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Compass College of Cinematic Arts

Grand Rapids, Michigan · EIN 38-3336473 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1998

F

Charity Clarity grade F (score 36.5 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 23,660 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue under $100K filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.139.2 months0
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.56% of practices56
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.14
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.66% from one source53
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.80.4%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.19.4%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.01not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$48K$165K−$117K$1.91M139.20F
Jun 2024Form 990$381K$737K−$356K$2.03M33.032C
Jun 2023Form 990$1.73M$2.67M−$939K$2.38M10.737B
Jun 2022Form 990$2.65M$2.66M−$17K$3.32M15.041B
Jun 2021Form 990$2.24M$1.92M$314K$3.34M20.846B
Jun 2020Form 990$1.86M$1.80M$60K$3.03M20.245A
Jun 2019Form 990$2.08M$2.14M−$59K$2.97M16.652A
Jun 2018Form 990$2.51M$2.40M$104K$3.02M15.144A
Jun 2017Form 990$2.56M$1.83M$725K$2.92M19.138A
Jun 2016Form 990$2.23M$1.68M$555K$2.20M15.734A

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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