Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE
FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400 to it, the largest being ASHLAND FOUNDATION ($400). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $67k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $400
- Net assets
- $222k
What Friends of the West Lampeter Township Police does
Mission
The mission of "Friends of the West Lampeter Township Police department" is to enhance the operation of the west lampeter township police department by providing supplemental resources, equipment, and funding for pilot programs, enabling the police department to work better, smarter, and more effectively. The organization serves as a vehicle for tax-exempt grants and gifts from individuals, businesses, and philanthropies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The organization raises money to provide equipment to the west lampeter township police department not readily available through other means to allow the police department to work more safely and effective.
$64,183 spentof which $63,986 as grants83% of program spendingThe organization organizes events to promote civic spirit in support of public safety and security in west lampeter township. The organization also educates the citizens of west lampeter township in enhancing public awareness on issues effecting safety and well-being.
$12,898 spent17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $77,081.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $122k to $239k (+96%).
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.
89% of FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $200.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE's grant income comes from Pennsylvania 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP 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 FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE?
- FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400 to it, the largest being ASHLAND FOUNDATION ($400). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $400 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE?
- ASHLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP POLICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 1 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