Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri

Analysis

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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 December 2023, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.2m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $515k to $1.4m (+177%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 229%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manavi Inc ($1.4m), Community Labor United Incorporated ($1.4m) and Chrysalis Ministries ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $88k (7.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $587k. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $46k, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 19 employees.