COMPASSION IN ACTION: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: COMPASSION IN ACTION (EIN 91-1985682)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-05-02
IRS object ID: 202531229349302503
Schema version: 2024v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-05-02T12:01:50-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	911134996	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Richard Schmidt - R & S Bookkeeping	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7212 191st Ave E	AddressLine1Txt
City	Bonney Lake	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98391	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	911985682	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COMPASSION IN ACTION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	COMP	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4255311263	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 45	AddressLine1Txt
City	FALL CITY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98024	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GLEN GORDON	PersonNm
Person Title	CHAIRMAN	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4255311263	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-05-02	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	RICHARD SCHMIDT EA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00004926	PTIN
Phone	2538912271	PhoneNum
Preparation	2025-04-25	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	GLEN GORDON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 45	AddressLine1Txt
City	FALL CITY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98024	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$183,767	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.WEARECOMPASSION.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1999	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	WA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	SEE SCHEDULE O	ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Voting Members Independent	0	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$180,916	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$151,393	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
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PY Investment Income	$9,519	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$32,374	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
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PY Total Revenue	$190,435	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$183,767	CYTotalRevenueAmt
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CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
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CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$163,534	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$157,146	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$163,534	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$157,146	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$26,901	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$26,621	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$340,613	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$366,544	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$340,613	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$366,544	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Our purpose is to work long-term to assist and support local missionaries and Pastors in the evangelizing, planting and building of new Christian churches, schools, feeding centers, and medical clinics. This will be done through the partnership efforts of Christians both in-country and the United States. C in A missionaries and short-term team members will seek through personal witness to bring the hope and light of the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who are living in spiritual darkness around the world.	MissionDesc
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Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$153,092	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$178,168	RevenueAmt
Desc	CONTINUE TO OPERATE A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN DARIO NICARAGUA AND PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES AND FOOD	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$153,092	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	0	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	BECKY GORDON	PersonNm
Phone	4255311263	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 45	AddressLine1Txt
City	FALL CITY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98024	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
AARON COLDIRON
PRESIDENT	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GLEN GORDON
CHAIRMAN	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CECIL CATTERALL
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RODNEY KRUEGER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ABNER SOLANO JR
DIRECTOR	40.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DANA DANG
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOSEPH HEATWOLE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$151,393	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$151,393	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$32,374	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$183,767	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$32,374	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,152	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,152	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$87	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$87	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
DCA STAFF SALARIES	$91,993	$91,993	$0	$0
CREDIT CARD & BANK FEES	$2,578	$0	$2,578	$0
DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS	$964	$964	$0	$0
DARIO ACADEMY EXPENSE	$54,135	$54,135	$0	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$237	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$237	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$157,146	TotalAmt
Program Services	$153,092	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,054	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$139,224	BOYAmt
EOY	$82,780	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$201,389	BOYAmt
EOY	$283,764	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$340,613	BOYAmt
EOY	$366,544	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$340,613	BOYAmt
EOY	$366,544	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$340,613	BOYAmt
EOY	$366,544	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$340,613	BOYAmt
EOY	$366,544	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$26,621	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$690	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt
Public Support CY170	0	PublicSupportCY170Pct

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$237,818	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$241,870	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$218,412	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$180,916	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$151,393	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,030,409	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,439	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,519	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$32,374	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$43,332	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$237,818	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$241,870	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$219,851	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$190,435	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$183,767	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,073,741	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$1,073,741	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,073,741	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	1.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	1.00000	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Pt VI, Line 11b

NO REVIEW WILL WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED

Other

PART I LINE 1: Our purpose is to work long-term to assist and support local missionaries and pastors in the evangelizing, planting and building of new Christian churches, schools,feeding centers, and medical clinics. This will be done through the partnership efforts of Christians both in-country and the United States. C in A missionaries and short-term team members will seek through personal witness to bring the hope and light of the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who are living in spiritual darkness around the world.