Casa in Action INC

Not tax-deductible

Hyattsville, MD501(c)(4)Since 2010Human ServicesEIN 27-2145405Revenue $2.5M in FY2024

On file with the IRScasainaction.org8151 15th Ave, 20783-3501 · Hyattsville, MDTax-exempt since Oct 2011

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To create a more just society by building power and improving the quality of life in working-class black, latino/a/e, afro-descendant, indigenous, and immigrant communities.

82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $346K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
17
named funders · $2.4M
Looks good: 17 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$204K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.5M
-38% vs prior year
Spent
$3.0M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$1.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.5M
FY2024▼ -38%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$4.0M
FY2024$2.5M
Expenses
$3.0M
FY2024▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$3.3M
FY2024$3.0M
Net assets
$1.5M
FY2024▼ -28%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$608K
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$3.5M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2024$1.5M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2011.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $2.5M Management & general 18% · $546K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

20 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Board Member
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Board Member (until 12/25)
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Kimberly Propeack’s $35K as Chief Strategy Officer is at the 2nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kimberly Propeack$34,984$10,827$30,533$6,028
Alonzo Washington Until 1122$20,268———
Alonzo Washington—$18,413——
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez$10,614———
Gustavo Torres Non-Voting$7,689$7,562$6,401$5,944
Melissa Guzman$6,773$4,292$1,329$2,674
Elizabeth Alex—$5,463$2,885—
George Escobar$1,592$576$4,787—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Endorses political candidates and mobilizes voters in key states to support their member priorities.

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2 programs · $2.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Community Services

Casa in action provides basic services to its membership, including civic education, advocacy, leadership development, membership, information, and referrals.

$1.6Mprogram expense
02

Political/Electioneering

Casa in action runs election programs that survey candidates running for federal, state and local offices in maryland, georgia, virginia, and pennsylvania, and endorse them based on their commitments to casa in action's member priorities. Endorsements are conducted by a voting process of our casa in action board of directors.

$924Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Tides FoundationFY2024$110K
Total grants receivedfrom 17 funders$2.4M
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Grants paid · 14 grants · $8.0M · 2019–2024
Casa in Action PacFY2024$800,000
Casa INCMD · FY2024$30,000
Casa in Action PacFY2023$753,686
Casa INCMD · FY2023$315,000
Casa in Action Pac INCFY2022$1,746,108
Casa in Action Pac INCFY2022$1,746,108
Casa INCMD · FY2022$781,159
Casa INCMD · FY2022$781,159
Casa INCMD · FY2021$100,000
Casa INCMD · FY2021$100,000
Democratic Party of VirginiaFY2019$5,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.5M
Money outPt IX
$3.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.5M
Managementcol C$546K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$204K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.5M
Total revenueLn 12$2.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
Other assetsLn 15$225K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$204K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$317K$204K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M$1.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$836K$836K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$100K$100K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$847K$295K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$1K$583
Other employee benefitsLn 9$104K$73K$32K
Payroll taxesLn 10$97K$66K$31K
Legal feesLn 11b$11K$9K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$42K$35K$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$218K$181K$37K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$48K$41K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$64K$57K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$96K$87K$9K
TravelLn 17$85K$85K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$18K$14K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$168K$155K$14K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$5K$321
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.0M$2.5M$546K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $4.0M$3.3M$715K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.5M$4.6M−$2.2M$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.7M$1.1M$1.6M$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.7M$1.5M$1.3M$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.3M$1.0M$316K$608K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,473,486 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,976,135$2,473,486
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,976,135$2,473,486
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,071,186$835,500
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,531,861$1,446,312
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $658,175$758,469
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,261,222$3,040,281
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $714,913−$566,795
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,473,486 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$310,377
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,163,109
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,473,486
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,473,486
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,040,281 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $835,500$835,500
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $100,442$100,442
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $846,814 · Management $295,451$1,142,265
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,253 · Management $583$1,836
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $72,906 · Management $31,502$104,408
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $66,472 · Management $30,889$97,361
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $8,908 · Management $1,817$10,725
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $34,745 · Management $7,089$41,834
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $181,423 · Management $37,015$218,438
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,126$1,126
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $40,626 · Management $7,009$47,635
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $56,905 · Management $6,947$63,852
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $86,681 · Management $9,416$96,097
IX-17 TravelPrograms $84,907$84,907
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,600$2,600
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13,588 · Management $3,985$17,573
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $154,810 · Management $13,660$168,470
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,891 · Management $321$5,212
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,494,155 · Management $546,126 · Fundraising $0$3,040,281
Part X · Balance sheet $1,658,180 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,466,103$1,270,423
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $630,000$155,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,592$7,758
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $234,721$224,999
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,338,416$1,658,180
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $50,703$53,245
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $266,726$150,743
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $317,429$203,988
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $389,608$110,841
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,631,379$1,343,351
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,020,987$1,454,192
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,338,416$1,658,180
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,454,192 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,473,486
XI-2 Total expenses$3,040,281
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$566,795
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,020,987
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,454,192

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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