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CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION

EIN 68-0163010 SAN DIEGO, CA

Revenue 2024
$20,367,473
Expenses 2024
$20,107,517

Program services were 93.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R200
Classification
1000
Street
3525 DEL MAR HEIGHTS RD

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

Mission

CALIFORNIA CASA WAS FOUNDED IN 1987. ITS MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE CHILD WELFARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS HAVE BOTH A VOICE AND THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO THRIVE. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY STRENGTHENING AND EMPOWERING CALIFORNIAS NETWORK OF LOCAL CASA PROGRAMS AND ADVOCATING FOR EFFECTIVE CHILD WELFARE POLICIES AND PRACTICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF CALIFORNIA CASA IS TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE CHILD WELFARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS HAVE BOTH A VOICE AND THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO THRIVE. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY STRENGTHENING AND EMPOWERING CALIFORNIAS NETWORK OF LOCAL CASA PROGRAMS AND ADVOCATING FOR EFFECTIVE CHILD WELFARE POLICIES AND PRACTICES.

  • CALIFORNIA CASA IS A PRIVATE, NONPROFIT CORPORATION SUPPORTED BY A BALANCED MIX OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GRANTS AND PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS. WE WORK ON A STATEWIDE LEVEL TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT A NETWORK OF 44 LOCAL CASA PROGRAMS IN 53 COUNTIES AND STRENGTHEN THE SCOPE, QUALITY, AND IMPACT OF ADVOCACY BY THE CASA NETWORK. THESE ADVOCACY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN IN THE DEPENDENCY AND JUVENILE JUSTICE COURTS, USING TRAINED CASA VOLUNTEERS.THROUGH A RIGOROUS GRANT PROGRAM, WE DISTRIBUTE STATE FUNDS TO THE CASA NETWORK TO STABILIZE AND STRENGTHEN LOCAL PROGRAMS OPERATIONS AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CASAS PROVIDED TO CHILDREN IN NEED. WE PROVIDE LOCAL CASA PROGRAMS WITH PROFESSIONAL-LEVEL TRAININGS AND CURRICULA, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, MARKETING AND FUNDRAISING SUPPORT, AND OTHER RESOURCES.WE IDENTIFY AND PURSUE STRATEGIC ALLIANCES THAT LEVERAGE AND INCREASE CHILDRENSRESOURCES STATEWIDE; EXPANDING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIAS FOSTER CARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS; ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED CHILD WELFARE PRACTICES AND POLICIES; AND PROMOTE CASA AS AN EFFECTIVE, COST-EFFICIENT, COMPASSIONATE MODEL TO ENSURE THAT CHILDRENS BEST INTERESTS ARE MET, THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD, AND THEIR HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS ARE SUPPORTED.

    Expenses $18,760,038 · Grants $14,702,361

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.

  • SHARON M LAWRENCE

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $279,302
    From this org
    $269,247
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,055
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,449
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $3,798
    Deferred
    $7,963
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,092
    Filer's total
    $279,302

  • JOAN REILLY

    CFO & COO

    Total calculated
    $217,850
    From this org
    $185,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,934
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,916
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,981
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,953
    Filer's total
    $217,850

  • KATHRYN MATHEWS

    CPO

    Total calculated
    $206,161
    From this org
    $186,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,360
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,801
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,604
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,756
    Filer's total
    $206,161

  • LAUREN BERGQUIST

    CPO (Philanth)

    Total calculated
    $201,482
    From this org
    $194,357
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,125
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,633
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $3,724
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,125
    Filer's total
    $201,482

  • QUINTON BUCKLEY

    SR DIR PROG OPS

    Total calculated
    $141,039
    From this org
    $128,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,339
    Hours/week
    40

  • JEANNIE LOW

    DIR OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $123,602
    From this org
    $109,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,212
    Hours/week
    40

  • SHAWN NOETZLI

    REGIONAL FUNDRAISE

    Total calculated
    $113,632
    From this org
    $101,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,970
    Hours/week
    40

  • KELLY LEROSSIGNOL

    DR OF PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $113,254
    From this org
    $100,877
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,377
    Hours/week
    40

  • CYNTHIA FEATHERSON

    DEI MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $108,782
    From this org
    $101,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,868
    Hours/week
    40

  • MICHELLE GRIFFIN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HOWARD SLAYEN

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALLYSON PFEIFER

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SARAH DELANEY ROSENDAHL

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATRICIA YAMAMOTO TRENDACOSTA

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATY CARLSEN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIMBERLY MOORE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HEIDI DAVIS-SPARGO

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RENEE ESPINOZA

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WENDE JULIEN TO 12725

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARIE KENNEDY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ZACHARY SCOTT

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CONOR TANIGUCHI

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATE STILLE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CLAY YOUNG

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEORGE SAPP

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

The first 25 listed. 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $20,367,473
    Expenses
    $20,107,517
    Contributions
    $19,737,007
    Grants paid
    $14,702,361
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $21,934,045
    Expenses
    $22,015,221
    Contributions
    $21,478,003
    Grants paid
    $16,587,045
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,378,320
    Expenses
    $14,566,418
    Contributions
    $14,138,815
    Grants paid
    $12,034,277

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
    $3,176,291
    Expenses
    $1,619,652
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,083,055

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,000,160
    Expenses
    $1,527,670
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,147,990

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,924,155
    Expenses
    $1,582,566
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,599,310

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,483,834
    Expenses
    $1,128,907
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,151,212

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $778,760
    Expenses
    $776,745
    Assets (EOY)
    $394,220

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $930,689
    Expenses
    $986,673
    Assets (EOY)
    $298,049

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $987,302
    Expenses
    $999,097
    Assets (EOY)
    $331,490

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.