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Casa for Children INC

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Portland, OR501(c)(3)Civil Rights & Advocacy EIN 93-0923866Revenue $2.5M in FY2025

On file with the IRScasahelpskids.org1401 Ne 68th Ave, 97213-4957 · Portland, ORTax-exempt since Sep 1986Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 531 volunteers and 39 employees.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $116K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$366K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 61% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
12
named funders · $1.1M
Looks good: 12 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$203K
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.5M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$2.7M
To programs
67%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$2.5M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$3.0M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$2.5M
Expenses
$2.7M
FY2025▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$2.7M
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2025▼ -12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$1.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1986.

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

Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $1.8M Management & general 18% · $495K Fundraising 15% · $400K

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

27 people listed on the 990; $366K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Elizabeth Stark Miller
Executive Director
$158,406Pt VII · Sec A
Kristen Lewis
Program & Legal Director
$110,516Pt VII · Sec A
Kathy Finney
Finance & Operations Director
$96,760Pt VII · Sec A
Kate Martinez
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Justin Palfreyman
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Elizabeth Stark Miller’s $158K as Executive Director is at the 61st percentile of top reported officer pay among 797 $1–10M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Elizabeth Stark Miller$158,406$155,423$157,017$146,973$136,904
Kristen Lewis$110,516————
Laura Ward Collins——$105,728——
Kathy Finney$96,760$92,844$95,623$93,265$84,609

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

Advocates for abused and neglected children in court, helping them find safe, permanent homes.

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1 program · $1.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Casa for children utilized 449 specially-trained citizen volunteers, or court-appointed special advocates (casas), who provided 80,820 hours of volunteer time serving 887 children in multnomah, washington, columbia & tillamook counties.

$1.8Mprogram 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
Oregon Casa NetworkFY2024$751K
The Oregon Community FoundationFY2024$61K
Ocf Joseph E Weston Public FoundationFY2024$53K
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$51K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$39K
Careoregon INCFY2024$25K
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INCFY2024$20K
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$18K
Total grants receivedfrom 12 funders$1.1M
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $53K · 2020–2020
Casa of Clackamas CountyFY2020$18,871
Casa Voices for Children - Benton CountyFY2020$14,085
Building Healthy FamiliesOR · FY2020$11,658
Frontier CasaOR · FY2020$8,307

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$68K
Money outPt IX
$2.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.8M
Managementcol C$495K
Fundraisingcol D$400K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$203K
PeoplePt VI, VII
27
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$109K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$134K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$213K
Investment incomeLn 3$68K
Total revenueLn 12$2.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$220K
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K
Other assetsLn 15$296K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$203K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 539
VolunteersI 6531
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K$5K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$236K$203K
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$297K$132K$150K$15K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M$1.1M$194K$225K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$43K$32K$6K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$229K$179K$33K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$200K$137K$37K$26K
Accounting feesLn 11c$21K$21K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$13K$13K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$25K$25K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$95K$71K$16K$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$32K$32K
Office expensesLn 13$52K$14K$13K$25K
OccupancyLn 16$45K$42K$4K
TravelLn 17$8K$6K$1K$919
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$12K$9K$2K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$95K$61K$14K$20K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$11K$5K$250
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.7M$1.8M$495K$400K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.5M$2.7M−$249K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.2M$2.8M−$599K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.5M$2.7M$792K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.0M$2.3M$636K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.0M$2.0M$2K$1.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,479,565 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,268,746$2,497,232
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $39,034$68,378
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$58,709−$86,045
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,249,071$2,479,565
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 $2,344,514$2,311,087
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $43,988$25,164
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $459,759$392,375
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,848,261$2,728,626
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$599,190−$249,061
Part VI · Governance 22 of 22 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,479,565 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $19,760 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$213,464
VIII-1e Government grants$109,497
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,174,271
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$134,337
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,497,232
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $68,378$68,378
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$109,367−$109,367
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $3,562$3,562
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$17,667$2,479,565
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,728,626 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $131,626 · Management $149,594 · Fundraising $15,305$296,525
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,123,088 · Management $194,230 · Fundraising $224,885$1,542,203
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $32,332 · Management $6,427 · Fundraising $3,760$42,519
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $179,334 · Management $32,923 · Fundraising $17,174$229,431
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $137,385 · Management $36,621 · Fundraising $26,403$200,409
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $21,260$21,260
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $12,755$12,755
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $25,164$25,164
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $70,804 · Management $15,790 · Fundraising $7,993$94,587
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $31,641$31,641
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,614 · Management $13,419 · Fundraising $24,931$51,964
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $41,590 · Management $3,568$45,158
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,876 · Management $1,404 · Fundraising $919$8,199
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $4,506$4,506
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,668 · Management $2,016 · Fundraising $1,008$11,692
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $60,936 · Management $13,535 · Fundraising $20,305$94,776
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,948 · Management $4,639 · Fundraising $250$15,837
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,833,462 · Management $495,426 · Fundraising $399,738$2,728,626
Part X · Balance sheet $1,867,915 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $592,767$220,391
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $944,590$1,132,470
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $268,619$206,155
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,801$7,992
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,303$5,246
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $304,926$295,661
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,124,006$1,867,915
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $124,910$119,857
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $47,735$45,160
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $63,575$37,661
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $236,220$202,678
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,411,350$1,258,215
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $476,436$407,022
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,887,786$1,665,237
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,124,006$1,867,915
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,665,237 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,479,565
XI-2 Total expenses$2,728,626
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$249,061
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,887,786
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$26,512
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,665,237

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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