New Jersey · Nonprofit
NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC
NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,482 to it, the largest being JOHN DYKEMA & MICHELE MALY-DYKEMA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $65k
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What National Police Defense Foundation Inc does
Mission
Protects and supports law enforcement and public safety officers, as well as administers law enforcement initiatives, such as the operation kids, project pedophile, and safe cop programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The operation kids program is a multi-faceted child safety npdf law enforcement initiative that (1)distributes fingerprint kits to parents, schools, police departments, and non-profit organizations (2) posts periodic rewards for the safe recovery of missing children (3) funds youth athletic events (4) provides financial assisstance to children who are crime victims (5) distributes scholarships to college students and (6) arranges lifesaving operations and medical treatment for critically ill children.
$290,670 spent37% of program spendingMembership development to encourage support of law enforcement personnel
$202,969 spent26% of program spendingThe safe cop program is a law enforcement initiative that posts a $10,000 reward for public information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who shoots at a law enforcement officer. This program also provides critical medical care, financial assistance and death benefits to law enforcement personnel either seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.
$163,790 spent21% of program spendingLegal defense and medical support to law enforcement personnel & families
$130,031 spent17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $787,460.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.0M to $3.3M (+10%).
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: 2021 3% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $1k → $19k.
2 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 POLICE DEFENSE 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
NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 41% · 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 31% · 2022 46% · 2023 54% — 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
38% of NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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 POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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 POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE 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 NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC?
- NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,482 to it, the largest being JOHN DYKEMA & MICHELE MALY-DYKEMA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $65,482 in grants to NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC?
- JOHN DYKEMA & MICHELE MALY-DYKEMA FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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