So, reluctantly, I will have to say goodbye in February 2014 the same month an automatic levy was set up to take more out of my finance to deliver more of the same. Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention and for your patience as we work to resolve this situation for you so that you can continue building a relationship with Mesfin and better know how to talk to him in your letters. I think this letter is a sham to one degree or another. $330,000 a year for CEO is too much. As mentioned at the top of this blog post, the watchdog organization, Charity Navigators, has given us a 4-star rating for over 14 years in a row. They are excessive. The children take their letters home and usually have a special place in their home where they keep all of their letters. Please know we are praying this is all over soon and that letters start flowing again! This means that with your donation (should you choose to give), we will purchase a gift for your child, gifts for children whose sponsors cant give, and children who arent yet sponsored. Since some sponsors are not able to give extra, we designate one time throughout the year where we can provide a gift to every child in our program. Go look at our financial records which are posted publicly on our website. For this reason, I encourage donors of any organization to do their research. We appreciate your patience and understanding regarding the letter writing process. We want to visit the child we sponsor. I certainly apologize for any misunderstanding or confusion in regards to the time frame of receiving an acknowledgement for the gifts you sent and if this information was not communicated to you. Im finding it harder and harder to believe that 82-86% of the money goes to the childs care. It was true. Photo by Twitter Close expects parents to be at the board meeting on March 1. Hoping things improve for every sponsor soon. (34 ratings) Duration: 15 mins Frequency: 1x/week Difficulty: Casual Save Practice Mark as Tried Download PDF Print Practice How to do it Why to Try It Quiz Even for a long-term sponsor like me, who is 110% committed to Compassion, what you said really made an impact. Sadly, many children feel timid or have a lack of confidence when it comes to writing. All the proof of Compassions sincerity was within the first few months of becoming a sponsor. Also, the pastor letters are, necessarily, general about the project and the children, adding nothing specific about my child. We are committed to send at least 80% of sponsors donations to the childrens care. Sponsors are individually connected with a child who will get to know them personally through exchanged letters. We would have been (and if youre still sponsoring, were happy to) check into the situation and verify that we have correct information on your child. Here at Compassion, we are very passionate about ensuring we are. There has always been problems with communication and accuracy of information vital to building relationships was low. It is now August. Overall, I dont think a Christian-based holistic child development organization would fare well in Givewells evaluation process, simply because Compassion deals in outcomes that arent easily quantifiable increasing childrens self-esteem, quality of life, education, stability within the family, overall child safety, protection from abuse/child trafficking/gangs, spiritual development, etc. Here are two that cover charity organizations in the USA; What would Jesus do? I have in the past four years been led by the spirit of God to contact philippieans families ..I have directly helped with finances and economic development directly.. it took basically about 100 USD to feed and invest for family independence.. we managed to build a sari sari and increase the chicken (Monika) live stock start a baby or pig crip mating pigs and developing multiple pigs for consumption and sale.. we where able to bargain a share keep over a rice field.. also sent one of the adult women to college who will be graduating this year.. also one of the adult women was able to go out abroad to work and increase income and searched and gained work for the eldest boy.. clothes the family gave spiritual as well as materials to celebrate Christmases and birthdays.. the family after 4 years is flourishing in their own at this point in the leyete area burgs..behat will you do to help create family financial independents with my donations.. also is this a spiritual ministry or a Catholic organization.. signed interested to help. I am confused too. This is why after 20y of sponsoring with you, you were not able to follow-up nor contact me on my concerns regarding the child I sponsored (the letter translations became very brief, one of his letters informed me you do know I am disabled dont you? after 10years of sponsoring him)? Do the greetings sometimes seemed coached? Compassions2016-2017 990 form shows our CEO, Santiago Jimmy Mellados reportable compensation from theministry as $340,940 which is well below other ministrieswithin this same field. That took a lot of money! What did you expect Compassion to say or do when you threatened to quit them? In your next letter to Jacob, you can ask about his family, and his family may share additional information if they are comfortable doing so. We certainly understand that when you give to a charity like Compassion, you expect transparency and honesty about finances. This revised system altered Compassions overall 4 Star rating to a 3 Star rating. Hi, Regrettably, our processing team is experiencing a significant backlog which has caused a delay in taking care of new