Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$469,789

Total expenses

$454,702

Contributions and grants received

$490,002

Grants paid

$155,244

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

-$20,213

Total assets, end of year

$110,480

Total liabilities, end of year

$45,831

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$64,649

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$226,399

Management and general expenses

$113,962

Fundraising expenses

$114,341

Program service expenses (Part III)

$226,399

Program services were 49.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE (PAL) OF MASSACHUSETTS SUPPORTS A BROAD ARRAY OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN YOUTH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS BUILT ON TRUST, RESPECT, AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, WITH THE GOAL OF STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES AND CREATING SAFE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE YOUTH CAN THRIVE. IN 2025, PAL SUPPORTED PROGRAMMING IN 53 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ENGAGING MORE THAN 4,400 YOUTH AND HUNDREDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THROUGH A VARIETY OF SPORTS-BASED, MENTORING, AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO FOSTER POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN YOUNG PEOPLE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. FEATURED PROGRAMS INCLUDED THE BOSTON STRONG INVITATIONAL, SHOP WITH A COP/HEROES & HELPERS IN FOUR LOCATIONS, AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS DELIVERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN COMMUNITIES INCLUDING EVERETT, BROCKTON, LEOMINSTER, AND FALL RIVER. PAL ALSO SUPPORTED YOUTH ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING PROGRAMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COREY C. GRIFFIN FOUNDATION, WHICH PROVIDE BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND HOLIDAY EXPERIENCES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AT&T, PAL ALSO SUPPORTED INITIATIVES TO HELP BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, INCLUDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO 200 YOUTH TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AND DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY. PAL ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE TEAM PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES STRUCTURED RECREATIONAL AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE. TEAM PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THE UNITY BASKETBALL LEAGUE, VOLLEYBALL PROGRAMMING IN WOBURN AND BROCKTON, BOSTON FUTSAL AND GIRLS SELF-DEFENSE PROGRAMS, METROWEST-AREA WATER SAFETY PROGRAMMING, AND FLAG FOOTBALL, A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT, AND BOWLING IN SPRINGFIELD, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL YOUTH ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. YOUTH ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES ALSO INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL SPORTS OUTINGS, TEAM-BUILDING ACTIVITIES, AND EDUCATIONAL TRIPS, ALL DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMAL INTERACTION BETWEEN YOUTH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHILE STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. MSP TEAM 43,455 YOUTH ENRICHMENT 3,850 BOSTON STRONG 16,382 SHOP WITH A COP 33,398

  Expenses $226,399 · Grants $155,244

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

14 March 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202640759349300774

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