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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COPA COMMUNITIES ORGANIZED FOR RALATIONAL POWER IN ACTION IN ACTI.

Totals

Total revenue
$443,397
Total expenses
$400,889
Contributions and grants received
$397,624
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$41,112
Other revenue
$4,661
Total assets, end of year
$577,002
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,101
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$565,901
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$327,668
Management and general expenses
$73,221
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$327,668

Program services were 81.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $55,477

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $342,147

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $41,112 · related or exempt $41,112 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $15 · related or exempt $15 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: WORKSHOP CONTRIBUTIONS

    total $539 · related or exempt $539 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: TRAINING CONTRACTS REIMBURSED

    total $4,107 · related or exempt $4,107 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,646

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $187,176 · program services $158,857 · management and general $28,319 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,099 · program services $5,177 · management and general $922 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,844 · program services $29,572 · management and general $5,272 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,222 · program services $12,919 · management and general $2,303 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,945 · program services $0 · management and general $9,945 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,500 · program services $0 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $21,124 · program services $21,124 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,783 · program services $0 · management and general $3,783 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,331 · program services $0 · management and general $5,331 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,835 · program services $0 · management and general $6,835 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,343 · program services $19,343 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,044 · program services $24,044 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,105 · program services $0 · management and general $4,105 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: National Fees & Contracts, Fees, Taxes, Licenses

    total $42,907 · program services $38,000 · management and general $4,907 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing, Postage, Books, Subscriptions

    total $850 · program services $850 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Leadership Training

    total $17,782 · program services $17,782 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$1 · program services $0 · management and general -$1

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year -$14,155 · end of year $34,442

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $537,481 · end of year $542,560

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year -$1

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $11,101

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $523,325 · end of year $565,901

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Organized for the purpose of identifying, mentoring and developing leaders through the member institutions to research and find local solutions to six problem areas: Affordable Housing, Community Safety, Economic Development, Healthcare, Immigration and Education.

  • Workforce Development Strategy, July 2024 to June 2025 - Started Economy community listening meetings. During this time COPA launched a Workforce Development Strategy to create a workforce intermediary project with a goal of listening to 5000 community members. Over 800 community members participated in community meetings so far.

  • Starting in late August we had a leaders retreat where we launched a series of training on organizing from house meetings to how to lead a meeting or how to have a conversation based on interests. This has been a mix of 3-part series and single training across two counties and engaged about 200 people.

  • Housing community meetings, January 2025-May 2025, 125 participants: COPA has been actively working in housing. In Santa Cruz County COPA leaders held a public conversation of community members with city officials about local housing efforts. Later, COPA co-led a housing conversation in Monterey with community members and clergy to teach about the potential development of housing in church properties.

  • All Other programs

    Expenses $327,668

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Vicky Elder

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jack Herbig

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Mary-Litel Walsh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Cathy Sarto

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maria Jara

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maria Elena Manzo

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martin Juarez

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adriana Molina

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Lapp

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Ann Boylan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sue Rojcewicz

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barabara Mesiter

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maria Rocha

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizbeth Umezu Hall

    SUPERVISING ORGANIZER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
31 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513159349302296

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