Tax-Deductible Donation

Compassion International exists to help release poor children from the struggles of poverty in Jesus’ name. Since 1952, our Christian child charity has addressed the spiritual, social, economic and physical needs of poor children.

Today, with the help of people just like you, Compassion serves more than 728,000 children throughout more than 20 developing countries around the world. Learn how you can forever change the life of one special child by following the links below.

• Ways to sponsor a child           
• Learn more about our child sponsorship program
• Child sponsorship photo tours
• Tax-deductible donation options
• Financial information
• Christian child sponsorship testimonials
• Living sponsorship– Participants receive a one-time charitable contribution deduction in the year(s) funds are received

Tax-Deductible Donation Opportunities

With Compassion, you can give your tax-deductible donation to one of several of charitable giving opportunities. One such opportunity is Compassion’s Child Survival Program. Each day, 30,000 children under the age of five die because of malnutrition and preventable illnesses. A tax-deductible donation to this program provides mothers or primary caregiver with education in the following areas:

• Growth Monitoring
• Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT)
• Breast Feeding
• Immunization
• Female Literacy

This education is offered both before and after birth and is essential for the proper nourishment and care for infants and young children. Compassion’s Child Survival Program is helping to reduce the extremely large infant mortality rate one child at a time.

Sponsoring a Child in Need

One billion children are living in poverty throughout the world, and 300 million of them go to bed hungry every night. With a generous tax-deductible donation of just $32 a month, you can provide a child with a path out of poverty through our Child Sponsorship Program. When you become a Compassion sponsor, your charity donations provide your child with:

• Educational opportunities
• Health care and supplemental nutrition, if necessary
• Opportunities for safe, healthy recreation
• Opportunities to learn about important life skills
• Most important of all, sponsoring a child will allow your child to hear about Jesus and be encouraged to develop a lifelong relationship with God.

In addition to being a tax deduction, your monthly donation will make a real and lasting difference in the life of a child in need.

Why Sponsor a Child?

Many children in poverty feel unloved and unimportant. Sharing your thoughts, prayers and love with a child in need can change that perception, turning a child’s despair into hope. Your tax-deductible donation will connect you with one special child who will know your name, write you letters, and most importantly, treasure the very thought that you care. Your charitable contribution deduction will give your child more than just a sponsor; it will give him or her a caring friend as well.

More than 500,000 people all over the world are sponsoring children through our Child Sponsorship Program. Sponsors who choose to generously give a tax-deductible donation to Compassion, offer great testimonials about our Christian child ministry and the relationship they build with the children whose lives they have forever changed.

More Tax-Deductible Donation Options

Compassion has several other programs that help poor children in need all around the world. If you are unsure to which program you’d like to give your tax-deductible donation, you have the option to donate to our Partners of Compassion Fund. This fund helps meet needs that child sponsorship funds do not cover, such as providing access to clean water by building a well, providing Bibles to children, or offering disaster relief to families. A tax-deductible donation to this fund provides critical special assistance that provides an extra layer of care that can benefit an entire community.

Where Your Tax-Deductible Donation Goes

Over the years, Compassion International has gained a reputation for financial integrity and efficiency. We take stewardship seriously and more than 80 percent of all the donations we receive are used on program activities for children in need.

When you make a tax-deductible donation to our Christian child charity, you are able to see exactly where your money is going. Compassion insists on:

• Annual audits to show exactly how our income is used
• Regular audits for our country offices
• Program audits to evaluate the effectiveness of our programs in the lives of children

An annual report, which shows our program and supporting expenses, is available for our sponsors at their requests.

Compassion’s dedication to maintaining the highest standards of financial integrity has been recognized by various publications and accountability groups throughout the country, including:

• Forbes’ “Giving Smartly” Charities 2001 Listing
• The NonProfit Times’ “Top 100 Revenues”
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s “Philanthropy 400”
• The American Institute of Philanthropy’s "Top Rated Charities"

Compassion was also given Charity Navigator’s highest rating possible of four out of four stars. When you make a tax-deductible donation to our child ministry, you can be assured your gift will be used to improve the life of a poor child in need.

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation Today

You can make a difference. Please, make a tax-deductible donation to our child ministry today, and forever change the life of one special little boy or girl.