Compassion Institute

Analysis

Compassion Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Half Moon Bay, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 Institute reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.7m, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $638k to $1.3m (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 172%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Compassion Institute sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wee Care Christian Learning Center Inc ($1.3m), Montessori Seeds of Education Inc ($1.3m) and Yeshivat Mekor Chaim Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 83% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $270k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $469k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $88k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 10 employees.