Compassion Prison Project

Analysis

Compassion Prison Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Compassion Prison Project reported income of $1.2m and spending of $897k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $373k to $1.2m (+221%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Compassion Prison Project 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 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Advancing Real Change Inc ($1.2m), New England Legal Foundation ($1.2m) and Public Defender Corporation for the Fifteenth Circuit of West Virginia ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $226k (25% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $94k. At year end it held assets of $957k against liabilities of $59k, net assets of $898k. It reported 4 employees.