The Compass Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460350199
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Phone
6053390116
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protection Against Abuse

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,275,068
Expenses
$1,379,868
Assets
$989,555
Liabilities
$494,604

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SADIE BELL (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHELLE TRENT (EXECUTIVE DI): $91,234 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Navigating the journey to healing for all affected by sexual, relational, and family trauma.

What it reported doing in 2022

B.advocacy and crisis intervention services: advocacy services may include assistance to survivors during hospital exams, helping a client navigate and understand law enforcement investigations, obtaining protection orders, and courtroom accompanyment. Tcc also helps survivors make connections to other needed community resources. Tcc provides emergency financial assistance to survivors who need help with transportation, rent, and other necessities. Crisis intervention includes staff and volunteers responding to the immediate needs of survivors. During fy23, tcc provided service to 142 survivors in the emergency room and spoke to 29 additional clients via phone. Tcc is the leader of the community sexual assault response team (sart).

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 75% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 65%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 63rd 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 65% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $897K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.