California · Nonprofit
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,837,022 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION ($1,049,514). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc does
Mission
CASA recruits, trains, and supports community volunteers who advocate for chidren and youth throughout their journey in foster care.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
CASA OF MONTEREY COUNTY RECRUITS, TRAIN, AND SUPPORTS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. IN FY 24-25 WE SERVED A TOTAL OF 174 CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE ALSO TRAINED 35 NEW VOLUNTEERS AND SUPERVISED AND SUPPORTED 192 VOLUNTEERS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. In 2025, we significantly expanded our advocacy to support youth involved in juvenile justice and truancy, partnering closely with the Probation Department to create more coordinated interventions. Our outreach efforts increased visibility across the county through radio, TV, and in-person events, while deepening engagement and building stronger connections with communities in South County. These efforts have helped raise awareness, strengthen local networks, and create more opportunities for youth to access the support they need.
$1,010,021 spentof which $15,337 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,010,021.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $993k to $1.9M (+89%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 29% · 2019 30% · 2020 31% · 2021 20% · 2022 30% · 2023 30% · 2024 18% · 2025 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Juliet Del Rosario
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $112k → $437k.
9 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 Advocates of Monterey County Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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 Advocates of Monterey County Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 37% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
58% 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 Advocates of Monterey County Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 54% · 2019 32% · 2020 17% · 2021 19% · 2022 18% · 2023 64% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
21% of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
88% of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $322k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Against its field
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 793 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey 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.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc?
- Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,837,022 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION ($1,049,514). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $2,837,022 in grants to Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc?
- CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,049,514 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 39 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