COPE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER INC

EIN 35-1856406 CENTERVILLE, IN

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Revenue 2023: $412,038
Expenses 2023: $444,383

Program services were 66.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 1000
Street: 1730 AIRPORT RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF THE EARTH'S RESOURCES THROUGH EDUCATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND RESEARCH

Activities or mission (Part I)

IMPROVE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, ENHANCE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AND PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE RESOURCE USE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

CEC PRIMARILY SERVES PRESCHOOL THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS THROUGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS ON TOPICS SUCH AS PLANT LIFE CYCLES, BIODIVERSITY, WATER SYSTEMS, CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED FOR CLASSROOMS THOUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND INCLUDE INSTRUCTION ON OUR 134 ACRE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM IN CENTERVILLE, IN. CEC ALSO SERVES CHILDREN IN SUMMER CAMPS AND VOLUNTEER/SERVICE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. 5,092 PARTICIPANTS WERE SERVED DIRECTLY. ADULT PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THROUGH THE LOCAL TELEVISION STATION ARE ALSO PROVIDED.OUR GROUNDS ARE OPEN TO ALL VISITORS.

Expenses $295,234 · Revenue $22,435

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Ed CopeED COPE

EX OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Marianne CopeMARIANNE COPE

EX OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Susie FerrellSUSIE FERRELL

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Bob GreenBOB GREEN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Teri GrossmanTERI GROSSMAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Marie NicholsonMARIE NICHOLSON

EX OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Alan SpearsALAN SPEARS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Gail ConnerleyGAIL CONNERLEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Pam MerchanthousePAM MERCHANTHOUSE

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Tracie RobinsonTRACIE ROBINSON

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jackie VanderpoolJACKIE VANDERPOOL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Eric Dimick EastmanERIC DIMICK EASTMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
John RobinsonJOHN ROBINSON

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Ted GilmanTED GILMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Ginger GrayGINGER GRAY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Angie BurkeANGIE BURKE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Claudia EdwardsCLAUDIA EDWARDS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Thomas HillTHOMAS HILL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Kim GobleKIM GOBLE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Kim ReidKIM REID

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Adam DukeADAM DUKE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Chris CampbellCHRIS CAMPBELL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Marcia StiensMARCIA STIENS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Rae BuchholzRAE BUCHHOLZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Doug BorgsdorfDOUG BORGSDORF

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2023

Revenue

$412,038

Expenses

$444,383

Contributions

$319,499

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$365,123

Expenses

$465,813

Contributions

$257,151

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$412,038	$444,383	$319,499	$0
2022	$365,123	$465,813	$257,151	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2023 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2022 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$369,030

Expenses

$359,218

Assets (EOY)

$2,591,377
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$403,692

Expenses

$377,777

Assets (EOY)

$2,793,518
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$409,241

Expenses

$450,933

Assets (EOY)

$2,686,830
2018 · 990

Revenue

$362,172

Expenses

$543,266

Assets (EOY)

$2,865,870
2017 · 990

Revenue

$356,260

Expenses

$545,112

Assets (EOY)

$3,103,295

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$369,030	$359,218	$2,591,377
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$403,692	$377,777	$2,793,518
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$409,241	$450,933	$2,686,830
2018	990	$362,172	$543,266	$2,865,870
2017	990	$356,260	$545,112	$3,103,295

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA FOUNDATION INC

$96,020

2024 2024 GRANT CYCLE AND DONOR ADVISED GRANTS
WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA FOUNDATION INC

$27,848

2022 2022 GRANT CYCLE, DONOR ADVISED FUND GRANT, ANNUAL GRANT DISTRIBUTION, AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS
WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA FOUNDATION INC

$27,506

2023 2023 GRANT CYCLE, DONOR ADVISED FUND GRANT, ANNUAL GRANT DISTRIBUTION
FORGOOD INC

$22,284

2024 UNRESTRICTED
FORGOOD INC

$16,719

2023 UNRESTRICTED
UNITED WAY OF WHITEWATER VALLEY

$5,314

2022 FUNDED PARTNER ALLOCATION

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.