Cape and Islands Police Chiefs Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274754909
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Brewster, MA, USA
Phone
5088967011
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,202
Expenses
$1,828
Assets
$17,071
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT CARLINE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN LENNON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SCOTT CARLINE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • HEATH ELDREDGE (TREASURER/SECRETARY)
  • KEVIN LENNON (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To maintain a fund for the purchase and maintenance of equipment for specialized police incidents and to provide for the encouragement, education, and promotion of higher standards of police training for the benefit of the member municipal police departments in barnstable county, dukes county, and nantucket county, Massachusetts.

What it reported doing in 2025

Promoted higher standards & education among area police departments through meetings, conferences, training and awards

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.4%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 8

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.9%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.34; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -23.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4.4% of revenue deployed · 7.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $140 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.