Vermont · Nonprofit
THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC
THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC (Vermont) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $353,375 to it, the largest being VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION ($126,770). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $991k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $353k
- Net assets
- $266k
What The Compass School Inc does
Mission
The compass school supports every student to find success in school, expand their horizons and develop as good students and good community members.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Middle and high school education designed to engage diverse learners with a wide range of educational experiences, personalized for different learning needs, with opportunities for student leadership so every student finds success in school and has the 21st century skills to contribute to their community.
$836,713 spent$789,408 earned by the program88% of program spendingHealth- we continue to expand our comprehensive approach to health and wellness. Our main financial need is the cost of our counselor and a special education assistant who supports students social-emotional needs and leads classes on mindfullness. These two staff also facilitate our wellness committee, which is a student led group that takes leadership for the health and well being of their peers, with particular attention to mental health issues. This group of volunteers puts students with their own health issues in the role of leaders who can take their challenges and use them to guide programming and supports to help all students.
$63,999 spent7% of program spendingSpecial education: compass has a wrap around appoach to special education that supports students across all scholl programs, whether or not they have identified special needs. Compass is inclusive of a wide diversity of learners and has a personalized approach to education where every student can find success. In addition to direct special education supports, all aspects of the program are designed to proactively include all learners, be adaptable for different learning needs, and offer opportunities for students to exercise leadership to make modifications that contribute to their success in school.
$52,265 spent$15,578 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $952,977.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.4M to $1.1M (−20%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 20% · 2022 2% · 2023 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Christine Armiger
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $75k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 86% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $82k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $342k on record.
- Other Grants$309k
- Hardware-Desktop & Laptop PCs$15k
- Participant Support Costs$12k
- Grants to School Districts$6k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC?
- THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC (Vermont) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $353,375 to it, the largest being VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION ($126,770). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $353,375 in grants to THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC?
- VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $126,770 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COMPASS SCHOOL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing