Fraternal Order of Police

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237585748
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Jackson, TN, USA
Phone
7316978693
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$170,471
Expenses
$165,158
Assets
$346,792
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeff Sheppard (President)
  • Joe Veto (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeff Sheppard (President)
  • Joe Veto (Vice President)
  • Jerry Priddy (State Trustee)

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

Our Lodge represents local, state, and federal law enforcement officers. We also strive to be a benevolent organization and assist those in need.

What it reported doing in 2025

We partner with the Kirkland Cancer Center to provide funds to approximately 50 indigent patients who need help with groceries, transportation, etc. We also partner with the Boys and Girls Club of Jackson to assist approximately 30 underserved children in the community and sponsor a yearly event "Cops and Kids" where children in need are partnered with law enforcement officers and provided funds for Christmas presents. We also provided 3 grants to our members' children based on needs and academic achievements, 1 donation to a local tornado victim, and 1 donation to our local food bank.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 78% for direct work, 4% for grants, and 18% for member benefits.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.2%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 35.7%; rating input score 36

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.2% of revenue deployed · 35.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.