Casa for Children of the District of Columbia

Analysis

Casa for Children of the District of Columbia is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Casa for Children of the District of Columbia reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.9m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $974k to $1.6m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Casa for Children of the District of Columbia sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mount Zion Health Fund ($1.6m), Jenkins Housing Inc ($1.6m) and Upper Peninsula Family Solutions ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $165k (8.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $464k against liabilities of $145k, net assets of $319k. It reported 38 employees.