sponsorships. Thank you again for taking the time to comment and for leaving your honest feedback! Yet I have received endless demands for more sponsor for a desperate situation. If you are in business, either for profit or non-profit problems are bound to crop up that is inevitable. Therefore, we protect, develop, and deploy all of our resources (people, time, money, knowledge, reputation and materials) with great care and wisdom. In order to develop quality staff at Compassion while at the same time managing our financial resources with great care and wisdom, we seek to offer competitive salaries for the various positions necessary to successfully execute Compassions mission statement. Now its his birthday and I dont want to put in the card what Im sending if he is not going to get it. This information is helpful and reassuring for sponsors who receive a letter where the translation may have referred to their child as the wrong gender by mistake. The reason for this is because once a child completes our program, we have no way to require a thank you letter from that child since they no longer attend the project. Did I understand you correctly that you have never received third party letters from us about your childs center or church? They told me they pray several times a week and thank God for our support. Thankfully, God opened up doors for us to update our systems and make our letter process more digital. Id encourage you to highlight a question about those in your next letter! I used to hear from him every month or so. For these varying reasons, the information might not be 100% accurate for the child but its the best information our staff was able to provide when the child was registered. Sponsor a child. I assumed everyone would know such a important date but if it doesnt play such a important role as it does here and in other countries, then I guess, I can understand how something like this can happen. I had always wondered about organizations like Compassion and when my horoscope said to do my research regarding financial decisions I found this site. There are 8 jobs at Compassion International Explore them all Browse jobs by location Remote 8 jobs See all available jobs Salaries Salary estimated from 315 employees, users, and past and present job advertisements on Indeed. When you began supporting your child, we were working with older systems in which processing letters to and from your child was very manual and took 2-3 months for letters to be delivered both ways. -supplements to protect against malnutrition COMPASSION IS REAL. Regardless, we do want to thank you for your many years of support! And that we be at peace with unbelievers too. Thank you so much for your love and care for each of them! ? For the case of Lisa, the said child is supposed to be leaving the program if she is 22 years of age. This means that your letter was written on September 3 and not March 9, which would make sense as a first letter if you started in July. I was told you could not buy items specifically for your chosen child was that it wouldnt be fair to the other kids so they always divided up the money however it was grouped and bought things for the kids that way. And are rated higher from ministry watch. I was quite upset as one can imagine! What Christ himself would say about Compassion UK in these cases? This is useful if the letter is a scam as HMRC will have a record to refer to and flag up to others if necessary. By the way, a comment that I actually posted first, yesterday, was a reply to Kay, but this morning I am seeing it below my comment to you and your reply. Also, our leaders are faithful sponsors and donors as well, and personally and financially support the ministry. Eventually I made the hard decision to stop my sponsorship. No kid should go without. https://blog.compassion.com/tag/emilda-soriano/. Why is the CEOs salary so high? We are so grateful that you responded to God tugging at your heart to sponsor sweet Mugisha. (Their priority programs include condom promotion and distribution, anti-retroviral therapy for people with HIV/AIDS, surgeries for surgery-correctable conditions, mass drug administration to control river blindness, etc.) Because these children have grown up in impoverished conditions and are often times malnourished when they first come to our center, it can be difficult to estimate an accurate age. I am privileged and blessed to do this for Him. They are non-profit what can they do to fix the problem of you leaving? Please Google us and see what people are saying about us, check out what watchdog organizations say about us, read the third party research on the integrity and efficacy of our program, if you are able, visit your child and see where your money is going first hand. Please let us know if you have any additional questions or concerns. They also frequently answer specific questions and reference details that I wrote to them. Hi Helena! . I also felt hassled by Compassion International for not including prayers in my letters, not a big deal, but annoying. or is that also at a 90% rate? Letter writing tends to be a foreign concept to most of them, and they do not always know how to express their thanks or communicate their feelings, plans and dreams. In April 2016, Charity Navigator informed us that we had once again achieved their 4 Star rating based on the 2015 990 forms filed with the Internal Revenue Service as well as transparency and accountability provisions in place at Compassion. Will you please send us an email at [emailprotected]? Compassion makes sure the money is properly spent by the parents by not just giving