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MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ($400,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.6M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$400k
Net assets
$1.7M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 24%
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($554k) Expenses 100 ($822k) Net assets 100 ($1.5M)2018 Revenue 96 ($533k) Expenses 82 ($675k) Net assets 82 ($1.2M)2019 Revenue 152 ($842k) Expenses 124 ($1.0M) Net assets 75 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 292 ($1.6M) Expenses 139 ($1.1M) Net assets 111 ($1.7M)2021 Revenue 269 ($1.5M) Expenses 245 ($2.0M) Net assets 75 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 318 ($1.8M) Expenses 196 ($1.6M) Net assets 75 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 264 ($1.5M) Expenses 119 ($980k) Net assets 111 ($1.7M)2024 Revenue 285 ($1.6M) Expenses 194 ($1.6M) Net assets 111 ($1.7M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (285)Expenses (194)Net assets (111)

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$267k
’17
−$141k
’18
−$179k
’19
$482k
’20
−$523k
’21
$156k
’22
$482k
’23
−$14k
’24
4.9
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $200k → $0.

Funder
'19
'20
'22
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

Where its funders are

100% of MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Organizations like MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

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

Minnesota Chiefs of Police Foundation82%Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association81%Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis81%Minnesota State Bar Foundation81%Law Enforcement Labor Services Inc80%Volunteer Attorney Program80%Lels Police Benevolent Fund Inc79%Minnesota Freedom Fund79%

Nationally

Minnesota Chiefs of Police Foundation82%Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association81%Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis81%Minnesota State Bar Foundation81%Legal Services of North Dakota81%Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund80%Law Enforcement Labor Services Inc80%Volunteer Attorney Program80%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Mn Police and Peace Officers Association · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND?
MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ($400,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $400,000 in grants to MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND?
MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEGAL DEFENSE FUND 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 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing