Compton Initiative

Analysis

Compton Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Paramount, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Compton Initiative reported income of $131k and spending of $177k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $189k to $131k (-31%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Compton Initiative sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Homesnow ($131k), Options Pregnancy Clinic of Ava ($131k) and Timber Hills Housing of Prentiss County Inc ($131k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $247k against liabilities of $488, net assets of $247k.