Capital Area Casa Association

Analysis

Capital Area Casa Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1992, 34 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, Capital Area Casa Association reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $952k to $1.1m (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Capital Area Casa Association sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hoosier Action Resource Center ($1.1m), Southern California Indian Law and Justice Center ($1.1m) and Louisiana Sheriffs Honorary Membership Program ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $125k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $531k. It paid $24k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $21k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 20 employees.