New York · Nonprofit
SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC
SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $811,907 to it, the largest being POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION NEW YORK S STATE TROOPERS INC ($162,420). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $812k
- Net assets
- $11M
What Signal 30 Troopers Benefit Fund Inc does
Mission
The fund was designed to foster, encourage, and support careers in law enforcement by: (a)providing support to help and assist the families of law enforcement professionals in times of financial emergency caused by accident, acts of god, natural disasters, floods, storms, illness, hospitalization, medical bills and other unforseen events that cause financial distress for the families law enforcement personnel; (b) providing financial aid, support and assistance to worthy programs which enhance the career field of law enforcement; (c) providing financial aid, support and assistance to public educational programs which enhance law enforcement and careers in law enforcement;(d) establishing and funding scholarships for the families of law enforcement professionals who are pursuing degrees in higher education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The fund was designed to foster, encourage, and support careers in law enforcement by: (a) providing scholarships, grants and other forms of financial assistance to worthy students seeking education to pursue and further careers in law enforcement;(b)providing support to help and assist the families of law enforcement professionals in times of financial emergency caused by accident, acts of god, natural disasters, floods, storms, illness, hospitalization, medical bills and other unforseen events that cause financial distress for the families law enforcement personnel; (c) providing financial aid, support and assistance to worthy programs which enhance the career field of law enforcement; (d) providing financial aid, support and assistance to public educational programs which enhance law enforcement and careers in law enforcement;(e) establishing and funding scholarships for the families of law enforcement professionals who are pursuing degrees in higher education.
$974,694 spentof which $728,112 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $974,694.
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 2020 to 2021, from $6.7M to $8.4M (+24%).
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.
79% of SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Carmine Decrescente Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $18k → $107k.
15 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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
SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
80% 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 SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 94% · 2019 40% · 2020 26% · 2021 32% · 2022 18% · 2023 19% — 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
35% of SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
85% of SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $383k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC?
- SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $811,907 to it, the largest being POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION NEW YORK S STATE TROOPERS INC ($162,420). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $811,907 in grants to SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC?
- POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION NEW YORK S STATE TROOPERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $162,420 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT 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 43 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing