Polk Co Law Enforcement Memorial Fund Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 020689163
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Lakeland, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8635817177
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,365
- Expenses
- $15,730
- Assets
- $257,283
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- KEN GOSLINE (SECRETARY)
- WILLIAM LEPERE (CHAIRMAN/TRE)
- RANDY MULLINS (DIRECTOR)
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 polk county law enforcement memorial fund, inc. (pclemf) was founded to provide for the expansion, perpetual care and maintenance of the polk county law enforcement memorial, located at bicentennial park, 700 west lime street, lakeland, Florida. The purpose of the memorial is to serve as a rememberance for those law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty and have made the ultimate sacrifice to the law enforcement profession and the citizens to whom they honorably served. Additionally, the pclemf is to provide the funding for the polk county law enforcement memorial service held annually at the memorial site. Physical service address is 125 west brannen road, lakeland, Florida 33813.
What it reported doing in 2025
The polk county law enforcement memorial fund, inc. (pclemf) was founded to provide for the expansion, perpetural care and maintenance of the polk county law enforcement memorial, located at bicentennial park, 700 west lime street, lakeland, Florida. Additionally, the pclemf is to provide the funding for the polk county law enforcement memorial service which is held annually at the memorial site. Physical service address is 125 west brannen road, lakeland, Florida 33813.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.5%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.36; rating input score 95; 95th 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: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.