Copper Basin Crisis Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462798306
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Copperhill, TN, USA
Phone
4235487977
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,510
Expenses
$71,945
Assets
$85,105
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Stewart F Strickland (Director)
  • Janet A Strickland (Secretary)
  • L W Smith (Treasurer)

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

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

BENEVOLENCE. To Give Assistance to needy families in the form of food, clothing, household and other goods and services. Located in the Appalachian region of East Tennessee, adjacent to Western North Carolina and North Georgia. The Center does not attempt to determine the value of food or other products received and distributed, nor the direct expenses incurred to sort, store, and distribute the food, clothing and other items done by volunteers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Benevolence: To give assistance to local needy families in the form of food, clothing, household and other goods and services. We are located in the Appalachian region of East Tennessee, adjacent to Western North Carolina and North Georgia. The Center does not attempt to determine the value of food or other products received and distributed, nor the direct expenses incurred to sort, store, and distribute the food, clothing and other items done by volunteers.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.8%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.7% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.3% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $63K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.