Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION
WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,535,316 to it, the largest being Motorola Solutions Foundation ($485,150). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Washington DC Police Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Washington DC Police Foundation is to bring together business, professional, civic and nonprofit organizations and individual citizens to promote public safety by providing financial and in-kind resources to the chief of police and the metropolitan police department (mpd). Our goal is to make washington, dc a safer place to live, work and visit for everyone.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Through two grants from the dc highway safety office, the foundation prioritized traffic safety education and partnerships in 2025. A law enforcement liaison was contracted to enhance regional efforts around traffic safety initiatives. Additionally, the foundation contracted with impact teen drivers, an organization that supports a myriad of programming focused on youth outreach and youth leadership through a traffic safety lens.
$753,137 spent54% of program spendingThe foundation supports a variety of other initiatives and special events focused on officer morale, wellness and organization goals. Each year, the foundation holds a law enforcement awards ceremony, honoring the brave members of the department and allowing the business community to recognize their achievements. The ceremony, as well as the breakfast with the chief and women in blue events are the three primary fundraisers annually. The foundation also supports initiatives such as the mpd awards ceremony, the police leadership academy, the mpd family fun day, the mpd wellness rooms and fitness spaces. Working in partnership with the chief of police's office, different special requests and programs are coordinated to best serve mpd members throughout the year. Lastly, the foundation's ticket booth program continues to support many mpd members and youth programs, utilizing donated tickets to games, concerts, museums and shows to offer unique experiences to attendees.
$440,936 spent32% of program spendingThe foundation supports a variety of youth programs and community outreach initiatives for the washington metropolitan police department. All programs support the mission of building positive police-community relationships within washington dc, as well as educating youth on public safety and careers within law enforcement. Some programs include junior cadets, students taking another route to success (stars), reaching new heights, officer friendly, mpd cadets, as well as each district's individual outreach efforts. All programs involve officer mentors and community partnerships. In 2025, foundation support continued developing and enhancing programming for mpd youth, reaching over 15,000 individuals. The foundation is also the dc police activities league (pal) chapter. Dc pal programs include a basketball, baseball, and football league for youth managed by mpd officer mentors. These programs allow youth to build positive relationships and communication skills through athletics. In 2025, dc pal programming reached over 250 youth.
$204,918 spent15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,398,991.
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 2019 to 2020, from $556k to $1.0M (+87%).
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: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Patrick Burke
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $65k → $264k.
5 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $219k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Arizona Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
26% 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 WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 77% · 2019 47% · 2020 42% · 2021 37% · 2022 33% · 2023 28% — 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 WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $96k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WASHINGTON DC 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, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION?
- WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,535,316 to it, the largest being Motorola Solutions Foundation ($485,150). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,535,316 in grants to WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION?
- Motorola Solutions Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $485,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON DC POLICE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 38 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