA ASSOCIATION: $327,069 over 4y, 61% of budgetColorado CASA Inc: $318,006 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetNEW MEXICO CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $306,355 over 5y, 28% of budgetJACKSON COUNTY CASA: $301,405 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetTEXAS CASA INC: $292,136 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE WEST VIRGINIA CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $289,285 over 6y, 85% of budgetCASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $275,740 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE: $272,890 over 8y, 16% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS CASA ASSOCIATION: $269,899 over 6y, 93% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $261,157 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetNEW MEXICO KIDS MATTER INC: $258,900 over 6y, 15% of budgetMONTANA CASAGAL ASSOCIATION: $246,821 over 6y, 57% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $239,600 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetCASA OF WESTMORELAND INC: $233,440 over 6y, 12% of budgetLOUISIANA CASA ASSOCIATION: $233,321 over 6y, 12% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA) OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT INC: $232,187 over 3y, 32% of budgetCASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties: $231,451 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetCASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $230,480 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetCASA OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY: $230,141 over 5y, 13% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MISSOULA: $228,967 over 4y, 21% of budgetKENTUCKY CASA NETWORK INC: $228,964 over 6y, 13% of budgetMISSOURI COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION: $226,928 over 5y, 16% of budgetCASA FOR CHILDREN OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $209,546 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetCASA OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INC: $206,575 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetDALLAS CASA: $205,035 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetBOSTON CASA INC: $197,402 over 7y, 8.4% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE INC: $194,027 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetCASAPRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INC: $193,200 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF ATLANTIC CAPE MAY & CAMDEN COUNTIESINC: $187,115 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetBRIGHTSIDE CHILD AND FAMILIY ADVOCACY INC: $183,233 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetCASA OF LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES: $178,605 over 5y, 11% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COOK COUNTY: $175,980 over 5y, 15% of budgetKANSAS CASA ASSOCIATION INC: $171,460 over 3y, 29% of budgetALABAMA CASA NETWORK INC: $171,199 over 4y, 2.9% of budget7TH CIRCUIT COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM: $170,675 over 4y, 17% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds Richland County Court Appointed Special Advocates ↗
  • Who funds Washington Court Appointed Special Advoc ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA for Children of the District of Columbia ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA CASA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO CASAGAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN CASA INC ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA CASA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN CASA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Colorado CASA Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW MEXICO CASA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON COUNTY CASA ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS CASA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WEST VIRGINIA CASA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA CORRIDOR OF EAST TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS CASA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA MISSISSIPPI INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds NEW MEXICO KIDS MATTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA CASAGAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF WESTMORELAND INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUISIANA CASA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA) OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties ↗
  • Who funds CASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MISSOULA ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY CASA NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA FOR CHILDREN OF ESSEX COUNTY INC ↗

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.

Kappa Alpha Theta Fou…Kappa Alpha Theta Fra…Ticket to Dream Found…In-N-Out Burgers Foun…Dutch Bros FoundationIllinois Association …Texas Casa IncCalifornia Court Appo…Pennsylvania Casa Ass…Simple Generosity Fou…National Children's A…Oregon Casa Network
Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation IncIN56.1× affinity25 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Inc · Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity Group Return · Ticket to Dream Foundation · In-N-Out Burgers Foundation · Dutch Bros Foundation · Illinois Association of Court Appointed Special Advocates · Texas Casa Inc · California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association · Pennsylvania Casa Association Inc · Simple Generosity Foundation · National Children's Alliance Inc · Oregon Casa Network

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Oregon Casa Network: 100% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Casa Association: 72% of income from government
  • Maryland Casa Association Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Friends of Children Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Umatilla-Morrow Headstart Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Casa of Baltimore County Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Child Focus Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Life Crisis Center Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Boston Casa Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Casaprince George's County Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Casa of Central Oregon: 2% of income from government
  • Casa for Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Casa of Marion County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Casa of Linn County Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Casa of Clackamas County: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
139report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 330 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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