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Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc

Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $631,520 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION ($279,180). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$322k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$632k
Net assets
$334k
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 47%
01What it does

What Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc does

Mission

The mission of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of San Benito County is to train and support community volunteers who advocate for abused and neglected children placed in foster care, upholding the children's rights while pursuing a safe and permanent home.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. In order to best serve the needs of foster children from San Benito Count, CASA works collaboratively with other stakeholders in the community. Over the years, CASA of San Benito County has established itself as a strong leader for children's causes. At this time, CASA is actively involved with the San Benito County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC), Children's System of Care (CSOC), Foster Youth Services (FYS), School Attendance Review Board (SARB), San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency and Behavioral Health. Additionally, in the past 12 years, CASA has been partnering with four other human services organizations, Community Food Bank of San Benito County, Emmaus House, Sun Street Centers, legal senior services, for the annual 12 Days of giving campaign to raise funds for holiday activities and other operational needs throughout the year.CASA of San Benito County provides essential services to children and youth between the ages of 0 and 21. There are no other organizations like CASA providing advocacy, support, and resources for foster children from San Benito County. CASA is unique in its approach as it is child-focused, it strives to ensure foster children from…

    $254,754 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $254,754.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($150k) Expenses 100 ($115k) Net assets 100 ($88k)2018 Revenue 95 ($143k) Expenses 104 ($119k) Net assets 128 ($113k)2019 Revenue 90 ($135k) Expenses 112 ($129k) Net assets 136 ($120k)2020 Revenue 86 ($129k) Expenses 106 ($121k) Net assets 114 ($100k)2021 Revenue 101 ($153k) Expenses 129 ($148k) Net assets 108 ($96k)2022 Revenue 110 ($166k) Expenses 130 ($150k) Net assets 139 ($123k)2023 Revenue 194 ($291k) Expenses 150 ($172k) Net assets 294 ($260k)2024 Revenue 176 ($265k) Expenses 192 ($220k) Net assets 344 ($304k)2025 Revenue 214 ($322k) Expenses 270 ($310k) Net assets 378 ($334k)
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Revenue (214)Expenses (270)Net assets (378)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $131k to $263k (+101%).

$88k
$113k
$120k
$102k
$105k
$131k
$263k
$307k
$386k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 15% · 2025 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

81% of Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,975 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$36k
’17
$23k
’18
$6k
’19
$8k
’20
$5k
’21
$16k
’22
$119k
’23
$44k
’24
$12k
’25
12
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

202320242025
Listed101110
Joined·+6+0
No longer listed·51
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $33k → $136k.

3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc.

44%
largest funder
90%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 65% · 2019 83% · 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 2022 72% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $229k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc is better cushioned than half of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve11.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 17%Fundraising 1%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc?
Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $631,520 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION ($279,180). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $631,520 in grants to Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc?
CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $279,180 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing