Its U.S. ChildShare program helps disadvantaged children living on Native American reservations and in urban neighborhoods and rural communities across the United States through tutoring, computer training, religious instruction, recreation, and other activities. Compassion also arranges site visits for donors to meet with the individual child being sponsored and translation of correspondence between child and sponsor. Compassion reports that sponsors receive the story and photo of a child that is available for sponsorship, and later will communicate with their child through personal letters and receive regular updates on the sponsored child's progress. Compassion works exclusively with Christian partners connected to local evangelical churches in 22 countries. These churches interview the children and their families, identify the needs of the children, provide educational opportunities, supplemental nutrition, health screening and monitoring, social skills development and Christian training.
Compassion reports that funds collected are used solely for the sponsored child.
As well, Compassion states that they do solicit for Christmas gifts during the month of September in order to ensure a December distribution and report that no administrative or fund raising costs are deducted from the total amount received. In addition to external financial audits, which include overseas visits to children and projects, Compassion reports they regularly conduct internal audits to ensure that funds are properly used, tracked and managed in every project for every child. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.