Project Kompass Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844402345
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lowell, MA, USA
Phone
9787104225
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Temporary Housing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$588,427
Expenses
$454,024
Assets
$852,030
Liabilities
$14,600

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RONNIE HOEY (PRESIDENT/TREASURER/EXECUT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RONNIE HOEY (PRESIDENT/TREASURER/EXECUT): $128,273 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Project kompass provides transitional housing and life skills for young women, new moms, and their babies experiencing homelessness, while also supporting the broader community with food, clothing and other essentials and connections to local resources.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the year ended june 30, 2025, project kompass (pk) accomplished the following: residents: pk welcomed 39 residents, bringing the total served to 137 to date.pk expanded its staffing by adding an office manager and a part-time facilities position.approxmimately 75% of graduates obtained permanent housing or successfully reengaged with family.pk provided "resets" for 2 former residents, reinforcing pk's long-term support.pk stepped up to provide emergency housing for 4 displaced jobcorps students who lacked family supports after the federal program was cut.pk continued to embrace and support lgbtq+residents, particularly those in gender transition.community service/outreach: pk assisted nearly 100 individual/families each month with food, school and baby supplies, hygiene products, clothing, and service referrals. Pk provided temporary hotel stays (2-4 weeks) for families experiencing homelessness due to lack of shelter in the region.pk supported local youth and community efforts by: - serving lunch to 220 campers in the lowell youth leadership program. - adopting a street with the lowell litter krewe. - delivering holiday care packages to unhoused individuals multiple times throughout the year. - sponsoring the kindness initiative program at shawnessy school in partnership with connor's kindness program.collaborations/partnerships: pk strengthened food program collaborations with the merrimack valley food bank and mill city grows. Pk partnered with the wish project and collaborated with healthy families, the city of lowell homeless commission, greater lowell health alliance, and other community organizations. Growth: pk launched expansion into a community center to meet increasing food, housing, and health needs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.9%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.8%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.88; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.9% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $335K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.