Northern Hills Area Casa Program

Tax-deductible

Spearfish, SD501(c)(3)Since 2002Civil Rights & AdvocacyEIN 46-0399483Revenue $470K in FY2025

On file with the IRS741 N 5th St, 57783-2048 · Spearfish, SDTax-exempt since Apr 1989Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Provide funding for court appointed special advocates servicing for children who have been abused or neglected.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$77K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
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
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $57K a year · 16% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$77K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 55% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
24 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 24.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$14K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% 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
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$470K
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$357K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$955K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$470K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$274K
FY2021$365K
FY2022$296K
FY2023$352K
FY2024$420K
FY2025$470K
Expenses
$357K
FY2025▲ +14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$259K
FY2021$262K
FY2022$309K
FY2023$332K
FY2024$314K
FY2025$357K
Net assets
$955K
FY2025▲ +17%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$578K
FY2021$675K
FY2022$680K
FY2023$703K
FY2024$818K
FY2025$955K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1989.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $279K Management & general 12% · $42K Fundraising 10% · $36K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $77K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$76,663Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Amy Cermak’s $77K as Executive Dir. is at the 55th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1031 $100K–1M civil rights & advocacy 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Amy Cermak$76,663$69,667$60,542$45,346——
Kathleen Kelley———$58,257——
Kathleen Kelly————$54,424$53,566

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Funds court advocates helping abused and neglected children.

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1 program · $279K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Casa is organized to provide funding for court appointed special advocates for the benefit of abused or neglected children.

$279Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$470K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$363K
Other incomeLn 4–11$99K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Money outPt IX
$357K
Ln 25
Programscol B$279K
Managementcol C$42K
Fundraisingcol D$36K
Owns and owesPt X
$955K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$721K
Total assetsLn 16$969K
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$363K
Government grantsLn 1e$200K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Other incomeLn 4–11$99K
Total revenueLn 12$470K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$23K
SavingsLn 2$699K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$721K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$247K
Total assetsLn 16$969K
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K
Net assetsLn 32$955K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$565K$721K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$258K$247K
Total assetsLn 16$824K$969K
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K$14K
Net assetsLn 32$818K$955K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$77K$63K$7K$7K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$130K$94K$19K$17K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$4K$3K$549$525
Other employee benefitsLn 9$15K$12K$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$12K$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$11K$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$7K$2K$5K$285
Information technologyLn 14$11K$9K$744$712
OccupancyLn 16$9K$7K$1K$1K
TravelLn 17$5K$5K$30$29
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$10K$10K$1$1
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$20K$15K$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$5K$879$841
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$29K$29K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$839$137$131
Total functional expensesLn 25$357K$279K$42K$36K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $470K$357K$114K$955K 990 PDF
FY2024 $420K$314K$106K$818K 990 PDF
FY2023 $352K$332K$20K$703K 990 PDF
FY2022 $296K$309K−$13K$680K 990 PDF
FY2021 $365K$262K$102K$675K 990 PDF
FY2020 $274K$259K$15K$578K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $470,483 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $342,459$362,960
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,864$8,585
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $70,726$98,938
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $420,049$470,483
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $208,201$242,331
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $105,874$114,392
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $314,075$356,723
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $105,974$113,760
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $470,483 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$31,675
VIII-1e Government grants$200,014
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$131,271
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$362,960
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $8,585$8,585
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $12,207$12,207
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $86,731$86,731
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $20,792 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $86,731$470,483
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $356,723 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $62,655 · Management $6,848 · Fundraising $7,159$76,662
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $93,991 · Management $18,757 · Fundraising $17,354$130,102
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,358 · Management $549 · Fundraising $525$4,432
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $11,605 · Management $1,897 · Fundraising $1,816$15,318
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,983 · Management $1,959 · Fundraising $1,875$15,817
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $10,538 · Management $1,723 · Fundraising $1,649$13,910
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,355$2,355
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,823 · Management $4,570 · Fundraising $285$6,678
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,150 · Management $744 · Fundraising $712$10,606
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,525 · Management $1,067 · Fundraising $1,021$8,613
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,832 · Management $30 · Fundraising $29$4,891
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $10,138 · Management $1 · Fundraising $1$10,140
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $15,192 · Management $2,394 · Fundraising $2,292$19,878
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,380 · Management $879 · Fundraising $841$7,100
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $29,114$29,114
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $839 · Management $137 · Fundraising $131$1,107
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $279,478 · Management $41,555 · Fundraising $35,690$356,723
Part X · Balance sheet $968,742 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $32,373$22,826
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $532,586$698,672
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $257,724$247,244
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $823,778$968,742
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,050$13,537
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,050$13,537
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $817,042$955,205
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $686$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $817,728$955,205
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $823,778$968,742
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $955,205 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$470,483
XI-2 Total expenses$356,723
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$113,760
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$817,728
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$24,400
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$683
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$955,205

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