Sheriff Pal Program

Analysis

Sheriff Pal Program is a registered charity in United States, based in Pontiac, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Sheriff Pal Program reported income of $497k and spending of $338k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $317k to $497k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sheriff Pal Program 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 70th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Indiana Elite Baseball Inc ($497k), Friends of the Hooch Inc ($497k) and Kentuckiana Pride Foundation ($497k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 103% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $60k (18% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $170k. At year end it held assets of $524k against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $507k. It reported 29 employees.