Safety Compass

Analysis

Safety Compass is a registered charity in United States, based in Woodburn, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2017, 9 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, Safety Compass reported income of $962k and spending of $847k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $510k to $962k (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Safety Compass sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alliance ($962k), Justpartners Inc ($962k) and Concordia Council on Aging Inc ($961k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $81k (9.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $465k. It paid $33k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $586k against liabilities of $137k, net assets of $449k. It reported 15 employees.