Compassion Connect Inc

“The 990 is provided to the Board of Directors for review prior to filing. If a board member has a question, a meeting is held with the Executive Director and the board to address the comment or question and then finalize the 990.”

“The organization has a written conflict of interest policy.”

“Salary for the Executive Director must be approved by the board after studying comparability data and job descriptions.”

“Key employee compensation is determined by the board after comparing data and job descriptions.”

“Form 990 is made available upon request and is available on our website”

“Governing documents that are subject to the public inspection requirements are made available upon request.”

“As part of its Abolition Now Program (see Part III for complete description of this program), Compassion Connect receives wedding dress donations to resell in their bridal shops to those they serve or others in the community. Additionally, these dresses are given to other nonprofit organizations with a similar purpose. Previously, these sales were reported as inventory sales which created a net loss when netting the cost of goods sold (value of dress donations) against the dress sale revenue and resulted in a large loss shown on the Form 990 Part I Summary Line 11 and Part VIII Statement of Revenue Line 10c. The loss was not a cash loss because the dresses were donated, not purchased, and the cost of sales offset the noncash revenue in Part VIII. We do not believe this method accurately represents the generosity of those who support our ministry with cash and noncash donations. Therefore, the sales are reported as Abolition Now program sales in Part VIII, Statement of Revenue and the dresses given away or sold at less than estimated value in Part IX, Line 2.”

“Temporarily restricted fund increase over prior year has been reclassified from an asset to temporarily restricted funds. $5,229”

“Development Consultants = $37,600Stipends for Education, Volunteer Mgt and other services = $36,255Mini Clinic Services = $5,897Other contracted expenses = $2,000”

“Abolition Now benefitted from donated retail space for the Adorned in Grace ministry bridal shops (3 in 2018). The donated space had a fair market rental value of $235,934 in 2018. Adorned in Grace also has 2 donated design studios. The fair market rental value is $41,764. This space is also used as office space.”