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Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County

Orange, California · EIN 33-0069334 · Civil Rights & Advocacy · tax-exempt since 1985

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Charity Clarity grade A (score 83.8 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Graded against 2,621 civil rights & advocacy nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.18.0 months78
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.83
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.94% from one source62
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.86.9%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.2.2%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.10not scored

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Year by year

201620172018202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2025Form 990$7.75M$6.84M$915K$10.23M18.049A
Sep 2024Form 990$5.94M$5.43M$509K$9.32M20.655A
Sep 2023Form 990$5.57M$4.83M$740K$8.81M21.954A
Sep 2022Form 990$4.82M$3.99M$823K$8.02M24.155B
Sep 2021Form 990$4.65M$3.22M$1.43M$7.26M27.155B
Sep 2020Form 990$3.98M$3.07M$912K$5.85M22.937B
Sep 2018Form 990$4.97M$2.61M$2.37M$4.16M19.139C
Sep 2017Form 990$2.97M$2.51M$455K$1.79M8.539B
Sep 2016Form 990$2.88M$2.40M$485K$1.34M6.735B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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