Virginia · Nonprofit
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,567 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($39,422). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $119k
- Net assets
- $17k
What National Center for Police Defense Inc does
Mission
The national center for police defense, incl (ncpd) helps law enforcement officers after an on-duty castastrophe, by providing support and resources during the legal process or during sick leave due to a severe injury.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Ncpd conducts research and publishes information relating to:(a) law enforcement misconduct statistics and areas in law enforcement that cause public concern, (b) civil and criminal legal cases in which law enforcement officers are charged with misconduct in the line of duty, and (c) other matters relating to the training and conduct of law enforcement officers in the course of their duty to protect the public in accordance with the law. An integral part of ncpds mission is to educate the public about the importance of the principle that law enforcement officers are not judged in the court of public opinion or by media bias, but by every individuals right to due process under the law. Ncpd also makes grants for legal and other living expenses when necessary to support an officer subject to litigation or suspension without pay pending an investigation of any officer-involved shooting or alleged misconduct.
$488,495 spentof which $60,820 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $488,495.
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. 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 2019 to 2020, from $35k to $217k (+513%).
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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
James J Fotis
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $12k → $20k.
2 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE 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
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 88% · 2019 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 48% · 2022 50% · 2023 48% — 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.
How long its funders stay
22% of NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 13 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
36% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 29 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Committee for Police Officer Defense · exempt
- Police Officer Defense Coalition · exempt
- The League of Sportsmen Law Enforcement and Defense · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC?
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,567 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($39,422). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $118,567 in grants to NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $39,422 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 25 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