First Judicial District Casa-Gal Program INC FY2024 filing

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The mission of Casa (court appointed special advocates) is to provide volunteer guardians to work on behalf of abused and neglected children to promote their best interests in the pursuit of safe, permanent homes.we envision a world in which every child in the First Judicial District court system will have a Casa volunteer to give them a voice and provide what they believe is in the best interest of the child to the judges who appoint them.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$55K 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $64K a year · 24% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$55K
to officers and key staff · 34% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 34% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
24 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 24.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $49K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$249K
-22% vs prior year
Spent
$160K
To programs
63%
Net assets
$439K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$249K
FY2024▼ -22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$213K
FY2022$278K
FY2023$319K
FY2024$249K
FY2025$266K
Expenses
$160K
FY2024▼ -17%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$209K
FY2022$252K
FY2023$194K
FY2024$160K
FY2025$191K
Net assets
$439K
FY2024▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$109K
FY2022$241K
FY2023$366K
FY2024$439K
FY2025$519K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1999.

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

Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $101K Management & general 24% · $39K Fundraising 13% · $20K

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; $55K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$54,683Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tammy Heigh’s $63K as Executive Director is at the 40th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1404 $100K–1M crime & legal 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Tammy Heigh$63,085$54,683$32,042——
Sara Hess——$51,596$43,221—
Gerald Hill———$51,000—
Pamela Young————$48,883
Erin Gilmore——$45,731——
Kendra Proue————$32,783

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

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

Programs and updates

Advocates for abused and neglected children, ensuring their best interests in finding safe, permanent homes.

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3 programs · $101K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Child Advocacy

Trained volunteers and casa staff support the needs of children in court cases before the first judicial district court. Casa internally allocates funding to match program spending and devotion of staff time.

$97Kprogram expense
02

Volunteer Training and Support

Trained new volunteers to be advocates for abused and neglected children in dependent negligent cases. Casa internally allocates funding to match program spending and devotion of staff time.

$3Kprogram expense
03

Community Education and Outreach

Staff and volunteers attend meetings and events while sharing brochures and educational materials with the public to raise awareness of how they and casa address the abused and neglected children in the community.

$1Kprogram 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 · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$49K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$249K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$236K
Other incomeLn 4–11$9K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Money outPt IX
$160K
Ln 25
Programscol B$101K
Managementcol C$39K
Fundraisingcol D$20K
Owns and owesPt X
$439K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$326K
Total assetsLn 16$444K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$236K
Government grantsLn 1e$145K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$22K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$60K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Other incomeLn 4–11$9K
Total revenueLn 12$249K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$151K
SavingsLn 2$175K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$326K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$99K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$19K
Other assetsLn 15$625
Total assetsLn 16$444K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
Net assetsLn 32$439K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$259K$326K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$91K$99K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24K$19K
Total assetsLn 16$374K$444K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K$5K
Net assetsLn 32$366K$439K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$59K$27K$24K$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$39K$28K$6K$5K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$1K$333$249
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1K$828$184$138
Payroll taxesLn 10$8K$6K$1K$970
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$3K$645$483
Advertising and promotionLn 12$408$294$65$49
Office expensesLn 13$2K$1K$290$218
Information technologyLn 14$1K$931$206$155
OccupancyLn 16$13K$9K$2K$2K
TravelLn 17$2K$1K$305$229
InterestLn 20$3K$2K$491$368
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$3K$755$566
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$15K$11K$2K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$740$164$124
Total functional expensesLn 25$160K$101K$39K$20K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $266K$191K$75K$519K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $249K$160K$88K$439K 990 PDF
FY2023 $319K$194K$125K$366K 990 PDF
FY2022 $278K$252K$26K$241K 990 PDF
FY2021 Not on file
FY2020 $213K$209K$4K$109K 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 $248,664 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $296,879$236,369
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,511$3,754
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $18,893$8,541
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $319,283$248,664
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 $172,345$109,562
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $71,420$50,824
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $243,765$160,386
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $75,518$88,278
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $248,664 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$5,834
VIII-1c Fundraising events$60,196
VIII-1e Government grants$144,737
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$25,602
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$22,474
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$236,369
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,754$3,754
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $8,149$8,149
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $392$392
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $12,295$248,664
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $160,386 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $26,613 · Management $23,656 · Fundraising $8,871$59,140
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $28,157 · Management $6,257 · Fundraising $4,693$39,107
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,497 · Management $333 · Fundraising $249$2,079
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $828 · Management $184 · Fundraising $138$1,150
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,822 · Management $1,294 · Fundraising $970$8,086
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,901 · Management $645 · Fundraising $483$4,029
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $294 · Management $65 · Fundraising $49$408
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,306 · Management $290 · Fundraising $218$1,814
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $931 · Management $206 · Fundraising $155$1,292
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,182 · Management $2,040 · Fundraising $1,530$12,752
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,371 · Management $305 · Fundraising $229$1,905
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,209 · Management $491 · Fundraising $368$3,068
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,103$5,103
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,396 · Management $755 · Fundraising $566$4,717
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,589 · Management $2,353 · Fundraising $1,766$14,708
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $740 · Management $164 · Fundraising $124$1,028
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $100,939 · Management $39,038 · Fundraising $20,409$160,386
Part X · Balance sheet $444,497 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $258,551$150,928
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$175,215
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $23,636$18,533
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $90,988$99,196
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $625$625
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $373,800$444,497
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,114$5,270
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,114$5,270
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $365,686$439,227
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $365,686$439,227
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $373,800$444,497
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $439,227 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$248,664
XI-2 Total expenses$160,386
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$88,278
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$365,686
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$7,737
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$22,474
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$439,227

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