Florida · Nonprofit
THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC
THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC (Florida) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,343 to it, the largest being PERLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($89,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $495k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $173k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What The Sheriffs Foundation of Broward County Inc does
Mission
The mission of the sheriff's foundation of broward county (sfbc) is to provide moral and financial support to the families of law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty and to fund programs of the broward sheriff's office that enhance public safety and improve the quality of life for all broward county residents. Sfbc fulfills this mission directly and through contributions to qualifying tax-exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The sheriff's foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1999, and the four pillars of our mission are: -managing restricted federal funds for broward sheriff's office anti- terrorism initiatives; -collecting and administering memorial funds that benefit the surviving families of broward sheriff's office deputies and fire rescue personnel killed in the line of duty; -funding and supporting essential training programs for broward sheriff's office personnel not otherwise covered by county budget allocations; and -funding and supporting crime prevention, civic education, and community outreach programs of the broward sheriff's office and qualified nonprofit organizations. Anti-terrorism regional domestic security task forces were established by the florida legislature under florida statute 943.0312. Sfbc continues to oversee the management and expenditure of restricted funds designated for domestic security initiatives in accordance with applicable statutory requirements. Fallen heroes and memorial funds since its founding, sfbc has provided vital moral and financial support to the surviving family members of fallen broward sheriff's office deputies and fire rescue…
$267,999 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $267,999.
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 $1.6M to $1.8M (+13%).
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 14% · 2018 2% · 2019 46% · 2020 2% · 2023 6% · 2024 3% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Heather Geronemus
Chairwoman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $9k → $15k.
1 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD 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 SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 66%; 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: 2017 59% · 2018 100% · 2019 57% · 2020 59% · 2021 86% · 2022 55% · 2023 33% — 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
25% of THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
80% of THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118 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 SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC?
- THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC (Florida) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,343 to it, the largest being PERLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($89,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $173,343 in grants to THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC?
- PERLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $89,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SHERIFFS FOUNDATION OF BROWARD COUNTY INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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