Compassion Accountability and Fast Facts

Compassion’s Accountability Report

As a Christ-centered charitable organization, we strive to be good stewards of the resources you entrust to us. Our financial accountability, reporting processes, and results around the globe are consistently commended. With God’s blessing and your ongoing support, we will continue working to release as many children as possible from poverty in Jesus’ name.

In 2020, we began publishing an Accountability Report. This report describes the work of Compassion in a way that provides greater transparency to the way we operate and deliver impact as a ministry. We believe this is a more complete response to our stakeholder needs, along with the continued publication of our audited financial statements.

COMPASSION FAST FACTS

Who Is Compassion?

Compassion is a global authority in holistic child development through sponsorship.

What Does Compassion Do?

Compassion works across 43 countries to resource and empower local churches to release children from poverty.

Core Programs

SURVIVAL:

Essential prenatal care, birth assistance and training for infant and mother survival

CHILD DEVELOPMENT:

Education, medical care, nutrition and life skills training for every child

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT:

Vocational and entrepreneurial training, university education, sports and art opportunities

TRANSFORMATIONAL INITIATIVES:

Large-scale water, health, infrastructure and disaster response interventions

Compassion’s Effectiveness

Compassion alumnus, Kevin, 36, is a teacher and head of education for a Kenyan nonprofit.

Independent research shows that Compassion’s child development model results in long-term transformative effects.*

Children enrolled in our program are:

- Up to 40% more likely to finish secondary school
- Up to 80% more likely to graduate college
- Able to earn 20% higher income as an adult

* Wydick, B. (2019), Shrewd Samaritan.