National Police Defense Foundation Inc

Analysis

National Police Defense Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Morganville, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, National Police Defense Foundation Inc reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.5m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $792k to $1.6m (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, National Police Defense Foundation Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Owen County Community Foundation ($1.6m), Tom and Susan Durant Foundation Inc ($1.6m) and United Way of Mercer County ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $298k. It paid $336k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $54k, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 6 employees.