Tennessee · Nonprofit
SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County
SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $342,774 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $481k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $343k
- Net assets
- $25k
What SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County does
Mission
Implement youth mentoring programs that strengthen and expand mentoring services to at- risk/high-risk youth populations and youth with enlisted parents, through PAL Chapters.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mentors and mentees will participated in positive youth development activities through PAL Chapters, providing greater opportunities for individual/group mentoring and academic achievement. The mentoring program connects youth with experienced and caring men and women who encourage positive choices and healthy social interactions.
$40,716 spent$23,048 earned by the program9% of program spendingThe Sheriffs & Police Activities League of Memphis & Shelby County (Memphis Shelby PAL) is a non-profit youth mentoring organization devoted to preventing crime, building character and promoting success for children 5-18. We are an affiliate of the National Police Activities League (NPAL) working in partnership with Shelby County Schools, the City of Memphis, the Shelby CountySheriffs Department and the Memphis Police Department.
$359,370 spent$314,289 earned by the program81% of program spendingThe education promotes academic proficiency and intellectual growth through specialized individual and group learning.
$31,622 spent$14,000 earned by the program7% of program spendingThe intervention program introduces behavioral management, community service and interpersonal skills for youth with minor offenses or behavioral competencies.
$14,000 spent$14,000 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $445,708.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $118k to $283k (+140%).
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: 2019 80% · 2023 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
2020 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $298k.
From the IRS filings of SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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
SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 84% — 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.
Where its funders are
SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County: 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 SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County?
- SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $342,774 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $342,774 in grants to SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County?
- LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SheriffPolice Activities League of Memphis and Shelby County find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 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