Georgia · Nonprofit
GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC
GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,500 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $196k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $94k
What Georgia Public Safety Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Georgia Department of Public Safety Historical Society, Inc., formerly Georgia State Patrol Historical Society, Inc., was created in 1987 to help preserve and promote the history of the Georgia Department of Public Safety and the Georgia State Patrol.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Each year, we recognize State Troopers, Motor Carrier Compliance Officers, Capitol Police Officers, DPS civilian employees, as well as law enforcement and/or civilians outside of our Department who have performed meritorious acts or displayed consistent exemplary performance in the course of their duties. Instead of giving them an award in an office setting, we try to make this a memorable occasion where family and friends can celebrate with the awardees.
$129,559 spent$88,789 earned by the program82% of program spendingWe recognize our annual scholarship recipients during this ceremony.
$20,000 spent13% of program spendingWe provide funds in memoriam or support of our officer and troopers in need.
$7,005 spent4% of program spendingOperating Expenses
$610 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $157,174.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $109k to $94k (−13%).
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. 2 of the last 3 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.
Board chair
Christopher Wright
Colonel/Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $10k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC’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
GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 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
GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k 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.
Organizations like GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC: 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 GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC?
- GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,500 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $26,500 in grants to GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC?
- JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 4 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