Project Compassion

What Project Compassion does

Project Compassion is a Christ-centered nonprofit organization founded in 1991 and headquartered in La Mesa, California (San Diego area). It operates mobile medical clinics that deploy in approximately 30 minutes to transform any available space — churches, schools, open fields — into functioning healthcare facilities, delivering physician examinations, prescribed medications, dental care, vision screening, and spiritual support to underserved communities across Central and South America, the Pacific Islands, Asia, Europe, and Africa. The organization runs on a small core staff of 1–10 employees and relies on a network of in-country missionary partners (including YWAM, the Ssubi Foundation in Uganda, Sam and Malla Kawale in Malawi, Dr. Al Zamacona in Huatulco, and Assemblies of God Ministries in Ecuador) to provide logistics, local credibility, and follow-through.

Name

Project Compassion

Legal name

Project Compassion

Website

https://projectcompassion.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Medical Mission Services

NAICS

Other Ambulatory Health Care Services (6219), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Missions & Global Health NGOs (BPAGACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mobile & Street Medicine Primary Care Programs (HLAFAGAH), Mass Vaccination & Community Outreach Operations (PODs/Mobile Clinics) (HLAJAHAD)

Keywords

• Medical mission trips
• Nonprofit healthcare services
• Mobile medical clinics
• Volunteer medical outreach
• International medical missions

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Mission Trip Participation Fees: Participants pay to join mission trips. Fees cover airfare, lodging, meals, ground transportation, medical supplies, and outreach materials. Example: Ecuador 2026 costs $3,200 per person; Malawi 2025 costs $5,500.
2. Donations and Sponsorships: General donations and targeted sponsorships for medical professionals, children, medical supplies, medical students, or monthly support. Donors can give online, via text message, or by check.
3. Supply Donations: Donations of medical supplies, reading glasses, vitamins, and medications to support mission activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Project Compassion organizes weeklong medical mission trips that deploy mobile medical clinics to underserved communities in Central/South America, the Pacific Islands, Asia, Europe, and Africa. The mobile clinics transform any space into a functioning healthcare facility in approximately 30 minutes and deliver free vital checks, physician examinations, prescribed medications, dental care, vision screening, and spiritual care. Revenue is generated through participant mission fees plus charitable donations and sponsorships.

Product overview

Project Compassion operates as a single unified offering centered around medical mission trips, supplemented by sponsorship programs, volunteer opportunities, and donation services. The core product is the medical mission trip program, which deploys mobile medical clinics to underserved communities globally. Additional services include sponsorship programs allowing donors to support medical professionals, children, or medical supplies; a volunteer program for both medical and non-medical personnel; and a donation processing system. The organization also offers a CEU (Continuing Education) program for medical professionals who participate in missions, which can be taken alongside the core mission trip offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Mission Trips Weeklong scheduled medical mission trips that deploy rapid-setup mobile medical clinics to underserved communities worldwide, delivering vital checks, physician examinations, medications, dental care, vision screening, and spiritual care. Each trip has defined dates, costs, deposit schedules, and partner organization affiliations (e.g., Ecuador October 2026, Malawi July 2025, Huatulco Mexico 2024).
• Sponsorship Programs Structured giving programs enabling supporters to sponsor medical professionals, children, medical supplies, or medical students, with options for monthly recurring donations. Donations can be directed to specific team members, partner organizations, or particular missions.
• Volunteer Program Volunteer engagement program for both medical and non-medical individuals to support mission operations through organizing supplies, office management, fundraising events, social media, registration, health education, prayer, crowd control, and translating on mission trips.
• Donation Processing Multi-channel donation processing including online donations, text-to-donate (text 'Donate' to (858) 330-2976), and check mailing. Donors can direct funds to specific team members, partner organizations, or particular missions, and can give one-time or monthly.
• Continuing Education (CEU) Program CEU-accredited continuing education program for medical professional team members offering 15 credit hours through the California Board of Registered Nurses, with education related to the country being served. Available to medical professionals participating in missions.

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Assemblies of God MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for Ecuador 2026 mission at Playa de San Clemente. Collaborates with missionaries (the Daniels) to bring medical and dental care, vision screening, and spiritual care to the community.
• Youth With A Mission (YWAM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership with YWAM for missions in Mexico (Tijuana Zona Norte) and Cabo San Lucas/Faro de Luz communities. YWAM provides local missionary support, community relationships, housing and spiritual support.
• Sam and Malla KawalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-time missionaries in Malawi (Lilongwe area). Sam is Minister of Agriculture for Malawi. Both are devoted to lifting up fellow Malawians in the neediest areas. The team works in remote villages setting up medical clinics.
• Ssubi FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUganda-based foundation founded by Laura Luxemburg and Sister Ernestine. Project Compassion serves at Bishop Asili's Medical Center which serves 49 villages in Luweero district.
• His Hands for HondurasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of twelve programs in His Hand Support Ministries working in Third World populations. Partnership formed in 2012 with Cristo Centro Church in Honduras for medical mission trips to San Pedro Sula.
• Dr. Al ZamaconacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal physician who has worked with missionaries serving outlying communities in Huatulco, Mexico for over 20 years. Provides both dental and medical care; his wife Laura serves in prayer, counseling and translation.
• Trinity Church San DiegocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFounding church of co-founder Pastor Bob Maddux, who served as senior pastor from 1988 to 2015. Church has had international impact through various outreaches. Organization was founded through church connections.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Heart to Heart International: Volunteer-driven nonprofit deploying mobile medical teams and donated medical supplies to underserved regions. Closely comparable mission-trip model and donor/sponsorship ecosystem.
• Medical Teams International: Faith-rooted nonprofit running mobile medical and dental clinics to underserved communities globally. Highly comparable mission, delivery model, and volunteer-driven operations to Project Compassion.
• Mercy Ships: Faith-based organization delivering free medical care to underserved regions via volunteer professionals. Similar mobile/temporary healthcare delivery model and reliance on faith-motivated volunteers and donors.
• Samaritan's Purse - World Medical Mission: Evangelical Christian organization placing medical volunteers in short-term mission trips worldwide. Overlaps with Project Compassion on faith-based volunteer medical missions and short-trip deployment model.

Broad incumbents

• Partners in Health: Larger global health nonprofit providing medical care in poor communities worldwide. Comparable end-customer (underserved populations) but operates permanent clinics rather than mobile missions.
• International Medical Corps: Large humanitarian NGO delivering emergency medical care and health services globally. Comparable mission population and field-clinic deployment, but at significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• MedSend / MEDICO: Faith-based organization placing and supporting healthcare professionals in long- and short-term medical missions. Comparable Christian-mission identity and CEU-related professional recruitment angle.
• Global Medical Brigades: Student and volunteer-led organization running short-term medical brigades to underserved countries. Comparable mission-trip fee structure and volunteer recruitment via universities/churches.

Regional players

• YWAM (Youth With A Mission) - Mercy Teams: Existing partner of Project Compassion that runs short-term medical outreaches via mobile clinics in multiple countries. Comparable service model and Christ-centered framework, with broader presence outside the Americas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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