Tennessee · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC
INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,697,068 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ($2,499,068). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $379k
What Institute for American Police Reform Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to help ensure immutable regard for human dignity inculcate servant leadership and fortify citizens' trust in police service throughout the United States We serve to comprehensive engage and support of state and local government and community leaders in the transformational reform of American policing
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2022 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
We conducted a comprehensive survey and analysis of the internal culture of the Alexandria Virginia Police Department. Assessments and surveys of the broader community of Alexandria VA for convening a Public Safety Community Forum. A decision was made to form a diverse community forum with the cooperation and participation of the City Manager City Prosecutor Chief of Police Sheriff and ten community members of diverse representation from within the city. The forum was formally agreed upon by MOU MOA. We conducted public speeches and presentation in Washington DC Colorado California Virginia Tennessee and Texas.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Local Community Engagement and Education. Our work is to advocate for change through citizen participation in a dynamic and compassionate change process that is mindful of history and sensitive to the racial ethnic identity and cultural diversities of communities.
$265,638 spent50% of program spendingPolice Education and Training. Peace officers must adhere to the highest ethical standards receive broad community-oriented education and undergo diverse training regimens. Policing standards education and training must promote instinctive peer-to-peer accountability and absolute regard for human dignity laws and policies.
$185,946 spent35% of program spendingGeneral Public Education and Change Advocacy Support through speeches and public presentations.
$79,691 spent15% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $531,275.
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.
Chief executive
Nicholas Sensley
President CEO
Board chair
Laurence Heifetz
Board Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $105k → $1.8M.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM 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
INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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
100% 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 INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 95% · 2022 95% · 2023 97% — 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
INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $125k 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
INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,260 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,260 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
40% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM 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 INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,697,068 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ($2,499,068). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,697,068 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC?
- AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES is the largest funder on record, with $2,499,068 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 7 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