the parents pure cash. She responds to my questions, she draws me pictures, and I am consistently recieving updates, not only on her & her family, but her school as well. Before you cauncel your sponsorship which is already at graduation level (you have completed your sponsorship with the child and she is supposed to leave the program at 22 years), get to know the whole truth about your child. Thank you so much for being a blessing in Susis life, Debra! We never want this to become a burden to anyone but rather a joyful opportunity to give to those in need. I too, am in a similar position. There is One that loves you and your family so much more than we do! I worry about these children continually but dont feel that I have made any difference in their lives and often question the validity of this organization. We meet as staff to pray for our supporters several times a month. Imagine how generous sponsors would be if they knew what they were doing was going directly to that child!! If you send a child, family, or center gift, only 10% is taken as an administrative fee just to process the gift and get it to where it needs to go. Compassion International received a 4 star rating from Charity Navigator, 10 years in a row. I am also learning so much through Compassion about various cultures. And, they say, the school board has let the kids down. He went on and on excitingly about all the miracles God delivers through that center and does for the children. Hi Todd! Please be encouraged to know that the children treasure the letters they receive from their sponsors. I absolutely feel for you and understand how hard it is to not hear anything in such a long amount of time. Im so sorry to hear that your letters from him have been pretty similar and have not answered your questions :(. If he is that wealthy why is he even taking a salary. I also want to sincerely apologize as it sounds like this sponsorship and our mailings have increased the burden. accountability / financial integrity / frequently asked questions / integrity / trust. Report this GIF; Iframe Embed. There is a backlog of letters in the countries that we are working to get translated and delivered to both the children and the sponsors. For example, the letter that you wrote in February would have been received by Leo sometime around late April to early May. I noticed you have started writing to Farel more often lately, which is great! Please email me at [emailprotected] with your sponsor number as I relish the chance to be able to research this situation and set it right. Do this do that give this-give that it goes on and on.so much money is being spent on all these mailingswhy not give it to the poor and needy?? I have no idea what 38 dollars a month can do in India. Also, please note that our leaders are faithful sponsors and donors as well, and personally and financially support the ministry as well as give to other charities. Our wonderfully hardworking processing team will ensure that Lilibeth is placed on your account as soon as possible. I got the most dull letters and no drawings for years. I am very sorry for any concerns that the salary of our CEOs has caused you. I can only hope they are well and that they are truly getting the letters I am writing and the gifts I am sending them, but this is hard to know as well because the letters I write online are in translation for so long. In the past, we had sponsors highlight their questions. Then there is the sponsor another child notice that comes every few weeks and would you like to donate more money for this or that. Why choose a specific child if the money is given to other children. In regards to your childs profile on the website, the information under Community, Child Development Center, and Child information are only changed if there is new information to add to it. I pray with every part of me that you find that faith. I would like to encourage any believer to ask God through prayer whether He would like them to use His money in this way. Compassions2015-2016 990 form shows our CEO, Santiago Jimmy Mellados reportable compensation from theministry as $330,313 which is actually well below other ministrieswithin this same field. Regrettably, metal cannot be sent as it sets off the metal detectors in customs when our packages go through for your children. If Leo is not answering your questions in his letters, he, most likely, took his letter home and forgot to bring in back on letter writing day. I am so sorry to hear that you are beginning to mistrust Compassion. The above post about the CEO receiving a 6 digit salary plus staff taking expensive trips with family concern me. What I can say is that Feed My Starving Children may do it differently than we do, but we are all trying to do the same thing bring children out of poverty and I am thankful that they are there too and are doing the best possible job that they can. Kerith, we cannot express how grateful we are for your loving heart towards your sweet children. There is little work in that area so the father must live apart from the family for a year and back home for only a couple of weeks at a time! Hi Lee! Honestly, I cant explain why your letters in particular are not satisfactory because I dont know whats going on in the lives of your sponsored kiddos. I have sponsored Compassion children for over 20 years. I know you are speaking from your situation but not everyone has a lot of money. I have wondered what St Paul would make of this? Our Business Model Is Out of Date. I do apologize that it has felt quite overwhelming to you, which is not what we want. Your CEO makes over $330,000 