Tennessee · Nonprofit
COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC
COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $172,148 to it, the largest being THE ALBERT E HARRISON FOUNDATION ($105,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $24k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $172k
- Net assets
- $228k
What Copper Basin Rural Community Association Inc does
Mission
Copper basin rural community association, inc. Is providing assistance to teachers and scholarships to students of the schools in copper hill, tn.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The copper basin rural community association, inc scholarship fund's is its purpose is to expand educational opportunities in the school and in the community. It evolves from the learning center club with school-community partnerships. It creates programs that embody unique, creative learning potential. It has built a school/community arts center to continue educational enrichment and local economical revitalization. It conducts many activities to improve the learning atmosphere of the school and community, located in an isolated low socio-economic community as a fun, food, fitness club, a garden project, before and after school clubs, electronic media management and operations program, explanatory fitness club, the strings and things club, the leaps art club, field trips to blue ridge mountain, arts association and the high mueseum of art in atlanta, ga. The leaders and volunteers emphasize that each person can make a change in their world and they should start at home.
The copper basin rural community association, inc learning center program is located in the copper basin high school in copperhill, tn. Its purpose is to expand educational opportunities in the school and in the community. It evolves from the learning center club with school-community partnerships. It creates programs that embody unique, creative learning potential. It has built a school/community arts center to continue educational enrichment and local economical revitalization. It conducts many activities to improve the learning atmosphere of the school and community, located in an isolated low socio-economic community as a fun, food, fitness club, a garden project, before and after school clubs, electronic media management and operations program, explanatory fitness club, the strings and things club, the leaps art club, field trips to blue ridge mountain, arts association and the high mueseum of art in atlanta, ga. The leaders and volunteers emphasize that each person can make a change in their world and they should start at home.
$44,498 spent91% of program spendingThe copper basin rural community association, inc student needs program is located in the copper basin high school in copperhill, tn. Its purpose is to expand educational opportunities in the school and in the community. It evolves from the learning center club with school-community partnerships. It creates programs that embody unique, creative learning potential. It has built a school/community arts center to continue educational enrichment and local economical revitalization. It conducts many activities to improve the learning atmosphere of the school and community, located in an isolated low socio-economic community as a fun, food, fitness club, a garden project, before and after school clubs, electronic media management and operations program, explanatory fitness club, the strings and things club, the leaps art club, field trips to blue ridge mountain, arts association and the high mueseum of art in atlanta, ga. The leaders and volunteers emphasize that each person can make a change in their world and they should start at home.
$4,427 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $48,925.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $34k to $222k (+556%).
How it's funded, over time
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99% of COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Steven Tompkins
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $15k.
From the IRS filings of COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 57% · 2022 58% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 21,892 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,892 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC?
- COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $172,148 to it, the largest being THE ALBERT E HARRISON FOUNDATION ($105,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $172,148 in grants to COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE ALBERT E HARRISON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $105,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COPPER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing