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NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION

NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50 to it, the largest being THE WHELAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($50). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$227k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$50
Net assets
$2.9M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What New Bedford Police Association does

Mission

To provide benefits to police personnel

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

To provide retirement and death benefits to police personnel

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The 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 ($96k) Expenses 100 ($86k) Net assets 100 ($2.3M)2018 Revenue 174 ($168k) Expenses 103 ($88k) Net assets 90 ($2.0M)2019 Revenue 57 ($55k) Expenses 111 ($95k) Net assets 102 ($2.3M)2020 Revenue 144 ($139k) Expenses 70 ($60k) Net assets 114 ($2.6M)2021 Revenue 235 ($227k) Expenses 92 ($79k) Net assets 127 ($2.9M)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (235)Expenses (92)Net assets (127)

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 $2.1M to $2.4M (+16%).

$2.3M
$2.1M
$2.4M
$2.6M
$2.9M
20172018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’17
$79k
’18
−$40k
’19
$79k
’20
$148k
’21
8.5
months of
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.

20172018201920202021
Listed1313131313
Joined·+1+1+0+1
No longer listed·1101
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION’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.

Where its funders are

NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.

FL

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION

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 Massachusetts

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

49% of spending goes to programs.

Program 49%Management 51%Fundraising 0%

Governance

115
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION?
NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50 to it, the largest being THE WHELAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($50). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50 in grants to NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION.
Who is the largest funder of NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION?
THE WHELAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NEW BEDFORD POLICE ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), 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. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing