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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF SOMERSET HUNTERDON & WARREN.

Totals

Total revenue
$966,353
Total expenses
$804,630
Contributions and grants received
$877,707
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16,892
Other revenue
$71,754
Total assets, end of year
$914,936
Total liabilities, end of year
$90,997
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$823,939
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$653,362
Management and general expenses
$72,891
Fundraising expenses
$78,377
Program service expenses (Part III)
$653,362

Program services were 81.2% 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)

    $464,097

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $413,610

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $75,696

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,200 · excluded $17,200

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,799

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $8,107

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$308

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$308 · excluded -$308

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $108,803

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $45,079

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $63,724 · excluded $63,724

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $8,030 · excluded $8,030

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,030

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $94,568 · program services $76,983 · management and general $7,305 · fundraising $10,280

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $393,857 · program services $320,620 · management and general $30,422 · fundraising $42,815

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $65,373 · program services $53,217 · management and general $5,050 · fundraising $7,106

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,738 · program services $29,907 · management and general $2,837 · fundraising $3,994

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,200 · management and general $17,200

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,710 · program services $3,020 · management and general $287 · fundraising $403

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,592 · program services $2,110 · management and general $200 · fundraising $282

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,989 · program services $1,620 · management and general $153 · fundraising $216

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,542 · program services $7,542

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,026 · program services $24,443 · management and general $2,319 · fundraising $3,264

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,876 · program services $2,341 · management and general $222 · fundraising $313

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,833 · program services $5,833

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,645 · program services $9,480 · management and general $899 · fundraising $1,266

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $110,818 · program services $98,250 · management and general $5,221 · fundraising $7,347

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $9,370 · program services $9,370

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $4,422 · program services $3,599 · management and general $342 · fundraising $481

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $2,941 · program services $2,394 · management and general $227 · fundraising $320

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,130 · program services $2,633 · management and general $207 · fundraising $290

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $281,634 · end of year $469,468

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $330 · end of year $330

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $135,489 · end of year $66,691

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,627 · end of year $2,273

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

    $11,654

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

    $11,654

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $298,672 · end of year $313,610

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $90,637 · end of year $62,564

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,973 · end of year $30,980

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $36,121

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $88,079 · end of year $60,017

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $662,216 · end of year $823,939

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CASA SHAW PROVIDES WELL-TRAINED, TRAUMA INFORMED VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE AS ADVOCATES IN COURT FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN FOSTER CARE. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD SERVED HAS A SAFE, PERMANENT HOME AND THE RESOURCES AND SERVICES NEEDED TO THRIVE AND NOT JUST SURVIVE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES. WE ARE COMMITTED TO EDUCATING OURSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, THE NEED FOR RACIAL EQUITY IN A DISPROPORTIONATE SYSTEM, AND HOW TO BEST ADVOCATE FOR AND MEET THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE IN SOMERSET, HUNTERDON, AND WARREN COUNTIES.

  • TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR ABUSED CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT AND TO ASSIST CHILDREN IN ACHIEVING PERMANENCY IN A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. DURING THE YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION SERVED 141 CHILDREN AND UTILIZED THE SERVICES OF 80 VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATED 6,867 HOURS OF THEIRTIME TO THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.

    Expenses $653,362

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathleen Tober

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathleen Finnegan

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rupal Patel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rana Hemantharaju

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Boyle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brittney Cscobor

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joel Dorfman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rucha Dubli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ona Ezeonuim

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michelle Kirmser

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stella Matteace-Esposito

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nicole Oringer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Armeen Ramabhadran

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daria Wasserbach

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tracey Heislter

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,263
    From this org
    $81,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,519
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543379349300844

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