Rural Compassion FY2020 filing

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Ozark, MO501(c)(3)ReligionEIN 20-0870007

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To teach, train, and mentor rural pastors, churches, and communities to effectively bring about change within their own communities. To help these rural communities break the cycle of poverty and find resources within their own community to become a self sustaining and profitable community. To provide rural churches with resources and supplies to be a connection point within their community. Responding to natural disasters in rural communities and providing supplies and help in their time of need.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$77K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $89K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$77K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $78K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 3 voting members
Concern: none of 3 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$933K
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$931K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$933K
FY2020
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$933K
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$2.5M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2020
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$2.5M
Net assets
$931K
FY2020
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$931K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$401K
FY2023$382K
FY2024$356K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2004.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $1.2M Management & general 10% · $141K Fundraising 7% · $102K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $77K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$77,011Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Steve Donaldson’s $77K as President and Chairman is at the 32nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $1–10M religion nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Steve Donaldson$77,000$79,831$77,000$76,500$77,011

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowers rural pastors and communities with training, resources, and disaster relief to foster self-sufficiency and positive change.

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2 program services account for $1.2M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01

Resourced rural communities with supplies to help overcome poverty issues. Items were distributed directly to communities as well as through compassion trainings. Supplies were also used to help communities who had suffered from natural disasters.

$635Kprogram expense
02

Distribution of donated shoes to be used in outreaches.

$593Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 10 grants · $401K · 2022–2024
Christ ConversationNV · FY2024$29,059
Unitemized GrantFY2024$8,633
Go RuralMO · FY2023$81,950
Christ ConversationNV · FY2023$10,728
Go RuralMO · FY2022$171,207
Unitemized GrantFY2022$15,927

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$933K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$933K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$141K
Fundraisingcol D$102K
Owns and owesPt X
$931K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$293K
Total assetsLn 16$931K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$933K
Government grantsLn 1e$26K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$658K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$933K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$137K
SavingsLn 2$156K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$293K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$931K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$931K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 6613
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$239K$293K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M$931K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M$931K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$77K$26K$26K$26K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$21K$0$21K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$0$17K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$0$8K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$0$0$2K
Office expensesLn 13$17K$0$17K$0
Information technologyLn 14$351$351$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$10K$3K$512$6K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$0$5K$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$0$3K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.3M$1.2M$44K$69K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.2M$141K$102K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.5M$2.5M−$13K$356K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$1.2M−$19K$382K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$1.2M−$44K$401K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.4M$2.2M$168K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $933K$1.5M−$538K$931K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $933,324 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$26,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$907,324
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$657,602
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$933,324
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$933,324
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,471,343 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $25,670 · Management $25,671 · Fundraising $25,670$77,011
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $21,140 · Fundraising $0$21,140
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $17,214 · Fundraising $0$17,214
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $8,450 · Fundraising $0$8,450
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $1,698$1,698
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $17,196 · Fundraising $0$17,196
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $351 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$351
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,416 · Management $512 · Fundraising $6,321$10,249
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $4,595 · Fundraising $0$4,595
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $2,513 · Fundraising $0$2,513
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,198,165 · Management $44,096 · Fundraising $68,665$1,310,926
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,227,602 · Management $141,387 · Fundraising $102,354$1,471,343
Part X · Balance sheet $930,558 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $85,429$136,667
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $154,000$156,115
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,229,148$637,776
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,468,577$930,558
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,468,577$930,558
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,468,577$930,558
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,468,577$930,558
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $930,558 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$933,324
XI-2 Total expenses$1,471,343
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$538,019
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,468,577
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$930,558

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