Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$12,495,835

Total expenses

$13,339,582

Contributions and grants received

$4,529,852

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$7,244,217

Investment income

$698,877

Other revenue

$22,889

Total assets, end of year

$21,370,586

Total liabilities, end of year

$7,590,061

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$13,780,525

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$12,329,441

Management and general expenses

$1,010,141

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$12,329,441

Program services were 92.4% 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 · 2023

• EDUCATION AND TRAINING: IN 2023 PERF HELD 4 SESSIONS OF ITS SENIOR MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE FOR POLICE (SMIP), A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR MID AND SENIOR LEVEL POLICE OFFICIALS WHO IN MANY CASES WILL BE TOMORROW'S POLICE CHIEFS. PERF ALSO RAMPED UP TRAINING OF OFFICERS TO IMPLEMENT PERF'S "ICAT" PROGRAM (INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS, ASSESSMENT, AND TACTICS), WHICH HELPS PREVENT UNNECESSARY USE OF FORCE BY POLICE AND PROMOTES BETTER OUTCOMES IN INCIDENTS THAT INVOLVE SUBJECTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, OR OTHER CONDITIONS THAT MAY CAUSE THEM TO BEHAVE UNPREDICTABLY. IN 2023 PERF OPENED ITS NATIONAL ICAT FACILITY IN DECATUR, IL. ICAT TRAININGS ARE HELD MONTHLY AT THE FACILITY. PERF ALSO CONTINUES TO CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH AGENCIES TO PROVIDE ICAT TRAINING. THESE AGENCIES INCLUDED PHOENIX, AZ; SAN LEANDRO, CA; LOVELAND, CO; FERGUSON, MO; CHICAGO, IL; ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MD; KANSAS CITY, MO; INDIANA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SYSTEM; LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA; FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA; AND WASHINGTON, DC. PERF CONDUCTED REGIONAL TRAININGS IN ROXBORO, NC, FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT CHIEFS ASSOCIATION AND FOR COLORADO POST. PERF ALSO HELD ITS SECOND ANNUAL NATIONAL ICAT CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO, CA. IN THE SUMMER OF 2023, PERF EXPANDED ITS PILOT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH EIGHT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT TWO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS) IN BALTIMORE TO A NATIONAL PROGRAM WITH 30 INTERNS, 29 POLICE AGENCIES IN 15 STATES, AND 13 HBCU'S IN TEN STATES. THE STUDENTS' PAID INTERNSHIPS LASTED EIGHT TO TEN WEEKS AND CULMINATED IN THE COMPLETION OF CAPSTONE PROJECTS.

  Expenses $6,467,756 · Revenue $6,432,348

• RESEARCH: PERF CONDUCTS A RANGE OF RESEARCH PROJECTS AND PUBLISHES FINDINGS IN REPORTS FOR POLICE PRACTITIONERS, THE NEWS MEDIA, AND THE PUBLIC. IN 2023, PERF'S RESEARCH TEAM EXAMINED POLICING CIVIL DISTURBANCES; POLICE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND OTHER CRITICAL ISSUES. IN 2023, PERF PRODUCED REPORTS ON POLICE PURSUITS.

  Expenses $2,694,833

• DEMONSTRATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: PERF STUDIES BEST PRACTICES AND EMERGING ISSUES IN POLICING. ISSUES ADDRESSED IN 2023 INCLUDED: BODY-WORN CAMERA POLICY; THE RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH-RELATED CALLS; VEHICULAR PURSUIT POLICY; OFFICER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION; BUILDING PUBLIC TRUST; AND SUPPORTING WOMEN IN POLICE LEADERSHIP.

  Expenses $1,309,443

• MEMBERSHIP: PERF HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF THOUSANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ACADEMICS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHERS WITH AN INTEREST IN POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUES. PERF HOLDS ANNUAL MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, OTHER EVENTS AND COMMUNICATES ON A DAILY BASIS WITH SERVICES SUCH AS PERF'S DAILY CLIPS SERVICE, IN WHICH WE CHOOSE THE MOST COMPELLING NEWS MEDIA STORIES ABOUT ISSUES IN POLICING AND EMAIL A LIST OF THESE STORIES EVERY MORNING. PERF'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALSO SENDS OUT A WEEKLY COLUMN CALLED PERF TRENDING, WHICH FOCUSES ON A CURRENT TOPIC IN POLICING AND PROVIDES UPDATES ON PERF.

  Expenses $1,025,444

• MANAGEMENT SERVICES - PERF IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING PROVIDERS OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES TO POLICE AGENCIES. WE OFFER COMPREHENSIVE ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRAINING DEVELOPMENT, AND REVIEW; RECRUITMENT, HIRING, AND RETENTION GUIDANCE; DEVELOPMENT OF USE-OF-FORCE POLICIES AND TRAINING; INTERNAL AFFAIRS ANALYSIS AND REVIEW; AND DISCIPLINARY AND EARLY INTERVENTION PROCESSES AND PRACTICES.

  Expenses $556,757 · Revenue $651,361

• PUBLICATIONS: PERF'S PUBLICATIONS DEPARTMENT MANAGES THE EDITING AND PRODUCTION OF PERF REPORTS, AS WELL AS MANAGING PERF'S WEBSITE, FIELDING NEWS MEDIA INQUIRIES ABOUT ISSUES IN POLICING, AND MAINTAINING PERF'S PRESENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

  Expenses $158,063 · Revenue $33,560

• EXECUTIVE SEARCH: OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, PERF HAS ASSISTED WITH OVER 200 CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO IDENTIFY THE BEST CANDIDATES FOR POSITIONS AS POLICE CHIEF AND OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. PERF ALSO HAS PUBLISHED SEVERAL BOOKS ON EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR POLICING PROFESSIONALS, SUCH AS "COMMAND PERFORMANCE: A CAREER GUIDE FOR POLICE EXECUTIVES, AND "CHAPTER 2: HOW POLICE CHIEFS AND SHERIFFS ARE FINDING MEANING AND PURPOSE IN THE NEXT STAGE OF THEIR CAREERS."

  Expenses $117,145 · Revenue $126,948

As filed on the 2023 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

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202443209349309939

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