Community Outreach Promoting Emergency -Cope- Preparedness

Analysis

Community Outreach Promoting Emergency -Cope- Preparedness is a registered charity in United States, based in Calabasas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2009, 17 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 (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, Community Outreach Promoting Emergency -Cope- Preparedness reported income of $9.2m and spending of $9.6m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $9.2m (+288%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 300%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Community Outreach Promoting Emergency -Cope- Preparedness sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Chatham Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($8.8m), Disability Advocates Inc ($9.2m) and The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund ($8.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $424k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $424k.