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CASA of Los Angeles

EIN 95-3890446Human Services California Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

A child's life. A child's voice. Lifted up. By you.

In 1983, Friends of Child Advocates, now CASA of Los Angeles, organized a public/private partnership to increase awareness and raise money for the recruitment, training and support of volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children under the care of the Dependency Court. The mission of CASA of Los Angeles is to improve the lives of foster children with trained volunteer advocates. A Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) is appointed by a judge to advocate for the best interests of a foster child. CASA seeks to reduce and reverse the effects of child abuse and neglect.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

80.49Overall score
out of 100

72.42Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,757,597

Total expenses · USD$3,600,000

Program expenses

$2,376,000.00 recorded amount

66.0%

Fundraising expenses

$838,800.00 recorded amount

23.3%

Administrative expenses

$381,600.00 recorded amount

10.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.23 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Dilys Tosteson Garcia
Recorded compensation: $188,793.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.24%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for CASA of Los Angeles
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	In 1983, Friends of Child Advocates, now CASA of Los Angeles, organized a public/private partnership to increase awareness and raise money for the recruitment, training and support of volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children under the care of the Dependency Court. The mission of CASA of Los Angeles is to improve the lives of foster children with trained volunteer advocates. A Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) is appointed by a judge to advocate for the best interests of a foster child. CASA seeks to reduce and reverse the effects of child abuse and neglect.
`ein` EIN	95-3890446
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3600000.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.106
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.23
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.233
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.66
`fscore` Financial score	72.42
`leader` Recorded leader	Dilys Tosteson Garcia
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	188793.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0524
`motto` Tagline	A child's life. A child's voice. Lifted up. By you.
`name` Charity name	CASA of Los Angeles
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3757597.0
`score` Overall score	80.49
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Children's and Family Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2376000.0
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	838800.0
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	381600.0

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-3890446
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Children's and Family Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.