Compassion Connect

Legal name: Compassion Connect Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262304524
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Gresham, OR, United States
Phone
971-231-4823
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,789,983
Expenses
$1,117,837
Assets
$1,657,704
Liabilities
$39,137

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNELLE ESQUIVEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNELLE ESQUIVEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $79,900 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Bringing churches and people together to serve their neighborhoods. We bring churches together to serve their neighborhoods _Our Values_. Compassion Connect was founded in 2006 by Dr. Gary Tribbett and Milan Homola and gained 501(c)(3) status in 2008. Gary and Milan recognized that the problems of brokenness and division in the world were too large for any one church to solve. They believed that God’s desire was for his Church to unite in service. So they developed practical models to equip local churches to work together to meet the physical and spiritual needs of people in their neighborhoods. With the help of many faithful volunteers, their vision initially spread across Portland and surrounding areas through our Compassion Clinic Model. Today, Compassion Connect has a network of epicenters and implementers in several state.

What it reported doing in 2025

Compassion connect's anti-exploitation work unites the faith community in its attack against local sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Its major initiative is a bridal dress repurposing project called "adorned in grace." dresses, wedding gowns and accessories are donated to adorned in grace bridal shops, which raise awareness and funds for the cause. Volunteers cleanup, repair, and repurpose the dresses, and the net earnings support ending sexual exploitation through prevention and restoration work. The main prevention program funded by these sales is called compassion youth mentoring, and is a mentoring program for vulnerable youth. The anti-exploitation work had about 187 volunteers who spent approximately 2,163 hours in 2025 raising awareness for the prevention of trafficking and support for victims. Approximately, 127 at-risk youth and trafficked victims were served and several adult survivors and youth and are currently in the mentoring relationships.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.9%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $108.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.3%; rating input score 96; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.6%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.48; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 44.9% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $914K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.