Law Enforcement Assistance Fund

Analysis

Law Enforcement Assistance Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Las Vegas, NV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2009, 17 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 December 2023, Law Enforcement Assistance Fund reported income of $135k and spending of $104k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $47k to $135k (+184%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 215%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Law Enforcement Assistance Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within NV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Childs Light ($135k), Sneakers for Soldiers Inc ($135k) and United Way of Hawkins County Inc ($135k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 201% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.