Police Assistance and Relief Fund Inc

Analysis

Police Assistance and Relief Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Towson, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1987, 39 years ago. 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, Police Assistance and Relief Fund Inc reported income of $103k and spending of $31k, leaving 70% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $44k to $103k (+134%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Police Assistance and Relief Fund Inc sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc ($103k), South Royalton Area Senior Citizens ($103k) and Alabama Power Service Organization Inc ($103k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% of the total. At year end it held assets of $949k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $949k.