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BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION

BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,000 to it, the largest being CREAMER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC (FKA J FLETCHER CREAMER FOUNDATION) ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$214k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$8k
Net assets
$80k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Bergen County Police Chiefs Association does

Mission

To secure a closer official and personal relationship among police officials in the county of bergen; to secure unity of action in police matters; to elevate the standards of police institutions; to strive for advancement among all lines that pertain to the prevention and to the detection of crime and the promotion of police efficiency in general.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To educate various members in police activities for a better understanding between county and state law enforcement.

    $71,908 spent
    41% of program spending
  2. To assist various members and their families in times of need.

    $32,577 spentof which $32,577 as grants
    18% of program spending
  3. Installation - to induct and honor police chiefs

    $56,958 spent
    32% of program spending
  4. Other

    $14,958 spent
    8% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $176,401.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($134k) Expenses 100 ($106k) Net assets 100 ($87k)2018 Revenue 115 ($154k) Expenses 121 ($129k) Net assets 129 ($112k)2019 Revenue 100 ($134k) Expenses 122 ($129k) Net assets 135 ($117k)2020 Revenue 84 ($112k) Expenses 82 ($87k) Net assets 164 ($143k)2021 Revenue 47 ($63k) Expenses 59 ($63k) Net assets 164 ($143k)2022 Revenue 109 ($146k) Expenses 153 ($162k) Net assets 145 ($126k)2023 Revenue 120 ($161k) Expenses 209 ($222k) Net assets 75 ($65k)2024 Revenue 160 ($214k) Expenses 193 ($205k) Net assets 92 ($80k)
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Revenue (160)Expenses (193)Net assets (92)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $130k to $73k (−44%).

$87k
$112k
$117k
$143k
$144k
$130k
$73k
$80k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$27k
’17
$25k
’18
$5k
’19
$25k
’20
$157
’21
−$16k
’22
−$61k
’23
$8k
’24
4.7
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

201720182019202020232024
Listed9999119
Joined·+3+0+4·+2
No longer listed·304·4
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

63%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

63% of BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

NY
NJ

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

54% of spending goes to programs.

Program 54%Management 46%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NJ

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION?
BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,000 to it, the largest being CREAMER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC (FKA J FLETCHER CREAMER FOUNDATION) ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $8,000 in grants to BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION?
CREAMER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC (FKA J FLETCHER CREAMER FOUNDATION) is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing