Concerns of Police Survivors Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

PROGRAMS: Grief Seminars are held throughout the year for all law enforcement survivors across the United States. In May of each year during the National Police Survivors' Conference held in Washington, DC, during National Police Week, survivors can attend a number of different seminars on grief issues. Approximately 4,959 police survivors and affected coworkers registered for C.O.P.S. seminars. Debriefings, one-on-one counseling, family counseling and crisis intervention sessions were held for the adult survivors. The children participate in their own peer-support group sessions and work with counselors and trauma specialists to address their individual grief issues. C.O.P.S. provides survivor specific weekends/camps, known as "Hands-On Programs". They are C.O.P.S. Kids Camp, Outward Bound Adventure, Young Adults Camp, Adult Children, Spouses, Spouses for Couples, Parents, Sibling, Co-workers, Co-workers for Couples, Fianc/Significant Other, Extended Family Retreats, Summer Suicide Survivors Retreat and Fall Suicide Survivors Retreat. These weekends/camps are held at rural locations around the country. The survivors experience self-help challenge activities as well as meeting and networking with peers who have experienced the same type of loss. All of the weekends/camps have licensed mental health professionals that provide group and individual grief counseling for the survivors. The weekends/camps held during 2025-26 had 1,890 survivors in attendance. Survivors return time and time again to C.O.P.S.' programs for support. The first time they attend, they say it is because the event honors their fallen officer. The second time they attend a C.O.P.S. event, they do it for their own mental well-being. After that, they come to provide support to the more newly-bereaved families. However, survivors have also returned years later when they realize issues with the death have never been emotionally resolved, the perpetrator may be coming up for parole or another life experience has brought the horror of the death back to the forefront of their thoughts.Public Safety Agency Assistance is accomplished in a number of different ways. Each year C.O.P.S. holds a series of training sessions titled The Traumas of Law Enforcement. These trainings educate America's law enforcement agencies on appropriate responses to officer death and appropriate care for law enforcement families affected by line-of-duty death, disability, post-traumatic stress disorder and police suicide. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, these 3-day trainings were held in St. Louis, MO; Chandler, AZ; Billings, MT; Baltimore, MD; Dearborn, MI; Golden, CO; North Dartmouth, MA; Miami, FL; and Biloxi, MS. C.O.P.S. contracts with leaders in the field of police trauma to conduct the sessions. The resource manual, PowerPoint presentations and entire training have been highly praised by training participants year after year. In the 30 years that C.O.P.S. has been sponsoring these trainings, 230 sessions have been held.C.O.P.S. held its 11th annual National Conference on Law Enforcement Wellness & Trauma. This Conference had sessions with topics on suicide awareness and prevention, tactical self-care for first responders, creating a peer support program for officers, LAWS-Leadership, Accountability, Wellness, and Service, mental health awareness, navigating family life in law enforcement. This conference on Wellness and Trauma was well received with a total of 745 participants from across the country.C.O.P.S. held its 2nd annual Surviving to Thriving Conference. The conference had sessions with topics on navigating grief, self-care, conflict management and building strong relationships. This conference had 82 participants from across the country. C.O.P.S. also produces a monthly Rap Sheet newsletter for law enforcement. This newsletter is emailed to over 38,000 law enforcement officers and agencies across the United States. C.O.P.S. provides printed educational materials to law enforcemen

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 99.6%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $19.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.42; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings