Florida · Nonprofit
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($81). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $226k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $81
- Net assets
- $72k
What Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers does
Mission
Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers, inc promotes and assists the southwest florida law enforcement agencies in the apprehension and conviction of criminals through making funds available for use in the offering of rewards, by helping develop a community offensive against crime, by motivating members of the public to cooperate with the law enforcement agencies,and by providing rewards and awards for such cooperation. Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers,inc also accepts contributions for high profile cases. If an arrest is not made within a six month period, the donor can request a refund of such contribution.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Most wanted ads placed in/on: newspapers, billboards, bus shelters, website, radio, and television to educate the public and increase awareness.
$146,230 spent73% of program spendingRewards paid to informants who anonymously call with tips on solving crime and the information resulted in an arrest.
$38,300 spent19% of program spendingToll free and local telephone lines, software, and answering service for receiving anonymous tips.
$14,075 spent7% of program spendingAll other costs and fees.
$815 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $199,420.
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 2019 to 2020, from $95k to $116k (+23%).
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: 2017 82% · 2018 93% · 2019 94% · 2020 85% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 97% · 2024 100% · 2025 99% · 2026 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 10 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 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6 → $17.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS’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 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS has grown faster than half of the 220 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 220 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS: 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 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS?
- SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($81). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $81 in grants to SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $81 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CRIME STOPPERS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing