Cochise County Council for CASA, Inc.

Welcome to Cochise County Council for CASA, Inc.

Working today to change tomorrow!

Southwest Gas Fuel For Life Donation

On June 5, 2025, Southwest Gas presented the Council with a check for $23,387. This represents the annual amount that will be donated by monthly donations of the employees of Southwest Gas through their Fuel for Life giving program.

The Council greatly appreciates the ongoing support we are receiving from the employees of Southwest Gas.

ARIZONA TAX CREDITS FOR QUALIFIED FOSTER CARE ORGANIZATIONS

The CASA Council is an approved Foster Care Organizations for Arizona Tax Credits

The CASA Council would like to encourage you to participate in the Arizona Tax Credit Program and to aid us in our mission.

Contributions made on or before the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable year may be applied to either the current or the preceding taxable year and are considered to have been made on the last day of that taxable year.

This individual income tax credit is available for contributions to Qualifying Foster Care Charitable Organizations. The tax credit is claimed on Form 352. For 2025, the maximum credit allowed is $618 single, married filing separate or head of household, $1,234 married filing jointly. For 2026, the maximum is $632 single, married filing separate or head of household. $1,262 married filing jointly.

The Cochise County Council for CASA is both a 501(c)(3) organization and am Arizona Qualified Foster Care Organization code number 10039.

How Your Donations Help

HOW YOUR DONATIONS WERE USED

People who donate to charities want to know how their money is being used. The CASA Council for CASA has no paid employees, nor do we have offices.

We serve an average of 240 children who are in involved with the Department of Child Safety in Cochise County, Graham County and Greenlee County.

This is how we spent your donations in Fiscal 2025-2025, July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025

Total Administrative Costs 6,111.08 8%

Administration 57.31

General Administrative 93.76

Postage, mailing services 623.43

Bank and PayPal fees* 2,085.58

Printing 221.53

Accounting Fees 1,875.00

Insurance - Liability, D and O 1,074.47

Office/General Administrative Expenses 80.00

Total Direct Support of Children 61,633.05 83%

Computers/Software 2,583.08

Sports/Musical Equipment 1,643.40

Student School/Tutoring 2,295.00

Bedding/beds/baby items 16,025.67

Gas/Bus pass/Gas Cards for foster parents 717.93

Gift Cards Grants/gift cards 9,150.00

Clothing and Hygiene 10,743.63

School Supplies 978.92

Special Needs 6,379.10

Lunch Outings 1,258.62

Groceries 1,600.00

Court Costs 609.31

Movies 50.00

Games 260.86

Medical 4,536.88

Christmas party 992.48

Summer Camps/Schools 1,808.17

Total CASA Program Support 6,626.30 9%

Volunteer Training 853.37

Volunteer Recognition 2,535.53

Mileage & Hotels for volunteers 3,237.40

Total Expenses 74,370.43

* PayPal charges 4% processing fee for the donations made by credit card.

A Big Thank You To All Of our donors!

Donate

Your generous gift will help us fund our mission to help children in foster care. Together, we can make a difference.

For Arizona Qualified Foster Care Organizations contributions use code 10039

Contact Us For Financial Assistance

Funding requests will be considered on a case by case basis:

Please include the following information.

* Your relationship to the child

* A phone number where you can be reached

* Youth's family name

* County where DCS Involvement originated

* DCS Case Manager's name

* Nature of request

* Amount Requested

* If a gift card is needed, to which store.

About Us

How We're Helping

We are a nonprofit organization focused on supporting the local CASA Program. We provide financial support for both the CASA Volunteers and directly to children in foster care.

501(c)(3) Qualified Foster Care Charity for Arizona Income Tax Credit

Get Involved

Are you passionate about what we're doing? Let us know! We are always looking for volunteers to help us make our vision a reality. We'll help you find a way to volunteer that best suits you. We're excited to have you join the team!

Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.

Contact Us

Cochise County Casa Council for CASA, Inc.

(520) 378-5195

Council Officers

President:

Kevin Farrow

Ph: 520-249-5353

Info@cochisecountycouncil.org

Tresurer

Anita Farrow

Secretary:

Sharon Buono