Arizona · Nonprofit
MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION
MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $633k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $362k
What Mesa Police Association does
Mission
Unite and promote mesa police officers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Published regular newsletters sent to members and other interested parties; contains info intended to keep members informed regarding law enforcement profession, employment conditions, concerns and relations, community interest and public relations ideas and activities of the association.
Secure the ongoing services of an attorney wtih expertise in defending police officers and their constitutional rights in actions brought against them in the performance of their official duties.
Maintained a working and problem solving relationship with the principals of the city of mesa and its police department in order to promote fair standards, benefits and working conditions for the mesa police officer.
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
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 $602k to $655k (+9%).
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 8 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.
Chief executive
Nathan Peterson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION: 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 MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION?
- MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION?
- CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MESA POLICE ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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