Christian Outreach Program - Elkhorn (COPE)
Legal name: Christian Outreach Program - Elkhorn
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200840435
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Elkhorn, NE, United States
- Phone
- 402-616-2330
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $965,727
- Expenses
- $1,488,460
- Assets
- $1,169,411
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DARLA LANGENDORFER (PRESIDENT)
- BARB KAHLANDT (VICE PRESIDENT)
- NANCY LARY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- NANCY LARY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $62,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Christian Outreach Program – Elkhorn (COPE) is a multi-denominational non-profit organization made up of ten Christian churches in western Douglas County. We help families stay in their homes and keep food on the table by providing financial assistance, caring concern, educational assistance and referrals when needed most. COPE provides HOPE to our neighbors in need, regardless of religious beliefs, cultural, or ethnic background, while maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The vision of COPE is to build relationships with families and individuals in Western Douglas County so they can keep their dignity during difficult times in their lives. We provide resources for both short-term and long-term support that increases the self-sufficiency of our neighbors.
What it reported doing in 2024
Clothing and household goods - cope operated a clothing pantry which collects donations from the community and makes them available to community members in need. The clothing pantry is largely operated by volunteers with staff oversight.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $35.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -54.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $62K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.