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← PALM BEACH POLICE FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PALM BEACH POLICE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,418,502
Total expenses
$4,089,231
Contributions and grants received
$6,351,201
Grants paid
$2,177,546
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$641,416
Other revenue
-$574,115
Total assets, end of year
$20,246,277
Total liabilities, end of year
$600,202
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,646,075
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,126,672
Management and general expenses
$601,829
Fundraising expenses
$360,730
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,126,672

Program services were 76.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $772,680

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $3,280,957

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,297,564

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $77,089

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $575,625 · excluded $575,625

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $17,155,236

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $17,089,445

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $65,791

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $65,791 · excluded $65,791

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $493,900

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $3,280,957

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,068,015

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$574,115 · excluded -$574,115

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $962,900 · program services $962,900

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,214,646 · program services $1,214,646

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $359,870 · program services $143,948 · management and general $71,974 · fundraising $143,948

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $20,948 · program services $8,379 · management and general $4,190 · fundraising $8,379

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $433 · program services $173 · management and general $87 · fundraising $173

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,452 · program services $11,381 · management and general $5,690 · fundraising $11,381

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $36,165 · management and general $36,165

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $50,379 · management and general $50,379

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $65,039 · management and general $65,039

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $132,702 · program services $24,002 · management and general $2,381 · fundraising $106,319

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $233,867 · program services $152,014 · fundraising $81,853

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $178,336 · management and general $177,657 · fundraising $679

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $38,897 · program services $4,670 · management and general $26,464 · fundraising $7,763

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $75,991 · management and general $75,991

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,902 · management and general $6,902

  • 24a · Other expenses: Membership

    total $423,811 · program services $353,184 · management and general $70,627

  • 24b · Other expenses: Community Development a

    total $248,715 · program services $241,255 · management and general $7,460

  • 24c · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance

    total $11,178 · program services $10,120 · management and general $823 · fundraising $235

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $208,484

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $629,118 · end of year $4,808

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $532,559 · end of year $282,274

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $209,056 · end of year $226,873

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $416,341

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $333,472

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $153,360 · end of year $82,869

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $14,289,196 · end of year $19,121,421

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $345,933 · end of year $319,548

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,003 · end of year $273,301

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $349,951 · end of year $326,901

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,689,280 · end of year $19,355,236

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,073,988 · end of year $290,839

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The PBPFF is a charitable organization that supports the Town of Palm Beach First Responders and the local community at large with education, equipment and advocacy; empowering peace of mind with the knowledge that their families and futures are safe and supported. The Foundation pursues this mission by actively engaging in initiatives and programs approved by the Board Directors, including but not limited to: Scholarships for the education of children of police and fire personnel, Supplemental equipment and training, Emergency assistance to police and fire personnel in need, Providing Public Safety training and education to the community at large, and by advocating for and promoting community wide support for the police and fire personnel of the Town of Palm Beach.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The PBPFF is a charitable organization that supports the Town of (continued on Schedule O)Palm Beach First Responders and the local community at large with education, equipment and advocacy; empowering peace of mind with the knowledge that their families and futures are safe and supported.

  • Higher Education Scholarships - This program provides scholarships to qualified children of sworn officers, firefighters and civilian employees of the Palm Beach Police and Fire Rescue Departments. Over the past year, the Foundation awarded higher education scholarships to 26 qualified children, totaling $257,150. Emergency Financial Assistance - This program offers emergency financial assistance to officers and firefighters injured or disabled in the line of duty, or suffering from other personal emergencies or financial crisis.Police and Fire Rescue Dept Supplements - (continued on Schedule O) This program provides supplementary funding to the police and fire rescue departments for additional training, equipment and other unfunded needs, and grants to officers and firefighters to attend events or in times of need.Preston Bernick Retention Program - the Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation makes an annual contribution to the Palm Beach First Responders Foundation to fund the Preston Bernick Retention plan, a qualified retirement plan built to encourage recruitment and retention for the Palm Beach Police and Fire Rescue Departments. Life Insurance Benefit for First Responders - the Foundation now provides the premium payments for term life insurance policies for all first responders and civilian employees of the police and fire rescue departments. The Foundation makes annual premium payments, so that the $500,000 death benefit for each individual would be tax free.

    Expenses $3,126,672 · Grants $2,177,546

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • John F Scarpa

    CEO & Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Timothy Moran

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • David S Mack

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael Belisle

    1st Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Annie Falk

    Asst. Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • E Hunter Beebe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard B Bernick

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lawrence Herbert

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • John W Jordan II

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michele Kessler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • William I Koch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Levinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janet Levy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey A Marcus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • John WS Preston

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Thomas C Quick

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Herb Shear

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rebecca Godwin

    President & COO

    Total calculated
    $151,938
    From this org
    $144,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,788
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,150
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,740
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,048
    Filer's total
    $151,938

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

  • Town Of Palm Beach

    $653,805

    Cad/rms initial pymt + 1st year pymt.

  • Town Of Palm Beach

    $214,845

    Fire Dept Mobile Training Tower.

  • Town Of Palm Beach

    $94,250

    Fire Dept AED Project.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530949349300838

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