Al Copeland Foundation

Analysis

Al Copeland Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Metairie, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Al Copeland Foundation reported income of $458k and spending of $652k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $321k to $458k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Al Copeland Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roger Clemens Foundation ($457k), Leading Education ($458k) and Barrington Area Community Foundation ($457k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 114% of the total. At year end it held assets of $286k against liabilities of $13, net assets of $286k.