Michigan · Nonprofit
Freinds of Ludington Police
Freinds of Ludington Police (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,795 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY ($34,795). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $84k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $73k
What Freinds of Ludington Police does
Mission
The Friends of Ludington Police is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing the services provided by the Ludington Police Department. Our mission is to assist Ludington Police Officers in fostering community safety and well-being through targeted support for key programs, including the K9 Unit, advanced police officer training, and community policing initiatives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Friends of Ludington Police is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing the services provided by the Ludington Police Department. Our mission is to assist Ludington Police Officers in fostering community safety and well-being through targeted support for key programs, including the K9 Unit, advanced police officer training, and community policing initiatives. These efforts are made possible through fundraising and outreach and are endorsed by the City of Ludington Police Department (LPD). As an all-volunteer organization, we are committed to building a stronger relationship between the LPD and the community it serves. We place a particular emphasis on youth and community engagement. All donations to Friends of Ludington Police directly contribute to the following initiatives: Community Policing Programs Police Officer Training K9 Unit Support General Support - Critical Areas of Need We collaborate closely with the Chief of Police and LPD staff to dir
$43,365 spentof which $36,949 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,365.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Freinds of Ludington Police’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Freinds of Ludington Police's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
Freinds of Ludington Police runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,277 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,277 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Freinds of Ludington Police
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Freinds of Ludington Police: 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 Freinds of Ludington Police?
- Freinds of Ludington Police (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,795 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY ($34,795). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Freinds of Ludington Police have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $34,795 in grants to Freinds of Ludington Police.
- Who is the largest funder of Freinds of Ludington Police?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $34,795 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Freinds of Ludington Police find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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