Washington · Nonprofit
National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association
National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (Washington) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,262,883 to it, the largest being JEWELERS FOR CHILDREN ($2,155,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $7.3M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Training and conference fees received from volunteers allowing the organization to train the volunteers in performing court relate casa duties.
$1,436,754 spent42% of program spendingMembership dues from volunteers and casa programs which perform court related casa duties. These funds allow the organization to provide additional training and information to the members to assist in furthering their casa activities.
$1,129,652 spentof which $6,791 as grants$250,640 earned by the program33% of program spendingDevelopment and expansion of casa programs utilized flow through grants. An average of one new casa program is started each month.
$869,495 spentof which $659,822 as grants25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,435,901.
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 2023 to 2024, from $8.9M to $6.9M (−23%).
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: 2017 78% · 2018 77% · 2019 78% · 2020 82% · 2021 87% · 2022 81% · 2023 70% · 2024 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Tara Perry
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
James Rishwain
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $596k → $1.1M.
23 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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
National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
73% 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 National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 45% · 2019 43% · 2020 25% · 2021 30% · 2022 36% · 2023 27% — 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.
How long its funders stay
31% of National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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
National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association's funding base is broadening — from 10 funders to 26 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 50 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association: 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 National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association?
- National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (Washington) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,262,883 to it, the largest being JEWELERS FOR CHILDREN ($2,155,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $7,262,883 in grants to National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association?
- JEWELERS FOR CHILDREN is the largest funder on record, with $2,155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 76 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