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COMPASSION CHILD CARE

EIN 45-4077445 SIOUX FALLS, SD

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Revenue 2024
$3,022,042
Expenses 2024
$2,784,101

Program services were 85.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P3
Classification
1200
Street
1921 E 8TH ST

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE EXIST TO STRENGTHEN WORKING-POOR FAMILIES SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE THE FULLNESS OF GOD'S LOVE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE CHRISTIAN-BASED CHILDCARE TO FAMILIES IN NEED IN THE SIOUX FALLS, SD COMMUNITY.

  • COMPASSION CHILD CARE WAS FOUNDED TO PROVIDE DAYCARE FOR FAMILIES IN NEED WHERE THEY CAN EXPERIENCE THE COMPASSION OF GOD AND HEAR THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST. THE ORGANIZATION USES EVERY ASPECT OF THE DAYCARE PROGRAM (ART, MUSIC, LANGUAGE, ETC.) TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST. THE ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO TREAT ALL CHILDREN WITH THE DIGNITY, EQUALITY, AND RESPECT THEY DESERVE AS CHILDREN CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. LOW-INCOME FAMILIES OFTEN STRUGGLE WITH AFFORDABLE CARE AND TRADITIONAL DAYCARE HOURS OF OPERATION. THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS LOWER INCOME WORKING FAMILIES THE MEANS TO ACCESS CERTIFIED, COMPREHENSIVE CHILDCARE AT A PRICE THAT ENABLES THEM TO STABILIZE THEIR OVERALL FINANCIAL LIFE. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.EACH FAMILY PAYS A WEEKLY TUITION AMOUNT THAT IS DETERMINED BY REVIEWING THEIR INCOME AND DEBT. EACH FAMILY MEETS WITH A STAFF MEMBER AND A BOARD MEMBER EACH YEAR TO REVIEW THEIR TUITION AND DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT TO PAY. DAYCARE IS AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 6:30 A.M. TO 6:30 P.M. AGE-APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SET DEVELOPMENT GOALS ARE OFFERED FOR EACH CHILD. THESE GOALS ARE COMMUNICATED TO PARENTS REGULARLY. ADDITIONALLY, PARENTS ARE OFFERED LIFE DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES AND COMMUNICATES OTHER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT CAN HELP FAMILIES FLOURISH. THE ORGANIZATION SERVED 196 FAMILIES IN 2024. 91 PERCENT OF THE FAMILIES SERVED WERE AT OR BELOW 209 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. 78 PERCENT OF THE FAMILIES SERVED WERE BELOW 185 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

    Expenses $2,030,758 · Revenue $521,536

  • ONE OF COMPASSION CHILD CARE'S CORE VALUES IS BEING FAMILY FOCUSED. THAT CORE VALUE DRIVES A PROGRAM FOR SINGLE MOTHERS WHERE THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A HOME. A TOTAL OF 6 MOTHERS AND 10 CHILDREN WERE SERVED IN 2024. THE HOUSE MANAGERS BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MOTHERS AND PROVIDE A STABLE INFLUENCE IN THEIR LIVES. EACH MOTHER PAYS $300 A MONTH TO LIVE IN THE HOME AND THEY GET A PORTION OF THAT BACK IF THEY LIVE IN THE HOME FOR ONE YEAR. THE CHILDREN OF THE MOTHERS MUST BE ENROLLED IN THE DAYCARE IN ORDER FOR MOMS TO QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $337,228 · Revenue $17,247

  • ONE OF COMPASSION CHILD CARE'S CORE VALUES IS BEING FAMILY FOCUSED, AND THEREFORE ALL FAMILIES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A THREE WEEK RESOURCE CLASS. EACH FAMILY ATTENDED THE THREE WEEK RESOURCE CLASSES AND CHOSE CLASSES THAT WERE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM SUCH AS PARENTING, BUDGETING, UNDERSTANDING PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM, HEALTH INSURANCE, OR CAR BUYING. EACH FAMILY COMPLETED CLASS ASSIGNMENTS TO HELP THEM PUT INTO PRACTICE THE THINGS TAUGHT. THE CLASSES PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH FAMILY TO REVIEW THEIR CURRENT BUDGET, HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, AND CAR NEEDS.

    Expenses $14,668

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Rich Merkouris

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Michael Johnson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Barry Termaat

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Jill Termaat

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holly Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bill Termaat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jayne Termaat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ben Deschepper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tracy Kirby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ross Reitsma

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Crystal Reitsma

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deidra Ritter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chris Ritter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mandy Deschepper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Kirby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,022,042
    Expenses
    $2,784,101
    Contributions
    $2,804,709
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,172,230
    Expenses
    $2,194,051
    Contributions
    $2,029,484
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,628,634
    Expenses
    $2,099,714
    Contributions
    $2,193,129
    Grants paid
    $19,100

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
    $2,280,932
    Expenses
    $1,838,827
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,249,862
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,944,066
    Expenses
    $1,509,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,004,419
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,256,663
    Expenses
    $1,687,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $920,959
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,256,663
    Expenses
    $1,685,487
    Assets (EOY)
    $429,293
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,869,915
    Expenses
    $1,771,238
    Assets (EOY)
    $836,804
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,814,666
    Expenses
    $1,779,075
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,310,749
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,844,511
    Expenses
    $1,435,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,286,553
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,475,469
    Expenses
    $1,559,166
    Assets (EOY)
    $906,728
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,576,867
    Expenses
    $1,668,692
    Assets (EOY)
    $969,723
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,350,929
    Expenses
    $1,151,797
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,035,503

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.