North Carolina · Nonprofit
GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC
GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,413 to it, the largest being GASTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($15,008). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $99k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $180k
What Gastonia Police Foundation Inc does
Mission
In partnership with the gastonia police, the foundation strives to help promote the department's mission of "protecting, serving and enchancing the quality of life for all" in gastonia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community engagement events - funding opportunities for officers to contribute to and provide education within their community. (a) officers support disadvantaged children and families during the holiday season and back to school season, involving activities like school supply shopping with kids, thanksgiving turkey giveaways, and christmas gift donations. (b) offering youth-focused educational programs within the community, such as summer leadership camps.
$49,606 spent55% of program spendingEvents honoring officers - our calendar features events such as the yearly appreciation dinner for officers and staff, a family day gathering on july 4th with officers and their loved ones, along with additional activities aimed at backing our local law enforcement community.
$13,685 spent15% of program spendingAssisting officer requirements - offering resources and items essential for officers to fulfill their responsibilities, which are not covered by government funding. Such support covers supplemental training, extra supplies for patrol vehicles, and necessary equipment for officer support. Historically, acquisitions have comprised tourniquets, aerial drones, photographic gear, bicycles, among others.
$27,110 spent30% of program spendingGeneral law enforcement and community support.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $90,401.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $80k to $141k (+76%).
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.
59% of GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $9k → $30.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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.
How concentrated its funding is
GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 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
86% of GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC'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. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,052 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,052 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC?
- GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,413 to it, the largest being GASTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($15,008). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $17,413 in grants to GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC?
- GASTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,008 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GASTONIA POLICE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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