Washington · Nonprofit
SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION
SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,412 to it, the largest being Spokane Parks Foundation ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $67k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $88k
What Spokane Police Foundation does
Mission
To support the activities of the spokane police department, to help lessen the burden of government, and to help combat community deterioration and juvenile delinquency.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The police activities league (pal) engages youth with summer activities such as flag football, basketball, running, soccer, swimming, and baseball. Science, technology, engineering, and math (stem) enrichment activities and lunch are provided at every session. Officers and community volunteers mentor participating youth, providing positive role models and reinforcement of the program's core values. In 2024 the program served over 350 youth participants throughout the summer.
$8,364 spent20% of program spendingThe foundation collected funds for our community cares program. This program identifies at-risk families through their community outreach division and provides funding for basic needs, including food, utilities, and transportation. Additionally, the foundation helps provide food and gifts at christmas. More than 20 local families and 125 individuals were impacted by this program in 2024.
$21,299 spent52% of program spendingSpd's community outreach department partners with organizations such as big brothers/big sisters, local community centers and schools and thrive international to identify and mentor at-risk youth. This is done through one-on-one interactions with police officers through fun and engaging activities. The police foundation provides funds for these activities including meals and entertainment. More than 45 youth were impacted by this program in 2024.
$11,494 spent28% of program spendingSpokane Police Foundation and thrive international partnered to host a soccer camp for the region's refugee population. This program hosted over 100 youth and provided equipment and food. Officers had the chance to share a positive experience with a population that is new to our community and build strong relationships for the future.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $41,157.
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 $33k to $76k (+130%).
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.
100% of SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
Cheryl Stewart
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $84.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION’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
SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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 SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 51% · 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
99% of SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,607 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION?
- SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,412 to it, the largest being Spokane Parks Foundation ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $21,412 in grants to SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION?
- Spokane Parks Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPOKANE POLICE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2017–2024), 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