California · Nonprofit
THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION
THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,600 to it, the largest being AOCDS MEMORIAL FUND ($20,759). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $172k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $371k
What The Professional Peace Officers Star and Shield Foundation does
Mission
The Professional Peace Officers Star and Shield Foundation, provides financial assistance to people who need it the most (I.e. Families of slain peace officers). The foundation provides financial and other appropriate assistance to organizations which assist individuals in need, members of the association who are in need and their families, educational programs which encourage children to make positive life choices and any other organization, program or individual of similar nature. Members of the foundation board are committed to contributing their time, energy, and resources to make our community a better place in which to live and work.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The foundation provides financial and other appropriate assistance to:organizations which assist individuals in need; members of theassociation who are in need and their families; educational programs which encourage children to make positive life choices; and any other organization, program or individual of similar nature. The foundation provided assistance to approximately 106 organizations and individuals during 2023.
$127,526 spentof which $120,441 as grants$1,952 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $127,526.
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 2017 to 2018, from $175k to $296k (+69%).
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.
144% of THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION’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. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $437 → $326.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD 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
THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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 THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 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
100% of THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k 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
THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association · exempt
- Popa Incindependent Expenditures Committee · exempt
- Popa Inc Small Contributors Committee · exempt
- Popa Inc Special Issues Committee · exempt
- Professional Peace Officers Insurance Agency Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION: 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 PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION?
- THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,600 to it, the largest being AOCDS MEMORIAL FUND ($20,759). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $22,600 in grants to THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION?
- AOCDS MEMORIAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $20,759 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PROFESSIONAL PEACE OFFICERS STAR AND SHIELD FOUNDATION 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