Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley

Analysis

Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley is a registered charity in United States, based in San Jose, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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, Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley reported income of $285k and spending of $225k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $201k to $285k (+41%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blue Line Bears Inc ($284k), Mombasha Fire Company of Monroe N Y ($285k) and Granville Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($284k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $582k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $582k.