a year. Anything above 10.0% equaled 7.5 points and anything below 10.0% equaled 10 points, so the thousandths of a percentage point assessed Compassion 2.5 points on a total of 100. The tutors and staff at our projects help the children answer these questions in turn, helping you connect with their world in a more personal way. Either Im sponsoring a fake child or someone in admin messed up. We sent an inquiry last week to make sure everything is alright with Pamela and ask her to write back as soon as possible. It receives an A rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy and is listed as one of their top-rated charities. Mworia, I will pray that these few scams, along with any others that crop up, will be dealt with soon, that the guilty parties will be firedunless the Lord convicts them in their hearts, bringing true repentence. Sent money for a Christmas Gift, received a letter from the child but no mention of a gift. Now I am getting stuff about taking a trip to hug my child. The monthly donations of $38 is a lot and it does a lot for your child. I was told that she was an only child who was raised by her aunt because her parents had passed away. After receiving that email I logged into my account and OHHHHH look, a letter from my child is in translation dated two days prior..Ummmmmmm I log in everyday waiting for a letter, that certainly wasnt there two days ago or yesterday. I hope you enjoy watching him continue to grow and I pray that this helps clarify the concerns and hesitancy caused by this update. When we find out that his salary has changed to a more reasonable amount or if we are able to see how much of that 300,000+ he actually donates, we will be much more inclined to support and recommend Compassion once again. Chris mentioned that in a blog post last week, How is My Money Used Each Month?. We so appreciate all that you have done for Prasanth, but if you are no longer able to continue we will understand. Hardly. Its one thing for people in ministry to be able to adequately support their families, but it doesnt require $250K-$300K to do that. Hey Marci! Then I also sent a check for $100 that I included instructions that it was to be used to buy a gift for her along with gifts for each of her family members so that no one was left out and she would not be the only one in the family to get a gift. Since it takes about two to three months for gifts to be wired and delivered, Juliano likely just received the birthday gift in mid July. (Though please do this in addition to your other sponsorship not instead of!!) Our staff who enter the childs information are locals to that community. Al Amer International Hospital - UAE has, over the years, become the hospital of choice, to citizens and residents of Abu Dhabi through sincere dedication of our medical staff in attending closely to each of our patient's medical needs with compassion, respect and dignity. An organization similar to this is Feed My Starving Children there the child receives 24 cents out of every quarter and will tell you that is enough for one meal. I started with 1 about 2 years . Im sorry if there was any confusion in the information you received. For example, I wrote out a recipe for my favorite banana bread, and my child said that she would try and make it in her next letter. I found a director at Compassion who complained because they have status and could not get the upgraded seat they wanted. not used for drugs or alcohol etc.). I am sure each location is a little different but my $38 goes pretty much for school expenses and Compassion sponsored activities. I do understand your desire to find another organization to sponsor through. amen. My child just now turned 5. Whereas other comparable charities CEOs make $80,000. year in college, I found out that a lady working for Compassion UK was the one continuing to support me and Ive only received one letter from her during my senior year in college. I held the letters together, and placed the drawing side up to a window for light to come through, and there was not one deviation in any part of the drawing, from one drawing to the other. I have been aware all of my life of the conditions in which some children throughout the world find themselves in, and this organization gave me the means to pick one child and tell them I love them and care about them with my entire being, and back up those words by means of prayer and financial assistance. Please let me know if you would like me to add you on our prayer list so that we can continue to intercede on your behalf. Please hop on over here for more information about letter writing and some of the issues you are encountering. Share it with her friends, etc. When I click on it it just tells me in translationwell maybe id like to see it in his natural written language!!! However, regrettably, these system updates have not been without some bumps along the way. You are not upto standard at all and failed the accurate testing as in:http://www.givewell.org/International/charities/Compassion-International I am very happy to report that I have five sponsored children and have not had this experience at all! Because it takes 2-3 months for gifts and letters to be delivered both ways, we ask that our sponsors wait up to 6 months to receive an acknowledgement for the gift they sent. In many ways, Dear Evan Hansen is a . Be patient with your sponsored child if they are not answering your questions or ask you the same questions. The center staff in Alanaels area know him personally and are visiting him on a regular basis. I have written two letters to my child, sent a monetary