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COMPASSION FIRST

EIN 20-5787774 BEAVERTON, OR

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Revenue 2025
$3,416,819
Expenses 2025
$2,906,011

Program services were 84.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q33
Classification
1000
Street
1500 NW 167TH PL

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

8 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

COMPASSION FIRST IS A CHRISTIAN RELIEF ORGANIZATION SERVING CHILD SEX- TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS THROUGH LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED AFTERCARE, LEGAL ADVOCACY, PEER-TO-PEER LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND CASE- MANAGED INTERVENTION SUPPORT.

  • 1) CONTINUED FULL-CAPACITY OPERATION OF A FULL-FUNCTION AFTERCARE SHELTER IN NORTH SULAWESI. PROGRAMMING AND WRAP-AROUND CARE INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED CARE, CATCH-UP EDUCATION, COLLEGE PLANNING, TRAUMA COUNSELING, DISCIPLESHIP, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, RESILIENCE PROGRAMMING, ETC. 2) OPERATION OF TRANSITION HOME FOR GRADUATES AND RESIDENTS OF OUR NORTH SULAWESI SHELTER IN ADVANCED PHASES OF CARE PURSUING COLLEGE OR VOCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS. 3) CONTINUED COMMUNITY BASED CARE FOR SURVIVORS IN EAST JAVA. 4) CONTINUED OPERATING A FULL-FUNCTION AFTERCARE AFTERCARE SHELTER IN WEST JAVA PROVIDING THE SAME PROGRAMMING AND WRAP-AROUND RESIDENTIAL CARE AS OUR OPERATION IN NORTH SULAWESI. 5) CONTINUED TRANSIT MONITORING OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH SULAWESI PORTS TO INTERCEPT TRAFFICKERS BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE A GIRL FROM HER HOME ISLAND. 6) CONTINUED OUTREACH AND OPERATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIFIC TO INVESTIGATION AND RESCUE OF UNDERAGE GIRLS FROM SEXUAL TRAFFICKING AND FORCED PROSTITUTION INCLUSIVE OF CASE-MANAGED FUNDING OF INTERVENTION, CASE MANAGEMENT OF FAMILIES, AND CASE MANAGEMENT/ACCOMPANIMENT OF MINORS UPON COMPLETION OF INTERVENTION. 7) CONTINUED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS SPECIFIC TO "CEMETERY " COMMUNITIES IN EAST JAVA. PROJECT INCLUDES EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP, DROP-IN CENTERS FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, AND ADULTS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING, TUTORING, PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMMING, MARTIAL ARTS, FAMILY SUPPORT, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND LIFE-SKILLS TRAINING. 8) CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS WITH LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS (INDONESIA SPECIFIC) INCLUSIVE OF PROGRAM TRAINING. 9) CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND WORK EXCHANGE WITH SAFETY COMPASS, A LOCAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN FOUR OREGON COUNTIES.

    Expenses $2,449,695

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Michael Mercer

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $190,473
    From this org
    $174,789
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,684
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,789
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $48,000
    Deferred
    $10,884
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,800
    Filer's total
    $190,473
  • Valerie Bellamy

    DIR OF DONOR

    Total calculated
    $127,041
    From this org
    $115,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,997
    Hours/week
    40
  • Traci Espeseth

    VP OF US OP

    Total calculated
    $151,327
    From this org
    $139,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,285
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,042
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $36,000
    Deferred
    $7,485
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,800
    Filer's total
    $151,327
  • Lonnie Sproat

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shane Dwyer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Aaron Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alice Rau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cody Cupper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jesse Bonfiglio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Henderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sabino Arrendondo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendy Slocum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,416,819
    Expenses
    $2,906,011
    Contributions
    $3,394,892
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,332,695
    Expenses
    $2,445,937
    Contributions
    $2,330,368
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,075,237
    Expenses
    $2,248,772
    Contributions
    $2,064,806
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,824,113
    Expenses
    $1,980,738
    Contributions
    $1,844,700
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,238,291
    Expenses
    $1,703,723
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,423,052
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,656,703
    Expenses
    $1,482,637
    Assets (EOY)
    $988,506
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,679,207
    Expenses
    $1,793,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $715,656
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,404,738
    Expenses
    $1,369,504
    Assets (EOY)
    $825,974
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,081,820
    Expenses
    $1,184,567
    Assets (EOY)
    $785,608
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,295,524
    Expenses
    $1,319,990
    Assets (EOY)
    $890,829
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,170,739
    Expenses
    $1,243,679
    Assets (EOY)
    $922,817
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,170,739
    Expenses
    $1,243,679
    Assets (EOY)
    $922,817
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,773,944
    Expenses
    $954,086
    Assets (EOY)
    $998,657
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $859,877
    Expenses
    $786,103
    Assets (EOY)
    $166,844

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.