Compton Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943142932
IRS 990-PF coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-T 2020
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4153919001
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$241,288
Expenses
$3,477,356

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Compton Foundation Inc is a nonprofit. Location: San Francisco, CA. EIN 943142932. Tax year 2024 Form 990-PF reports $241K revenue and $3.5M expenses.

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 13 grants totaling $1,536,282. The stated grant purposes included arts, children & youth, and cross-movement, plus 10 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 74% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 18
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 12

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 18.2%; rating input score 18; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 7.22; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 12th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 25 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 12/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.