birthday gift, and have not recieved one letter back. Then if you ask yourself why they are asking for a website address. Hi Miller. I am sponsoring a young man. And finally, Charity Navigators new methodology for calculating fundraising efficiency on a three-year average came within thousandths of a percentage point of achieving another 4 Star rating. Princess Aurora, also known as Sleeping Beauty or Briar Rose, is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Productions' 16th animated feature film Sleeping Beauty (1959). Ive never been told by her that she got a package from me or mention of what she got or a thank you. I would request, too, if possible, that the in translation letters still be made available for viewing, as they were before the system change. I do agree that the CEO salary is very high considering it is paid by donations; however, charitable organizations are typically rated on the percentage of donations that go directly to the cause of sponsorship vs. those that go to administration (which includes salaries). I had one child who never said much of anything. Hi Dennis! Thank you! On letter writing days, the staff put suggestions for topics and questions on the board for the kids to write to their sponsors. 3-stars on Resource Allocation Efficiency Their ratio of donated $ to direct child support has as little overhead as possible. Also, we received another picture in January of this year of him where he looks younger than 10 and more like the age we thought he was. our blog we wrote about communicating with your child through social media. You are doing a wonderful thing and we thank you for having faith in our program and choosing to sponsor with us! I sincerely apologize that the photos you received were not the same child and that the letters were not personal. There is much going back and forth about the integrity of the organization and looking for proof that one should sponsor a child through Compassion or not. At Christmas time I sent a packaged gift in the usual size envelope we are allowed to send. A year after the tragic deaths of four divers trapped in a Paria pipeline; their families . I really dont blame anyone for asking these questions. But the children dont say things like, Plays well with others, or Please pray about behavioral issues, or is struggling, right now. When the person came on she said it showed I got a letter in January, but I never did. Their questions would be more than answered!!!! The more often you write, the more often you should also receive letters from Farel. I love them and now occasionally find myself mixing he or she just by association with them. If Christians truly believed in this companys good works then every church goer would be OFFERING their time and talents and energy into translating letters for the sponsored children and sponsors. Many thanks again Compassion for your very important, life changing work. Lots of inconsistencies are emerging. I hear your heart for this ministry and your desire to foster a relationship with your sweet girl. Hi Calvin! From the booklet we picked up when we decided to sponsor, to the info we received in the Welcome Package, to the info it had on the CI app, we believed our sponsor child was born in 2010. Not exactly speeding up the process as they predicted. I was glad the child couldnt see that page. The letters are already sent, so I cant undo this; I dont want to cause him grief when the purpose of the sponsorship is to help and support. I sponsored a child from El Salvador for 7 years, beginning when she was 11 and ending when she became 18. Also, when I started sponsoring her, she was 9 and 1/2 years old. We're living in the Information Age, and we all know that information can be used for bad or good purposes. In my heart after hearing a native worker right from within the center talk about the organization with such passion, I wanted to give my recommendation and my witness story that Compassion International is an awesome program to join in on and be a part of. In fact, weve been told that if an incoming ESOL student has a Jan 1, ______ birth date, we can expect that it was a child whose family didnt know the childs birthday at all. Thank you so much for taking on this crucial role as a correspondent for Edith! Please do let us know if you have any further questions or concerns. We never divide up gifts specific for your child, family, or student center. I, for one, am always excited to get mail from my child, too, and try to write back. No Megan what she is saying she wants to help the kids, not pay administration. I made several contacts about the situation. You will be doing more good than you know. When the kids first get into the program they often write a first letter that is then held to send out to their sponsor once they get one. Emilys reply to you, below, is very good, and I hope you will follow through on her request. Help Us Innovate. We want to protect our supporters and vendors from such scams. Or is this a bogus email like I think it is? As for Givewell, this is a relatively new organization started in 2007 by two 25-year old hedge fund managers. I am pleased and thankful to see Compassion International on their 30 Shining Light Ministries list each year. 300,000 plus as annual salary for ANYONE leading a nonprofit charity is unconscionable in the minds of many who sacrifice to give their 38.00 every month. I want to be a dad like yours - showing love in tangible ways no matter what., Trouble, challenges, pain, suffering, grief, transition, change and renewal come to us all. 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