Minnesota · Nonprofit
LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC
LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $349,252 to it, the largest being AMES CONSTRUCTION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $349k
- Net assets
- $896k
What Lels Police Benevolent Fund Inc does
Mission
The lels benevolent fund provides support and financial aid for the families of lels members and the families of other minnesota public safety professionals, who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, regardless of their union membership.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, the lels police benevolent fund provided vital support and financial assistance to the families of officers affected by tragedy. Specifically, the fund managed the administrative processes and tools necessary to collect donations for the families of the three burnsville police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. By serving as a central hub for community contributions, the fund ensured that donations were collected and distributed efficiently and transparently. This same service was extended to the family of minneapolis police officer jamal mitchell, as well as to several other public safety families across minnesota who were impacted by serious injury or the loss of a loved one.
$1,721,180 spentof which $1,721,180 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,721,180.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6 → $21.
9 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND 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
LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% 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 LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 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
55% of LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND 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 $157k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $193k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Law Enforcement Labor Services Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC?
- LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $349,252 to it, the largest being AMES CONSTRUCTION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $349,252 in grants to LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC?
- AMES CONSTRUCTION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LELS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 17 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