South County Compassion Center

Analysis

South County Compassion Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Gilroy, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2011, 15 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 June 2024, South County Compassion Center reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $614k to $1.8m (+198%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South County Compassion Center sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Debt Management Credit Counseling Corp ($1.8m), Voces ($1.8m) and Neema Village Tanzania Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% and program service revenue 61% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $124k (7.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $489k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $155k, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 14 employees.