Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness

Public charity · Grantmaker Calabasas, CA EIN: 75-3231197

Promote community outreach and initiate proactive disaster preparedness; research what is being done to protect the community and ensure that community stakeholders are informed, educated, and ready to surive in a disaster situation; collect and redistribute to other non-profits emergency preparedness items and food reinforce all emergency preparedness programs provided by city, county, state, and federal governmental bodies, elected officials, local businesses, other non-profit organizations and stateholders into a cohesive, community outreach plan; create and maintain a sense of urgency by all concerned that this issue is of the highest priority

Key facts about Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness

In short: Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness gave $6.0M across 171 grants in 2024 (avg $35K), mostly in California. 37% of 2024 grantees were new. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.

EIN
75-3231197
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024
Annual giving (2024)
$5,965,839
Grants made (2024)
171
Average grant
$34,888
Median grant
$18,670
New grantees (estimate)
37% first-time grantees (35 of 94, 2024)
Total assets
$699,555
Primary geography
California (58% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$700K

+65.0% YoY

Annual Giving

$6.0M

-36.9% YoY

Grant Count

171

-7.6% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$35K

-31.8% YoY

Is Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness open to new grantees?

37%

first-time grantees, 2024

In 2024, 35 of 94 grantees (37%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $63K; repeat grants $64K. How we count

Medians: $20K first-time, $16K repeat.

  • 62% of 2024 grantees were also funded in 2023. Method
  • Giving grew 158% from 2021 to 2024. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

About Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness

Based on IRS filings

Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness is a public charity focused on Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief, based in Calabasas, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $700K in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 171 grants totaling $6.0M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

22states

Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 171 itemized grants.

Cities

Los AngelesConcordeKapoleiBloomingtonSherman OaksLake ElsinoreAgoura HillsChatsworthMonroeVan NuysEncinoAtlantaFort LauderdaleSpringfieldStevenson RanchLong BeachNorth HollywoodBurbankNew YorkRancho Cardova

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5M$10M$15M43 grants2020 54 grants2021 85 grants2022 185 grants2023 171 grants2024

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $2.3M (2020) to $10.7M (2022). In 2024 it made 171 grants totaling $6.0M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2024

Dream Center: $955K across 23 grantsDream Center$955K · 23 grantsHeart of Compassion: $827K across 20 grantsHeart of Compassion$827K · 20 grantsConvoy of Hope: $811K across 7 grantsConvoy of Hope$811K · 7 grantsVida Life Ministries: $484K across 14 grantsVida Life Ministries$484K · 14 grantsNor Cal Voad: $415KNor Cal Voad$415KFamily & Kids Foundation: $184K across 4 grantsFamily & Kids Foundation$184K · 4 grantsGood 360: $143K across 2 grantsGood 360$143K · 2 grantsHawaii-Fema: $134KHawaii-Fema$134KPraisealujah Food Distribution Cen: $132KPraisealujah Food DistributionCen$132KNew Horizons: $105K across 5 grantsNew Horizons$105K · 5 grants

The largest 2024 recipient was Dream Center ($955K across 23 grants). Together the top 10 received $4.2M.

Grant Size Distribution

538 grants across all recorded years

387<$50K95$50–100K41$100–250K8$250–500K3$500K–1M4$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 387 grants of 538 (72%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Nor Cal Voad Sacramento, CA—$415,304
Convoy of Hope Springfield, MO—$289,317
Dream Center Kapolei, HI—$215,548
Convoy of Hope Springfield, MO—$203,406
Heart of Compassion Concorde, CA—$177,808
Hawaii-Fema Hyattsville, MD—$134,400
Praisealujah Food Distribution Cen Sea TAC, WA—$132,046
Dream Center Kapolei, HI—$131,472
Vida Life Ministries Bloomington, CA—$108,027
Pawsitive Tails to Remember Aurora, CO—$96,063

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
$0$5M$10M$15M2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets$699,555$423,892$842,104
Revenue$6,765,392$9,217,781$11,231,047
Expenses$6,493,429$9,632,750$10,750,878

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 9, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 7, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 17, 2025)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness is led by Fred Mercer, Director on filings since 2020 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Fred Mercer

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: E. (2021) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness

How much does Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness give each year?

Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness gave $6.0M across 171 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $9.5M across 185 grants.

What is Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness's typical grant size?

Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness's median grant in 2024 was $18,670, and its average grant was $34,888, across 171 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness that year got $63K on average.

Where does Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness give grants?

Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness gives mostly in California: 58% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were Hawaii (16%) and Missouri (14%). The most frequent recipient cities were Kapolei, HI (23 grants), Concorde, CA (19 grants), Bloomington, CA (14 grants) and Los Angeles, CA (12 grants).

Who are Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness's largest grantees?

Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness's largest 2024 grantees include Dream Center ($955,289 across 23 grants), Heart of Compassion ($827,303 across 20 grants) and Convoy of Hope ($811,341 across 7 grants), according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. Together they received 43% of its itemized 2024 grant dollars.

How large is Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness?

Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness reported $700K in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $6.8M.

What is Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness?

Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness is a public charity focused on Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief, based in Calabasas, CA. It holds $700K in total assets as of 2024.

What is Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness's EIN?

Community Outreach Promoting Emergency Preparedness's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-3231197. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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