Big Country Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc
Donations deductibleBig Country Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc's network
16 people20 organisationsi16 people and 20 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (16). Violet dotted lines (20) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
16 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 15 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Beckham | Treasurer | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Cassandra Aaron | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Christy Biebighauser | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Dr Ashley Hall (also filed as Dr Ashley Hall) | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Grant Cunningham | Vice Preside | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jeannette McQueen | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jesse Cardenas | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| John Graham | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Kasey Leavell | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Kelly Cheek | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kirk Canada | President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kristi Andrew | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Lauren Stafford | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Marcus Wilson | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Megan Elling | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Tiffany Lamb | Company secretary | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Ann Millender | Executive Director | since 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 August 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Ann Millender | Executive Di | 40 | $94k | ||
| Carolyn Beckham | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cassandra Aaron | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kristi Andrew | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christy Biebighauser | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jesse Cardenas | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kelly Cheek | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| John Graham | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Ashley Hall | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kasey Leavell | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jeannette McQueen | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lauren Stafford | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kirk Canada | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Grant Cunningham | Vice Preside | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tiffany Lamb | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Megan Elling | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marcus Wilson | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Big Country Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc
- EIN
- 474607273
- Address
- 400 Oak St Ste 217, Abilene, TX, 79602-1520
- State
- Texas
- Mission
- Big country casa recruits, trains, and supervises community volunteers who are appointed by judges to represent and advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children in the cps system in taylor county, texas. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- I21 Crime and legal-related
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Crime & Legal-Related
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2015
- Principal officer
- Lee Ann Millender (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 2015
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsCarolyn Beckham
≥6years on the filingsJeannette McQueen
≥6years on the filingsJohn Graham
≥6years on the filingsMarcus Wilson
Latest return
year to 31 August 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 August 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $2.9m
- Total liabilities
- $32k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $1m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 16
- Volunteers
- 116
Filed finances
2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1m | $950k | $191k |
| 2023 | $1.2m | $938k | $273k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Big Country Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Texas
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 22 May 2015
- Registered agent
- Not stated
This register does not publish officers or directors.