California · Nonprofit
SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being Sieg & Doris Fischer FDN-AGY-MAIN ($62,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $238k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $65k
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Sheriffs Foundation for Public Safety does
Mission
The primary purpose of this foundation is to improve the quality of life for all those served by the resources of the fresno county sheriff's department. The primary objectives of the corporation will be to develop, improve and/or support by direct or indirect means non-profit charitable, educational, prevention or intervention programs and services that improve the quality of life for all within our county. The corporation will also provide support to educational activities and intervention services that aid in the positive return to the community of those who have been incarcerated within our facilities and, the corporation will provide direct and indirect support to the citizen volunteer groups involved in the sheriff's public safety services delivery system.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The sheriff's foundation for public safety members were able to serve their community by contributing to various organizations. An undeterminable number of people are benefited directly via those organizations. Funding comes from the different fund-raising events and grants.
$210,938 spentof which $43,811 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $210,938.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.3M to $2.4M (+5%).
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.
27% of SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
David Allumbaugh
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY’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
SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
96% of SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY's grant income comes from California funders.
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
SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
16%
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 SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY: 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 SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY?
- SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being Sieg & Doris Fischer FDN-AGY-MAIN ($62,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $65,000 in grants to SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY?
- Sieg & Doris Fischer FDN-AGY-MAIN is the largest funder on record, with $62,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHERIFFS FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2 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