California · Nonprofit
The Signal Hill Police Foundation
The Signal Hill Police Foundation (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,050 to it, the largest being BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC ($5,050). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $62k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $91k
What The Signal Hill Police Foundation does
Mission
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide funds for the public and charitable purposes related to building better relationships between members of the Signal Hill Police Departement and the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The organization provided funds for the educational and equipment needs of the members of the Signal Hill Police Department in support of building better relationships within the commmunity.2025 AccomplishmentsPolice Department Appreciation Program - The Police Foundation sponsored multiple events/programs to show appreciation to Police Department personnel. The events included:Police Department Family Day EventHoliday meals for those working on Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas dayMental Wellness Incentive ProgramNational Night Out - The Police Foundation sponsored the National Night Out attended by approximately 600 people. The purpose of the event was to promote positive police/community relations. Senior Bingo & Luncheon - The Police Foundation sponsored bingo and lunch for seniors who are members of the Signal Hill Active Adult program. Police Officers call bingo games and join the seniors for lunch. This program creates positive interaction between the Police Department and senior community.Concerts in the Park - The Police Foundation promoted the Police Department by hosting a booth at the Citys annual summer concert series. Police Department branded items…
$61,335 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $61,335.
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 2018 to 2019, from $48k to $81k (+68%).
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 Signal Hill Police Foundation’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 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Signal Hill 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.
Where its funders are
100% of The Signal Hill Police Foundation's grant income comes from California funders.
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 Signal Hill Police Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,052 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,052 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like The Signal Hill 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 California
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 Signal Hill Police 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 Signal Hill Police Foundation?
- The Signal Hill Police Foundation (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,050 to it, the largest being BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC ($5,050). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Signal Hill Police Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,050 in grants to The Signal Hill Police Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of The Signal Hill Police Foundation?
- BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Signal Hill Police 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.
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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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing