Rural Compassion

Analysis

Rural Compassion is a registered charity in United States, based in Ozark, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Rural Compassion reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $293k to $1.1m (+286%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 218%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Rural Compassion sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 79th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Empowerment Ministries ($1.1m), Goten Inc ($1.1m) and Friends of Acilba 613 ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $85k (7.4% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $387k against liabilities of $5,504, net assets of $382k. It reported 1 employees.