CASA FOR CHILDREN OF ESSEX COUNTY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R200

Classification

1000

Street

350 UNIVERSITY AVE ROOM 784

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE ORGANIZATION SERVES ALL 22 MUNICIPALITIES IN ESSEX COUNTY, ADVOCATING FOR THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 21 REMOVED FROM HOME DUE TO ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT AND PLACED IN FOSTER HOMES OR RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES. AFTER COMPLETION OF A RIGOROUS 30-HOUR CURRICULUM, CASA VOLUNTEERS ARE SWORN IN BY A FAMILY JUDGE AND NAMED TO A CASE BY COURT ORDER. IN ADDITION TO FORMING A CONSISTENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHILD, CASA VOLUNTEERS GATHER INSIGHT FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS, SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, AND FOSTER FAMILIES TO ADVOCATE FOR INFORMED DECISIONS THAT SUPPORT THE CHILDS SAFETY, STABILITY, AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS.DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, CASA FOR CHILDREN OF ESSEX COUNTY STRENGTHENED ITS ADVOCACY AND SERVICE MODEL FOR YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM WHILE MARKING THE ORGANIZATIONS 40TH ANNIVERSARYAN IMPORTANT MILESTONE REFLECTING FOUR DECADES OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND CHILD-CENTERED ADVOCACY.OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION SERVED 332 CHILDREN AND UTILIZED THE SERVICE OF 155 VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATED 10,819 HOURS OF TIME TO FULFILL THE MISSION. PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES PRESENTED HERE DO NOT INCLUDE $400,002 IN DONATED VOLUNTEER SERVICES, AN ESTIMATE BASED ON NEW JERSEYS VOLUNTEER HOURLY VALUE AS DETERMINED BY INDEPENDENT SECTOR, WHICH CALCULATES THE VALUE OF A VOLUNTEER HOUR AT $36.97.A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE YEAR WAS THE CONTINUED INTEGRATION OF TRAUMA-INFORMED ADVOCACY THROUGHOUT CASA ESSEXS VOLUNTEER AND STAFF TRAINING FRAMEWORK. BY EQUIPPING ADVOCATES WITH DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING, CASA ESSEX STRENGTHENED THE QUALITY OF ADVOCACY PROVIDED TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE. THIS APPROACH SUPPORTS MORE INDIVIDUALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COURT, PROMOTES STABILITY IN PLACEMENTS AND SERVICES, AND ENSURES THAT THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF YOUTH ARE MEANINGFULLY REFLECTED IN DECISION-MAKING.CASA ESSEX ALSO ENHANCED ITS COMMITMENT TO DATA-INFORMED PROGRAM MANAGEMENT BY REFINING OUTCOME TRACKING AND CASE DATA SYSTEMS. THESE IMPROVEMENTS STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATIONS ABILITY TO MEASURE PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS, MONITOR YOUTH OUTCOMES, AND PROVIDE ADVOCATES AND STAFF WITH TIMELY INFORMATION THAT SUPPORTS EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY AND COORDINATED SERVICE DELIVERY.THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, CASA ESSEX CONTINUED TO WORK IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ESSEX COUNTY JUDICIARY, THE NEW JERSEY CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM, AND A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. THESE COLLABORATIONS HELP ENSURE THAT YOUTH SERVED THROUGH CASA RECEIVE COORDINATED ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WHILE ALSO STRENGTHENING SYSTEM-LEVEL ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.AS CASA ESSEX COMMEMORATES ITS 40TH YEAR OF SERVICE, THE ORGANIZATION REMAINS FOCUSED ON SUSTAINING AND EXPANDING HIGH-QUALITY ADVOCACY SO THAT EVERY CHILD IN FOSTER CARE HAS A TRAINED VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE DEDICATED TO ENSURING THEIR SAFETY, STABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.

  Expenses $1,032,206

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,177,570

  Expenses

  $1,223,122

  Contributions

  $993,934

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,026,770

  Expenses

  $1,038,027

  Contributions

  $932,303

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,045,943

  Expenses

  $905,804

  Contributions

  $883,803

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $939,728

  Expenses

  $967,543

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,444,796

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,146,481

  Expenses

  $914,067

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,726,385

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $771,003

  Expenses

  $823,098

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,470,325

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,182,408

  Expenses

  $1,236,584

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,416,615

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,360,059

  Expenses

  $1,329,599

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,447,167

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,233,806

  Expenses

  $1,853,492

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,544,358

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,860,268

  Expenses

  $1,863,288

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,170,655

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,676,327

  Expenses

  $1,735,750

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,121,615

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• NATIONAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION

  $30,001

  2022 · Pass Through

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $21,589

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NEW JERSEY COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES INC

  $15,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $11,359

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $10,808

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION

  $10,768

  2024 · PASS THROUGH

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $9,550

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $5,952

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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