Copa Safety & Education Foundation

Analysis

Copa Safety & Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sanford, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Copa Safety & Education Foundation reported income of $716k and spending of $694k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $680k to $716k (+5.2%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 219%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Copa Safety & Education Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc ($713k), White Cross Volunteer Fire Departme NT Inc ($716k) and Cresaptown Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($713k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 55% of the total. At year end it held assets of $504k against liabilities of $46k, net assets of $458k.