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POLICE RELIEF FUND INC

POLICE RELIEF FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $53,981 to it, the largest being CAPTAINS ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE POLICE DEPT OF THE CITY OF NY ($53,981). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$54k
Net assets
$10M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Police Relief Fund Inc does

Mission

To provide assistance to police officers of the new york city police department.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Providing death benefits to police officers who die in the line of duty or while in active service.

    $660,000 spent
    35% of program spending

  2. Providing non-emergency ambulance & van transportation and to provide medical equipment & supplies (hospital beds, oxygen, etc.) to police officers in need.

    $516,686 spent
    27% of program spending

  3. Providing funding to an independent section 501(c)(3) organization that provides confidential counseling services to police officers with alcoholic and other problems.

    $449,400 spent
    24% of program spending

  4. Providing essential necessities for members and the families of members injured or killed in the line of duty.

    $89,555 spent
    5% of program spending

  5. Providing funding to various police department medical sections that provide counseling services to police officers with alcoholic and other problems.

    $84,821 spent
    4% of program spending

  6. Providing ceremonial flags to families of deceased nypd officers.

    $46,005 spent
    2% of program spending

  7. Providing funding for an nypd mobile medical van that provides on-site medical testing and vaccinations.

    $38,589 spent
    2% of program spending

  8. Providing emergency financial relief to police officers with verified and approved hardships.

The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,885,056.

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 ($3.3M) Expenses 100 ($2.0M) Net assets 100 ($10M)2018 Revenue 43 ($1.4M) Expenses 88 ($1.8M) Net assets 90 ($9.0M)2019 Revenue 66 ($2.1M) Expenses 86 ($1.8M) Net assets 102 ($10M)2020 Revenue 46 ($1.5M) Expenses 82 ($1.7M) Net assets 110 ($11M)2021 Revenue 48 ($1.6M) Expenses 91 ($1.9M) Net assets 115 ($12M)2022 Revenue 56 ($1.8M) Expenses 105 ($2.1M) Net assets 92 ($9.2M)2023 Revenue 46 ($1.5M) Expenses 89 ($1.8M) Net assets 98 ($9.8M)2024 Revenue 47 ($1.5M) Expenses 98 ($2.0M) Net assets 100 ($10M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (47)Expenses (98)Net assets (100)

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 $12M to $9.9M (−17%).

$11M
$9.4M
$11M
$11M
$12M
$9.9M
$10M
$11M
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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
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.2M
’17
−$365k
’18
$387k
’19
−$158k
’20
−$294k
’21
−$323k
’22
−$308k
’23
−$440k
’24
1.2
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.

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Listed1313161413131313
Joined·+3+3+2+4+1+4+4
No longer listed·3045144
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $17k → $37k.

Funder
'18
'19
total
funders
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $5.5M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money POLICE RELIEF FUND INC raised.

From the IRS filings of POLICE RELIEF FUND 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.

Where its funders are

100% of POLICE RELIEF FUND INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

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

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’19
New York out of state home

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 POLICE RELIEF 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 New York

Retired Detectives of the Police Department of the City of New York Inc80%Pba Widows and Children's Fund Inc80%Rockland County Pba Welfare Fund Inc79%Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York Inc79%Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc78%New York Police Chiefs' Foundation Inc78%Detectives Endowment Association Widows & Childrens Fund Inc77%Nyst Benefit Fund Inc77%

Nationally

Denver Police Protective Association Relief Fund81%Retired Detectives of the Police Department of the City of New York Inc80%Pba Widows and Children's Fund Inc80%Rockland County Pba Welfare Fund Inc79%Police Assistance and Relief Fund Inc79%Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York Inc79%Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc78%New York Police Chiefs' Foundation Inc78%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds POLICE RELIEF FUND INC?
POLICE RELIEF FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $53,981 to it, the largest being CAPTAINS ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE POLICE DEPT OF THE CITY OF NY ($53,981). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does POLICE RELIEF FUND INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $53,981 in grants to POLICE RELIEF FUND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of POLICE RELIEF FUND INC?
CAPTAINS ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE POLICE DEPT OF THE CITY OF NY is the largest funder on record, with $53,981 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like POLICE RELIEF FUND INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 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