R & J COPE FOUNDATION INC

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2025 · Form 990PF · revenue $217K · expenses $70K · assets $580K

Also known as
C/O WISNIEWSKI LAW OFFICE
EIN
82-1039876
Address
812 E STATE STREET, MILWAUKEE, WI 53202-7003
NTEE code
T22
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
August 2017 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

3 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Keith E Lemere PRESIDENT2017-2025 $20,000$160,000 2
Franchion K Lemere VP / TREASUR2017-2025 $1,250$10,000 2
Nicholas R Lemere SECRETARY2017-2025 $1,250$10,000 2

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEITH E LEMERE PRESIDENT4 $20,000-$0 $20,0002
FRANCHION K LEMERE VP / TREASUR1 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
NICHOLAS R LEMERE SECRETARY1 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
2024 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEITH E LEMERE PRESIDENT0 $20,000-$0 $20,0002
FRANCHION K LEMERE VP / TREASUR0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
NICHOLAS R LEMERE SECRETARY0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
2023 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEITH E LEMERE PRESIDENT4 $20,000-$0 $20,0002
FRANCHION K LEMERE VP / TREASUR0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
NICHOLAS R LEMERE SECRETARY0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
2022 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEITH E LEMERE PRESIDENT6 $20,000-$0 $20,0002
FRANCHION K LEMERE VP / TREASUR0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
NICHOLAS R LEMERE SECRETARY0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
2021 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEITH E LEMERE PRESIDENT6 $20,000-$0 $20,0002
FRANCHION K LEMERE VP / TREASUR0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
NICHOLAS R LEMERE SECRETARY0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
2020 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEITH E LEMERE PRESIDENT6 $20,000-$0 $20,0002
FRANCHION K LEMERE VP / TREASUR0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
NICHOLAS R LEMERE SECRETARY0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
2019 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEITH E LEMERE PRESIDENT6 $20,000-$0 $20,0002
FRANCHION K LEMERE VP / TREASUR0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
NICHOLAS R LEMERE SECRETARY0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
2018 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $22K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEITH E LEMERE PRESIDENT0 $20,000-$0 $20,0002
FRANCHION K LEMERE VP / TREASUR0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
NICHOLAS R LEMERE SECRETARY0 $1,250-$0 $1,2502
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEITH E LEMERE PRESIDENT3 $0-$0 $02
FRANCHION K LEMERE VP / TREASUR0 $0-$0 $02
NICHOLAS R LEMERE SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2025 · 2 grants to organizations · $34K
2024 · 2 grants to organizations · $50K
2023 · 2 grants to organizations · $10K
2022 · 2 grants to organizations · $10K
2021 · 2 grants to organizations · $10K
2020 · 2 grants to organizations · $10K
2019 · 2 grants to organizations · $10K
2018 · 2 grants to organizations · $25K
2017 · 2 grants to organizations · $20K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

No contributors are listed on Schedule B in the e-filed returns we have for this organization.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990PF period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$217,010$69,794 $579,780$579,780 -- $22,500--
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$90,080$85,560 $432,564$432,564 -- $22,500--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$21,653$44,307 $428,044$428,044 -- $22,500--
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$72,975$44,392 $450,698$450,698 -- $22,500--
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$28,358$46,710 $426,117$426,117 -- $22,500--
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
-$26,475$43,660 $444,469$444,469 -- $22,500--
2019 · Form 990PF period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$54,256$42,224 $514,604$514,604 -- $22,500--
2018 · Form 990PF period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$23,218$57,047 $502,306$502,306 -- $22,500--
2017 · Form 990PF period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$14,397$23,047 $540,604$540,604 -- ---

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $607,702 in all, tax years 2017 to 2017. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
ROBERT K& JOYCE R COPE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “R&J COPE FOUNDATION INC” 2017 4$607,702 2017$607,702
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990PF · $69,794 spent · pay $24,221 · grants $34,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $34,000 48.7%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees $22,500 32.2%
Fees: legal $5,000 7.2%
Fees: other professional $4,591 6.6%
Pension plans and employee benefits $1,721 2.5%
Taxes $994 1.4%
Fees: accounting $725 1.0%
Other expenses $263 0.4%
Total$69,794100%

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2024 · Form 990PF · $85,560 spent · pay $22,500 · grants $50,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $50,000 58.4%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees $22,500 26.3%
Fees: legal $5,000 5.8%
Fees: other professional $4,654 5.4%
Taxes $1,791 2.1%
Fees: accounting $1,300 1.5%
Other expenses $315 0.4%
Total$85,560100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $44,307 spent · pay $22,500 · grants $10,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees $22,500 50.8%
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $10,000 22.6%
Fees: legal $5,000 11.3%
Fees: other professional $4,583 10.3%
Taxes $1,934 4.4%
Other expenses $290 0.7%
Total$44,307100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $44,392 spent · pay $22,500 · grants $10,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees $22,500 50.7%
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $10,000 22.5%
Fees: legal $5,000 11.3%
Fees: other professional $4,746 10.7%
Taxes $1,851 4.2%
Other expenses $295 0.7%
Total$44,392100%

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2021 · Form 990PF · $46,710 spent · pay $22,500 · grants $10,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees $22,500 48.2%
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $10,000 21.4%
Fees: legal $6,500 13.9%
Fees: other professional $4,885 10.5%
Taxes $2,561 5.5%
Other expenses $264 0.6%
Total$46,710100%

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2020 · Form 990PF · $43,660 spent · pay $22,500 · grants $10,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees $22,500 51.5%
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $10,000 22.9%
Fees: legal $5,000 11.5%
Fees: other professional $4,103 9.4%
Taxes $1,778 4.1%
Other expenses $279 0.6%
Total$43,660100%

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2019 · Form 990PF · $42,224 spent · pay $22,500 · grants $10,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees $22,500 53.3%
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $10,000 23.7%
Fees: legal $3,960 9.4%
Fees: other professional $3,634 8.6%
Taxes $1,870 4.4%
Other expenses $260 0.6%
Total$42,224100%

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2018 · Form 990PF · $57,047 spent · pay $22,832 · grants $25,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $25,000 43.8%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees $22,500 39.4%
Fees: legal $3,938 6.9%
Fees: other professional $3,687 6.5%
Other expenses $730 1.3%
Fees: accounting $460 0.8%
Taxes $400 0.7%
Pension plans and employee benefits $332 0.6%
Total$57,047100%

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2017 · Form 990PF · $23,047 spent · pay $0 · grants $20,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $20,000 86.8%
Fees: legal $2,200 9.5%
Fees: other professional $847 3.7%
Total$23,047100%

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