Phoenix Police Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861014450
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6028734003
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Safety Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,821,671
- Expenses
- $1,829,618
- Assets
- $1,568,962
- Liabilities
- $22,940
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TIMOTHY THOMAS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- TIMOTHY THOMAS (PRESIDENT): $148,250 total reported compensation
- TODD BEAUFORD (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $125,438 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The foundation provides emergency assistance for dozens of individuals facing personal tragedies, funding for technology needs for the department, officers equipment and other various initiatives that help the phoenix police department in its efforts to keep americas fifth-largest city as safe as possible.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, the phoenix police foundation approved 30 new grant applications from the phoenix police department, funding equipment, technology, training, and youth programming initiatives that supported officer safety, operational effectiveness, and community engagement. During the year, the foundation also hosted and funded key programs and events, including the 5th annual honor run/walk, the 8th annual women in blue recognition event, and the phoenix police departments annual pride in our heroes awards program. Additionally, the foundation completed the 1.5m protect and honor capital campaign, which resulted in the construction of a state-of-the-art wellness center and gym for the phoenix police department and the establishment of a permanent memorial honoring fallen officers, located in the lobby of the new phoenix police headquarters.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.2%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.2% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.