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Cope Family Center

Public charity · Grantmaker Napa, CA EIN: 94-2322399 Website

Cope Family Center's mission is to empower parents, nurture children, and strengthen communities. We provide parents with education, resources and support they need to raise children who thrive.

Cope Family Center at a glance

In short: Cope Family Center gave $199K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $99K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$198,760
+435.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+100.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$99,380
+167.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$99,380
Total assets
$4,055,280
-15.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Cope Family Center funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Community Health Initiative: $112KCommunity Health Initiative$112KOn the Verge: $87KOn the Verge$87K

The largest 2025 recipient was Community Health Initiative ($112K). Together the top 2 received $199K.

Grant Size Distribution

15 grants across all recorded years

7<$50K5$50–100K3$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 15 (47%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

NapaSt Helena

How Cope Family Center gives

  • Giving fell 53% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K6 grants2019 7 grants2020 6 grants2021 6 grants2022 Total only2023 1 grant2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $17K (2023) to $427K (2022). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $199K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Community Health Initiative Napa, CA—$111,660
On the Verge Napa, CA—$87,100
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$4,055,280$2,203,116$3,038,627$198,7602$36,867
2024$4,776,092$2,803,385$2,547,849$37,1201$11,773
2023$3,935,914$2,336,859$2,087,660$16,700Total only$6,449
2022$3,671,792$2,892,446$2,467,904$427,1526$2,331
2021$3,513,056$1,746,421$1,916,646$182,5996$916
2020$3,723,423$1,983,249$2,395,085$192,0367$2,478
2019$3,698,826$3,072,850$2,299,342$234,1856$444

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Cope Family Center

Based on IRS filings

Cope Family Center is a public charity focused on Crime & Legal Related, based in Napa, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $199K. Net investment income was $37K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Cope Family Center is led by Michele Grupe, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 4 of 11 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Michele Grupe

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $108K (2019) → $29K (2025)

  • Jessica Silverman

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $33K (2024) → $0 (2025)

  • Millie Binz

    President

    Director → President, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Harmony Plenty

    Development Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $101K (2024) → $107K (2025)

  • Hugo Nevarez

    Director of Finance

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $101K (2024) → $73K (2025)

  • Maria G Chavez

    Program Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $101K (2025)

  • Lee Trucker

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Merle Smith

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniela Krueger-Franco

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Fowles

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shauna Mackenzie

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (17)
  • Former: Susan Mitchell (2020–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Harjit Khaira (2022–2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Juliane Veselik (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Rosanna Mairena (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Judith Myers (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Kathy Glass (2019–2023) — President
  • Former: Lona Hardy (2020–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Brian Kearney (2019–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Sara Avila (2019–2021) — Prior Finance Director
  • Former: Mike Purvis (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Armond Philips (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Brent Reed (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Carole Kelley PhD RN (2019) — Immediate Past
  • Former: Carole Rehbock (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Joseph Latunski (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Myles Davis (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Sharon Krider (2019) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Harmony Plenty — Development Dir: $107KHarmony PlentyDevelopment Dir$107KMaria G Chavez — Program Director: $101KMaria G ChavezProgram Director$101KHugo Nevarez — Dir of Finance: $73KHugo NevarezDir of Finance$73KMichele Grupe — Executive Director: $29KMichele GrupeExecutive Director$29K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $107K, to Harmony Plenty (Development Dir). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Cope Family Center

How much does Cope Family Center give each year?

Cope Family Center gave $199K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $37K across 1 grant.

How large is Cope Family Center?

Cope Family Center reported $4.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.2M.

What is Cope Family Center?

Cope Family Center is a public charity focused on Crime & Legal Related, based in Napa, CA. It holds $4.1M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Cope Family Center operate?

Cope Family Center has awarded grants in California.

What is Cope Family Center's EIN?

Cope Family Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-2322399. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 30, 2022)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 10, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 15, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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