Delano Police Officers Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842211848
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Delano, CA, USA
Phone
6618088928
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,459
Expenses
$4,100
Assets
$3,590

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ruben Ozuna (CEO)
  • Jesus Murguia (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Ruben Ozuna (CEO)
  • Jesus Murguia (Vice President)
  • Christopher Nino (Treasurer)

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

The Delano Police Officers Foundation supports the law enforcement officers of the Delano Police Department to recognize their service and dedication to our community and grant funds to the community of Delano for essential non-budgeted expenditures that aid, facilitate, and provide for effective community policing.

What it reported doing in 2025

During the reporting period, the Delano Police Officers Foundation achieved significant milestones across a diverse range of programs and initiatives, all contributing to our mission of enhancing public safety and community well-being. These efforts included promoting breast cancer awareness through campaigns and fundraisers, making donations to veteran organizations to support those who have served our county, organizing the Shop With a Cop program to create positive connections between law enforcement and underprivileged children, conducting a successful backpack drive to equip local students for academic success, distributing holiday food donations to families in need through partnerships with local food banks, and actively participating in various community events such as safety workshops and cultural festivals. These accomplishments reflect our dedication to fostering a safer, more inclusive, and resilient Delano community through a multifaceted approach to charitable work.We are proud of the positive impact the Delano Police Officers Foundation has had on the community during the reporting period. Our continued success is made possible by our donors' generosity, our volunteers' dedication, and the hard work of our board and members. We remain committed to our mission of supporting the Delano Police Department and the citizens of Delano and improving public safety in our community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.9%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 77.1%; rating input score 77

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.1%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -31.9% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -31.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.9% of revenue deployed · 77.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.