Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 206 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,146,710 to it, the largest being POLICE UNITY TOUR INC ($18,478,760). 96 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 206
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $-7513950
What National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc does
Mission
The mission of the national law enforcement memorial and museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the american law enforcement profession.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Museum operations: expenses associated with opening, operating and maintaining the museum. The museum is dedicated to the understanding and preservation of the history - past, present and future role of american law enforcement in society. It strives to be a source of inspiration and shared human perspectives for all people to better understand the rule of law. Serving as a vital resource for all ages and cultures, the museum strives to challenge perspectives, gain understanding and educate all whom come throught its doors.
$14,319,765 spentof which $16,928 as grants$310,202 earned by the program69% of program spendingPublic awareness programs and activities to heighten awareness through public events about the sacrifices sustained by the law enforcement community on the public's behalf.
$3,006,745 spent14% of program spendingMemorial operations: responsibility for major repairs and improvements at the memorial, the research and engraving of names of fallen officers, oversight of daily maintenance by the national park service and opertions at the memorial.
$2,666,751 spentof which $450,000 as grants$408,838 earned by the program13% of program spendingOfficer safety and wellness program: all expenses to further the organization's purpose of reducing line-of-duty fatalities and improving officer safety and wellness, through traffic safety initiatives, education programs, the destination zero initiative and the national officer safety and wellness awards and the work in officer suicide prevention through the safleo project partnering with the institute for intergovernmental research.
$847,930 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,841,191.
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 2018 to 2019, from $172M to $160M (−7%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 2% · 2021 5% · 2022 7% · 2023 2% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
William Bill Alexander
CEO
Board chair
Lori Sharpe Day
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 42 funders to 46 funders, grant income fell $3.2M → $298k.
13 of 206 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 206 funders by total. 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 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 86% · 2019 88% · 2020 85% · 2021 79% · 2022 75% · 2023 32% — 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
28% of NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 35 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Government funding NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.3M on record.
- Department of Transportation$1.5M
- Department of Justice$655k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$147k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 36 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND 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 NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC?
- NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 206 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,146,710 to it, the largest being POLICE UNITY TOUR INC ($18,478,760). 96 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 206 organizations giving $24,146,710 in grants to NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC, 96 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC?
- POLICE UNITY TOUR INC is the largest funder on record, with $18,478,760 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 206 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing