Compass Rose International

Analysis

Compass Rose International is a registered charity in United States, based in Boulder, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 2022, Compass Rose International reported income of $107k and spending of $164k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2022, income grew from $44k to $107k (+140%), an average of +140% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 155% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Compass Rose International sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harmony Life International ($107k), Hand-In-Hand Share Missions ($107k) and Siloe Ministries Inc ($107k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% of the total. At year end it held assets of $79k against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $60k.