Kentucky · Nonprofit
THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC
THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,050 to it, the largest being RAY & KAY ECKSTEIN CHARITABLE TRUST ($60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $80k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $66k
- Net assets
- $28k
What The Police Foundation of Paducah- McCracken County Inc does
Mission
Assist the paducah police department in building positive relationships in the community and fund improvements in officer proficiency and safety.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Driving simulator
$78,487 spent91% of program spendingCultural leadership academy
$8,000 spent9% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,487.
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 2018 to 2019, from $71k to $38k (−46%).
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 THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Leigh Ann Ballegeer
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC’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
THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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: 2020 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
98% of THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Kentucky 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
THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC has grown faster than half of the 35 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 35 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC: 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 THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC?
- THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,050 to it, the largest being RAY & KAY ECKSTEIN CHARITABLE TRUST ($60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $66,050 in grants to THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC?
- RAY & KAY ECKSTEIN CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2018–2026), and the filings of 3 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