Virginia · Nonprofit
CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE
CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,864 to it, the largest being SBJ RESCH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($3,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $157k
What Citizens Behind the Badge does
Mission
The mission of Citizens Behind the Badge is to mobilize and amplify citizen support to ensure that law enforcement receives the resources and respect needed and deserved to keep america safe, and to reverse the disastrous consequences of the "defund and defame the police" movement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Public outreach- our goals are to ensure that law enforcement receives the resources and respect needed and deserved to keep our nation safe; reverse the disastrous consequences of the "defund and defame the police" movement; conduct a massive public education campaign in support of law enforcement; bolster law enforcement recruitment and retention efforts; advocate for pro-law enforcement policies and elected officials at all levels of government; serve as a reliable source of accurate information on crime and policing; tell the stories that exemplify law enforcement's extraordinary service and sacrifice; and promote officer safety and wellness
$1,222,019 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,222,019.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $197k to $268k (+36%).
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.
100% of CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Craig W Floyd
Director, president & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $389 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE’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
CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 64% · 2023 49% — diversifying over time.
“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
CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 793 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
29% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 41 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE?
- CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,864 to it, the largest being SBJ RESCH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($3,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $13,864 in grants to CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE?
- SBJ RESCH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 20 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