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Compassion International

EIN 36-2423707International Colorado Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name

Compassion International's holistic child development through sponsorship program is designed to release children from economic, physical, social and spiritual poverty. Compassion revolutionized the fight against poverty by rooting its program for children exclusively in local churches and is the only sponsorship program to be validated through independent, empirical research. Compassion partners with more than 6,500 churches in 25 countries to release over 1.8 million children and young adults from poverty in Jesus' name.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.76Overall score
out of 100

78.46Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$890,299,730

Total expenses · USD$861,733,317

Program expenses

$702,312,653.35 recorded amount

81.5%

Fundraising expenses

$88,758,531.65 recorded amount

10.3%

Administrative expenses

$68,938,665.36 recorded amount

8.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Santiago H. Mellado
Recorded compensation: $364,964.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.04%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Compassion International
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Compassion International's holistic child development through sponsorship program is designed to release children from economic, physical, social and spiritual poverty. Compassion revolutionized the fight against poverty by rooting its program for children exclusively in local churches and is the only sponsorship program to be validated through independent, empirical research. Compassion partners with more than 6,500 churches in 25 countries to release over 1.8 million children and young adults from poverty in Jesus' name.
`ein` EIN	36-2423707
`tot_exp` Total expenses	861733317.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10300000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.815
`fscore` Financial score	78.46
`leader` Recorded leader	Santiago H. Mellado
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	364964.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0004
`motto` Tagline	Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name
`name` Charity name	Compassion International
`tot_rev` Total revenue	890299730.0
`score` Overall score	84.76
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	702312653.3549999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	88758531.65100001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	68938665.36

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2423707
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.