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COOPERATIVE OUTREACH FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES INC

COOPERATIVE OUTREACH FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,908 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($60,908). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$250k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$61k
Net assets
$60k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Cooperative Outreach for Personal Emergencies Inc does

Mission

Through thrift stores sales of donated clothing, books, toys, and small housewares, in junction with financial donations provide assistance to needy residents in Robertson County in the areas of utilities, rent, and medical/prescriptions. Laundry Love provides free assistance with washing of laundry for those in need.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Through thrift store sales of donated clothing, toys, books, and small housewares, in conjunction with financial donations, we provided utility assistance to 316 households and 754 residents in Robertson County.

    $101,715 spent
    43% of program spending
  2. Through thrift store sales of donated clothing, toys, books, and small housewares, in conjunction with financial donations, we provided rent assistance to 243 households and 533 residents in Robertson County.

    $118,221 spent
    50% of program spending
  3. Through financial donations, we washed the equivalent of 7,601 conventional loads of household laundry for residents of Robertson County.

    $15,203 spent
    6% of program spending
  4. All Other includes assistance with medical and gasoline expenses.

    $561 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $235,700.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($203k) Expenses 100 ($170k) Net assets 100 ($66k)2022 Revenue 104 ($212k) Expenses 113 ($193k) Net assets 133 ($88k)2023 Revenue 122 ($248k) Expenses 134 ($228k) Net assets 164 ($108k)2024 Revenue 110 ($223k) Expenses 148 ($253k) Net assets 119 ($78k)2025 Revenue 123 ($250k) Expenses 157 ($268k) Net assets 91 ($60k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (123)Expenses (157)Net assets (91)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $108k to $78k (−27%).

$66k
$88k
$108k
$78k
$60k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 19% · 2022 2% · 2023 5% · 2024 5% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$33k
’21
$19k
’22
$20k
’23
−$30k
’24
−$18k
’25
2.7
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Jo Anne Cyprus

Executive Director

Board chair

Charlene Sullivan

Chairman of the Board

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed49999
Joined·+5+0+0+0
No longer listed·0000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $13k → $12k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of COOPERATIVE OUTREACH FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of COOPERATIVE OUTREACH FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.

TN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds COOPERATIVE OUTREACH FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES INC?
COOPERATIVE OUTREACH FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,908 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($60,908). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COOPERATIVE OUTREACH FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $60,908 in grants to COOPERATIVE OUTREACH FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COOPERATIVE OUTREACH FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES INC?
UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $60,908 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COOPERATIVE OUTREACH FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing