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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES CASA FOR THE HIGHLAND LAKES AREA.

Totals

Total revenue
$809,904
Total expenses
$743,498
Contributions and grants received
$680,004
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,819
Other revenue
$125,081
Total assets, end of year
$800,866
Total liabilities, end of year
$40,006
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$760,860
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$601,761
Management and general expenses
$97,403
Fundraising expenses
$44,334
Program service expenses (Part III)
$601,761

Program services were 80.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $452,315

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $227,689

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,819 · excluded $4,819

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $229,218

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $115,058

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $114,160 · excluded $114,160

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $10,921 · related or exempt $10,921

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,921

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $436,757 · program services $340,930 · management and general $58,688 · fundraising $37,139

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,731 · program services $48,968 · management and general $8,429 · fundraising $5,334

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,726 · program services $10,863 · management and general $10,863

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,891 · program services $17,088 · management and general $2,942 · fundraising $1,861

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,009 · program services $7,686 · management and general $1,323

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,735 · program services $34,735

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,062 · program services $10,291 · management and general $1,771

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,831 · program services $15,212 · management and general $2,619

  • 24a · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER EXPENSES

    total $44,019 · program services $44,019

  • 24b · Other expenses: CHILDREN'S DESIGNATED E

    total $40,092 · program services $40,092

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $13,452 · program services $11,476 · management and general $1,976

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $8,716 · program services $7,436 · management and general $1,280

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,477 · program services $12,965 · management and general $7,512

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $2

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $434,313 · end of year $484,212

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $87,600 · end of year $79,849

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $16,238

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $473,324

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $282,668

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $202,720 · end of year $190,656

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,784 · end of year $29,909

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,963 · end of year $40,006

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $676,606 · end of year $742,169

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,848 · end of year $18,691

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PROVIDING INDEPENDENT COURT-APPOINTED VOLUNTEER ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE COURTS SYSTEMS BECAUSE OF ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT.

  • THE ORGANIZATION RECRUITS, TRAINS, AND SUPERVISES COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO FUNCTION AS COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILD ABUSE VICTIMS WHO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT. THE ORGANIZATION ASSIGNS CASEWORK SUPERVISORS TO SUPERVISE THE VOLUNTEER CHILD ADVOCATES; ASSIST THE VOLUNTEERS IN MEETINGS WITH THE CHILDREN OR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CASE; ASSIST IN EXAMINATION OF COURT FILES, MEDICAL, SCHOOL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS; TRACK PROGRESS OF THE CASES; MAINTAIN DETAILED STATISTICAL CASE DATA CONCERNING THE VICTIM'S AGE, SEX, ETHNIC GROUP, COUNTY OF ORIGIN, TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN SERVED, AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN'S CASES THAT ARE CLOSED. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES BLANCO, BURNET, LAMPASAS, SAN SABA, AND LLANO COUNTIES WITH A TOTAL POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 83,500. THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS RECORDED DURING THE YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2023 BY THE ORGANIZATION APPROXIMATED 5,560.

    Expenses $601,761

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Damon Bierele

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Travis Dean

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Melissa Edge

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Colleen Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jared Fields

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Terry Ortiz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Brittany Grubbs

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $80,487
    From this org
    $80,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ken Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tracy Knight

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501959349301495

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