Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC
MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,700 to it, the largest being THE LYNN AND GLORIA JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($54,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $82k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $207k
What Milwaukee Police Foundation Inc does
Mission
Promotion and fostering of stronger bonds between citizens and police officers by providing support for efforts and initiatives that enhance police/community relations, crime prevention and public safety through grant funding for specialized equipment, training, and community programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Promotion and fostering of stronger bonds between citizens and police officers by providing support for efforts and initiatives that enhance police/community relations, crime prevention and public safety through grant funding for specialized equipment, training, and community programs
$21,571 spentof which $5,300 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $21,571.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $92k to $219k (+138%).
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.
100% of MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $200 → $56k.
From the IRS filings of MILWAUKEE POLICE 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
MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2021 100% · 2023 96% — 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
MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like MILWAUKEE POLICE 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 MILWAUKEE POLICE 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 MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC?
- MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,700 to it, the largest being THE LYNN AND GLORIA JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($54,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $66,700 in grants to MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE LYNN AND GLORIA JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $54,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILWAUKEE POLICE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2019–2024), 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