Compassion at Work

Analysis

Compassion at Work is a registered charity in United States, based in Humble, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Compassion at Work reported income of $467k and spending of $354k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $467k (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Compassion at Work sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seeds of Faith Inc ($467k), We2gether Creating Change ($467k) and My Chosen Ones Inc ($466k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.9m.