Florida · Nonprofit
Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc
Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $171,833 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC ($55,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $179k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $172k
- Net assets
- $386k
What Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc does
Mission
This organization aims to uphold high standards of education professionalism and integrity. It seeks to improve public understanding of law enforcement foster positive community relations and provide educational programs. The organization also focuses on ethical conduct equipping law enforcement with necessary resources and managing donations. It is committed to upholding U.S. state and local laws while achieving these objectives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Manatee County Sheriff Service Assistance program enhances law enforcement capabilities to benefit all citizens of Manatee County Florida. This initiative provides essential equipment and resources to combat crime including the purchase of K9 units horses for mounted patrols and other specialized equipment. The program also supports related training and provides signage to help deter criminal activity. By equipping the Sheriffs Office with these tools the program aims to improve public safety increase crime prevention efforts and strengthen community policing throughout Manatee County.
$117,872 spentof which $117,872 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $117,872.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $251k to $343k (+37%).
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.
98% of Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $25k → $11k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 Manatee Sheriffs Charity 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
Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
54% 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 Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 80% · 2021 67% · 2023 76% — diversifying over time.
“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
54% of Manatee Sheriffs Charity 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 $78k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $94k 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.
Against its field
Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Manatee Sheriffs Charity 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Manatee Sheriffs Charity 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 Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc?
- Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $171,833 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC ($55,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $171,833 in grants to Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC is the largest funder on record, with $55,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Manatee Sheriffs Charity Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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