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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: July 2024 Expires: July 2026

Compassion & Choices

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(800) 247-7421
8156 S Wadsworth Boulevard, #E-162
Littleton, CO, 80128
https://www.compassionandchoices.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Compassion & Choices meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to improve care and expand choice at the end of life."

Year, State Incorporated:
1995, CO

Compassion & Choices (C&C) works to improve care, expand options and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey. The organization works across the nation in communities, state legislatures, Congress, courts and medical settings to: educate the public about the importance of documenting end-of-life values and priorities and about the full range of available options. C&C also seeks to empower every individual with achievable options, authoritative information and constructive advice for guiding their care and engaging with their providers. The organization also advocates for expanded choices, secure and ready access to them and improved medical practice that puts patients first and values quality of life in treatment plans for terminal illness. Finally, C&C reports that it defends existing end-of-life options from efforts to restrict access.

For the year ended June 30, 2023, Compassion & Choices's program expenses were:

Direct lobbying: $1,250,629

Grassroots lobbying: $178,470

Policy and litigation: $2,878,670

Public education: $8,069,245

Advocacy: $4,552,036

Clinical education and community engagement: $4,315,505

Total Program Expenses: $21,244,555

Chief Executive
Kimberly Callinan, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$280,303

Chair of the Board
Jerri Shaw

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Co-Founder and Former President, JBS International

Board Size
12

Paid Staff Size
108

*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Special events, Telemarketing

C&C incurred joint costs of $2,886,293 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs $1,578,095 was allocated to fundraising expenses and $1,308,197 was allocated to program expenses. 

Fundraising costs were 7% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $22,541,536, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Compassion & Choices's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
Contributions $21,397,691
In-kind contributions $1,143,845
Investment income, net $1,010,584
Realized and unrealized gain on investments $1,254,985
Other income $19,382
Total Income $24,826,587

Programs: 87% Fundraising: 7% Administrative: 7%

Total Income $24,826,587
Total expenses: $24,549,232
  Program expenses $21,244,555
  Fundraising expenses $1,650,941
  Administrative expenses $1,653,736
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $277,355
Beginning Net Assets $22,640,897
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $22,918,252
Total Liabilities $15,969,144
Total Assets $38,887,396

Note: According to C&C's audited financial statements - combined - for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, the organization received in-kind contributions totaling $1,143,845 including legal services ($1,139,613), production fee discounted services ($2,000), donated speakers contribution stipend ($1,857), and volunteer services ($375).

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance