About Us

The old saying about teaching a man to fish has special resonance with COMPA Ministries. We are, in fact, doing both; feeding people today and giving them the self-sufficiency they need to eat and feed their families tomorrow.

Today, we remain a Christ-centered, needs-driven organization focused on providing solutions around the issue of poverty, specifically self-sufficiency and preventing homelessness.

COMPA has been serving the Colorado community since 1981. Our philosophy of showing the love, grace and compassion of Jesus to the world flows from Stephen’s service discussed in the Book of Acts (Acts 6). We have always cared for God’s people, without discrimination of any kind. We serve all who come, regardless of race, age, religious affiliation, political bent or any other divide created by man.

Helping homeless and low-income individuals start on the road to self-sufficiency through vocational training programs works to reduce the demands on the welfare system and saves taxpayer dollars*. Helping Colorado’s working poor remain in their homes and still get healthy, nutritious meals, while allowing them to use their limited financial resources on other needs, such as rent and utilities, prevents them from falling into the pit of homelessness. 

Our full-production canning facility provides on-the-job training to those low-income and homeless individuals in transitional services enrolled in our program. Positions include raw materials production, canning line operators, packaging line operations, general warehouse labor and more. Through our vacu-seal operations, we are able to acquire produce at highly discounted bulk rates and package and seal the food, preventing the risk of spoilage. We can also distribute it through our Farm Market system or store it at our facility for those times of the year when healthy vegetables may not be readily available.

As a by-product of both operations, we are able to provide healthy and nutritious, low-fat, high-protein meals to the 155 hunger relief agencies we support in our community through our on-going food distribution system.

*According to a report by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, COMPA’s programs play a role in helping save taxpayers an annual average of $31,545 per person prevented from entering the cycle of homelessness. Cost is based on a report prepared by Denver Housing First Collaborative entitled, Cost Benefit Analysis and Program Outcomes Report, December 2006. Report focused on examining the actual health and emergency service records of participants in the Denver Housing First Collaborative program prior to and after entering the program.