Fort Pierce Police Athletic League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650670756
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Fort Pierce, FL, USA
Phone
7724660606
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Centers, Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$101,147
Expenses
$34,001
Assets
$507,117
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA JOHNS GROSE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMIE FOWLERS (BOARD MEMBER)
  • WES HARDEN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • KEITH PEARSON (BOARD MEMBER)

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

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

Overview

Mission

The fort pierce police athletic league inc pal)is dedicated to providing educational and athletic activities for youth, pal utilitizes eduational, athletic and recreational activities to create trust and understanding between police officers and youth. It is based on the conviction that young people - if they are reached early enough - can develop strong positive attitudes toward police officers in their journey through life toward the goal of maturity and good citizenship.

What it reported doing in 2025

The ft pierce police athletic league inc (pal) provides educational and athletic activities for children in the community. The program also allows youth to interact positively with police officers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 62% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.2%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 66.4%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.91; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.2% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.