Churches Outreach Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
743255184
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Greenville, NC, USA
Phone
2527179600
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$225,951
Expenses
$185,504
Assets
$206,606
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Debra L Coles (Vice President)
  • Rev Rodney Coles Sr (President)

People named in this filing

  • Brandie Gardner (Secretary/Co-Chair)
  • Debra L Coles (Vice President)
  • Denisha Harris (Secretary & Chair)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purposes of Churches Outreach Network set forth in section 501(c)(3) are charitable, religious, educational, used in its generally accepted legal sense and includes relief of the poor, the distressed, the underprivileged, advancement of religion, and advancement of education.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Food Program The community food program is a program geared toward feeding the hungry in our community, Children, Seniors, and less fortunate. The program includes Community feeding our Children, Elderly touch of heart, Mobile food program, and emergency food. The mission of the food programs is to maximize the effectiveness of resources including churches, schools, charities, businesses, agencies, and organizations to directly impact children's hunger, especially at those times when hunger is most prevalent. "All will have had access to food boxes, and the tools necessary to achieve success in future endeavors". The emergency food program began in 2006. With this program food is given out to the community through a monthly food drive. In 2009 the elderly touch of heart feeding program began. This food is given specifically to senior citizens through delivery. In 2017 the Community Feeding Our Children (CFOC) program was initiated under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Rodney Coles, Sr., and Jim Hooker the program coordinator. Volunteers deliver Food for Spring Break and Christmas break to families each year to make sure we helped fill the hunger gap for children in Pitt County. In 2020 C.O.N began the Mobile food program. Food is delivered to clients who have an emergency need at present. Volunteers are used to pick up food at a central location and deliver it to clients.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.7%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 42.3%; rating input score 42
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.9%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.7% of revenue deployed · 42.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $78K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.