Compass 
The information on this page was last updated 5/29/2023. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
We provide programs and services that emphasize personal growth, foster healthy relationships and promote connections to the community. We have an expanding array of services to address the difficult issues facing Nebraska's children and families. We have a growing Foster Care Program and provide needed Family Services through Central and Western Nebraska. We also offer Community Assistance and Intensive Family Preservation to meet the needs of families.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Compass
514 West 11th St
Kearney, NE 68845
Website: compassnebraska.org
Phone: 308-237-4085
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 208736269
CEO/President: Ryan Stanton
Chairman:
Board size: 6
Founder:
Ruling year: 2008
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2016
Purpose
There are kids all around us who see the world a lot differently than we do. They feel isolated and confused as the world moves on without them. Compass provides support, training, and financial assistance to help foster families make a difference in the lives of these kids. We give families the skills, tools and financial resources that are needed to bring the mission field into their homes.
Foster families provide love, guidance and hope to kids in need. Compass is committed to finding foster families who are able to provide a stable home environment with supervision, structure and support to ensure youth have every opportunity for success.
Mission statement
Everyone wants to wake up each morning believing the future will be great. Nebraska children have this same hopeful awakening. They deserve a happy and fulfilled childhood beyond their wildest dreams.
Yet happiness is out of reach for hundreds of local children. It's impossible to imagine a bright future when your family struggles with complex issues such as housing insecurity, mental health struggles, unemployment, addiction, domestic violence and more.
Compass is determined to guide children and families beyond the theatre of living room wars into the possibilities of supernatural peace based in safety, security and belonging. We build launch pads for Nebraskan children by investing in the lives of foster parents and families in crisis. We restore the relationships of parents with their children and families in crisis with their community, including the local church.
Statement of faith
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Adoption/Foster Care
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 176 of 1118 | 10 of 41 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 582 of 1119 | 17 of 41 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 282 of 1119 | 17 of 41 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 116 of 1118 | 4 of 41 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 12% | 30% | 23% | 14% | 6% | 39% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 72% | 3% | 4% | 9% | 10% | 2% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 6% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 28% | 97% | 96% | 91% | 90% | 98% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 81% | 84% | 85% | 84% | 86% | 84% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 98% | 91% | 100% | 101% | 93% | 100% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 77% | 77% | 85% | 85% | 81% | 84% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 2% | 9% | 0% | -1% | 7% | 0% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 3% | 27% | 1% | -3% | 24% | 1% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 12% | 15% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 15% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.83 | 2.73 | 3.26 | 3.17 | 3.43 | 3.84 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.35 | 1.22 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.21 | 1.27 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.54 | 3.32 | 3.87 | 3.78 | 4.14 | 4.87 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 10.29 | 71.96 | 64.31 | 33.35 | 81.33 | 1050.03 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 7.16 | 3.56 | 3.05 | 3.08 | 2.87 | 2.46 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 97% | 36% | 30% | 31% | 29% | 26% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Cash | $944,872 | $711,807 | $714,267 | $714,249 | $468,361 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $4,290 | $3,663 | $0 | $0 | $41,953 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $949,162 | $715,470 | $714,267 | $714,249 | $510,314 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $205,227 | $129,855 | $136,311 | $145,132 | $135,084 |
| Other long-term assets | $2,590 | $2,890 | $1,890 | $1,890 | $1,890 |
| Total long-term assets | $207,817 | $132,745 | $138,201 | $147,022 | $136,974 |
| Total assets | $1,156,979 | $848,215 | $852,468 | $861,271 | $647,288 |
| Liabilities | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $13,190 | $11,126 | $21,415 | $8,782 | $486 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $13,190 | $11,126 | $21,415 | $8,782 | $486 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $13,190 | $11,126 | $21,415 | $8,782 | $486 |
| Net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Without donor restrictions | $1,143,789 | $837,089 | $831,053 | $852,489 | $646,802 |
| With donor restrictions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assets | $1,143,789 | $837,089 | $831,053 | $852,489 | $646,802 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Total contributions | $101,250 | $111,252 | $231,618 | $328,605 | $61,066 |
| Program service revenue | $3,334,901 | $2,654,903 | $2,448,507 | $2,574,235 | $2,425,807 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $20,412 | $3,194 | $1,237 | $3,562 | $1,108 |
| Other revenue | $3,592 | $3,770 | $0 | $253,755 | $4,310 |
| Total other revenue | $3,358,905 | $2,661,867 | $2,449,744 | $2,831,552 | $2,431,225 |
| Total revenue | $3,460,155 | $2,773,119 | $2,681,362 | $3,160,157 | $2,492,291 |
| Expenses | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Program services | $2,656,975 | $2,362,828 | $2,276,306 | $2,545,239 | $2,095,302 |
| Management and general | $466,007 | $378,914 | $394,744 | $391,089 | $365,674 |
| Fundraising | $30,473 | $25,341 | $31,748 | $18,142 | $23,665 |
| Total expenses | $3,153,455 | $2,767,083 | $2,702,798 | $2,954,470 | $2,484,641 |
| Change in net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $306,700 | $6,036 | ($21,436) | $205,687 | $7,650 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $306,700 | $6,036 | ($21,436) | $205,687 | $7,650 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Ryan Stanton | Executive Director | $134,907 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2023
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History
Since 2007 Compass has been committed to challenging the community to invest in the lives of children. At its inception, Compass invited churches and families to host youth aging out of foster care in the Kearney area. However the need for foster homes for children of all ages quickly arose, expanding Compass' service array.
In 2010, Compass began providing services to families in crisis. Today Compass' 35+ member team connects the communities in central and southwestern Nebraska with foster care, parenting supervision and training, intensive family preservation, counseling services and CarePortal to the community.
Program accomplishments
Needs
Everyone has a part to play in combating the long term effects of children being abused and neglected. The devastation for their lives and the community as a whole is long lasting. There are many ways to get involved in this effort.
Providing a faithful contribution helps support our on going work with children and families in Nebraska. General donations help provide for many of our unfunded programs, including operations and expansion of CarePortal, Community Assistance to families, employee training activities, and adoption assistance.