Compton Fund

Analysis

Compton Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Compton Fund reported income of $139k and spending of $224k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $109k to $139k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Compton Fund sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include S & S Club Inc ($138k), FCM Cares Inc ($139k) and Verrazano Rotary Charitable Foundation ($138k).

At year end it held assets of $3.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.7m.