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FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC

FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,200 to it, the largest being ROSALIND PIO COSTA FOUNDATION INC ($1,650). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$56k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$158k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Fairfield Police Foundationinc does

Mission

Mission statement fairfield police foundation is a private foundation whose purpose is to raise monies for services or materials for the use of the fairfield police department and to provide assistance in the effective operation of its duties. Contributions and donations shall be solicited from citizens for this purpose and may involve the sale of items or the organization of events to be determined. The use of the proceeds may extend to education and training of the fairfield police department officers, purchase of materials and special or customary equipment that may be necessary or beneficial to the fairfield police department in the performance of its duties.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The foundation has purchased equipment for the use in the police department, and has paid for training of officers to maintain skills or increase skills which are beneficial in the performance of their duties.

  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $32,376 spent
    100% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2020 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $32,376.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($42k) Expenses 100 ($4k) Net assets 100 ($41k)2018 Revenue 169 ($71k) Expenses 119 ($4k) Net assets 232 ($96k)2019 Revenue 362 ($152k) Expenses 3271 ($122k) Net assets 303 ($125k)2020 Revenue 134 ($56k) Expenses 912 ($34k) Net assets 381 ($158k)
2017201820192020
Revenue (134)Expenses (912)Net assets (381)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $41k to $96k (+132%).

$41k
$96k
$125k
$158k
2017201820192020
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 100% · 2018 28% · 2019 52% · 2020 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,020 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$38k
’17
$66k
’18
$30k
’19
$22k
’20
56
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.

2017201820192020
Listed1111
Joined····
No longer listed····
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $150.

From the IRS filings of FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC’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

FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% 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

39%
largest funder
100%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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

100% of FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

NJ

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’19
’21
’22
’23
New Jersey out of state home

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

Against its field

FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,352 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Operating margin40% · top quartile
Months of reserve55.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,352 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2020

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

70%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC?
FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,200 to it, the largest being ROSALIND PIO COSTA FOUNDATION INC ($1,650). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $4,200 in grants to FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC?
ROSALIND PIO COSTA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FAIRFIELD POLICE FOUNDATIONINC 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 FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), 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