New York · Nonprofit
WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC
WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,218 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($17,791). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $154k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $142k
What Western New York Law Enforcement Helpline Inc does
Mission
To benefit law enforcement officers, and other first responders working and retired, and their families, who reside in New York State and who are facing various health, financial and other challenges by providing confidential assistance, information and referrals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Held 2 - 3 day free Post Critical Incident Seminars (PCIS) for first responders and their families. A PCIS is designed to assist first responders that have been involved in on-duty critical incidents, cumulative career stress, or traumatic life events unrelated to their law enforcement career, and have had an adverse effect in their everyday life as a result. This is a peer-based program, where peer-to-peer assistance will be accompanied by clinical staff, to assist the attendees in finding healthy ways to cope with stress and manage PTSD. Hosted First Responder Wellness Workshops - a peer-led and discussion based workshop focusing on the overall wellbeing of law enforcement officers, first responders, and dispatchers.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Contacted over 7200 law enforcement officers and other first responders active and retired and family members to let them know help was available for stressors in their lives. Had Law Enforcement and Family Peers on call 24/7. Issues addressed: general support, critical incidents, relationship issues, time off work, substance abuse and suicide risk. Conducted 16 Debriefs with 160 participants and 61 Peers after critical incidents.
$61,142 spent$41,847 earned by the program40% of program spendingHeld 2 - 3 day free Post Critical Incident Seminars (PCIS) for 66 first responders and their families. A PCIS is designed to assist first responders that have been involved in on-duty critical incidents, cumulative career stress, or traumatic life events unrelated to their law enforcement career, and have had an adverse effect in their everyday life as a result. This is a peer-based program, where peer-to-peer assistance will be accompanied by clinical staff, to assist the attendees in finding healthy ways to cope with stress and manage PTSD.
$63,061 spent$68,586 earned by the program41% of program spendingHosted First Responder Wellness Workshops - a peer-led and discussion based workshop focusing on the overall wellbeing of law enforcement officers, first responders, and dispatchers.
$10,506 spent$10,750 earned by the program7% of program spendingHeld 2 Group Crisis Intervention Trainings
$5,109 spent$6,375 earned by the program3% of program spendingActs of Kindness outreach and support to law enforcement officers and other first responders and their families who have experienced hardship as a result of a critical incident personal and or job related injury death loss of income illness, or any event causing significant emotional distress for first responders and or immediate family members.
$4,909 spent$5,043 earned by the program3% of program spendingHeld 2 Assisting Individuals in Crisis Trainings.
$4,269 spent$3,525 earned by the program3% of program spendingSuicide Prevention Training.
$3,807 spent$3,795 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $152,803.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $102k to $142k (+39%).
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: 2024 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $184 → $8k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE 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
WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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
96% 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 WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 73% · 2023 95% — 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.
Where its funders are
96% of WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $687 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,769 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,769 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% 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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC?
- WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,218 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($17,791). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $19,218 in grants to WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $17,791 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT HELPLINE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing