New York · Nonprofit
ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION
ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being EASTMAN FOUNDATION ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $34k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $273k
What Erie County Law Enforcement Foundation does
Mission
To provide support for local law enforcement, leading to a safer western new york.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Work tirelessly to help the hardworking law enforcement officers in this area obtain the necessary resources not covered in the budget needed to effectively fight crime and make our streets safe.
$9,254 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $9,254.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $235k to $273k (+16%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
William Regan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION’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
ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
58% of ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION's grant income comes from New York funders.
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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION: 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 ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION?
- ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being EASTMAN FOUNDATION ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,000 in grants to ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION?
- EASTMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ERIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 3 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