POPPA was established and organized for charitable purposes to provide peer assistance to members of police organizations, their families and to related organizations and to conduct any and all lawful activities which may be useful in accomplishing the foregoing purposes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
53¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$194K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $115K a year · 16% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
53%
of spending
Worth a look: 53% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$194K
to officers and key staff · 27% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 27% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
28 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 28.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $449K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$53K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$796K
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$707K
To programs
53%
Net assets
$1.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$796K
FY2023▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$621K
FY2021$676K
FY2022$782K
FY2023$796K
FY2024$778K
Expenses
$707K
FY2023▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$520K
FY2021$507K
FY2022$648K
FY2023$707K
FY2024$698K
Net assets
$1.8M
FY2023▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.9M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2001.

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Where the money goes

53 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 53% · $378K Management & general 47% · $329K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $194K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President FMR
$105,000Pt VII · Sec A
President (new)
$88,875Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Thomas Hovagim’s $120K as President is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John Petrullo—$105,000$140,000$90,000$90,000
Thomas Hovagim$120,000$88,875———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers peer support to police members, their families, and related groups.

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2 programs · $378K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

POPPA was established and organized for charitable purposes to provide peer assistance to members of police organizations, their families and to related organizations and to conduct any and all lawful activities, which may be useful in accomplishing the foregoing purposes.

$334Kprogram expense
02

The Suicide Awareness for First Emergency Responders ("SAFER")program is a suicide awareness and prevention program under which POPPA proactively conducts outreaches by speaking and presenting to NYC police officers at various locations.

$44Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$449K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $10K · 2024–2024

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$796K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$752K
Investment incomeLn 3$44K
Money outPt IX
$707K
Ln 25
Programscol B$378K
Managementcol C$329K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$53K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$752K
Investment incomeLn 3$44K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$796K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$661K
SavingsLn 2$1.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K
Other assetsLn 15$43K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$53K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M$1.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10K$5K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$174K$53K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$1.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$194K$96K$98K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$137K$137K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$31K$23K$8K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$16K$16K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$36K$36K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$35K$23K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$6K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$135K$135K
TravelLn 17$6K$6K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$92K$92K
All other expensesLn 24e$6K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$707K$378K$329K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $778K$698K$81K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $796K$707K$89K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $782K$648K$134K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $676K$507K$169K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $621K$520K$102K$1.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $796,165 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $781,142$752,039
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$44,126
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $757$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $781,899$796,165
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $293,531$361,983
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $354,282$344,988
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $647,813$706,971
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $134,086$89,194
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $796,165 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$752,039
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$752,039
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $44,126$44,126
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $44,126$796,165
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $706,971 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $96,375 · Management $97,500$193,875
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $137,300$137,300
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $23,028 · Management $7,780$30,808
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $16,500$16,500
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $35,911$35,911
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $22,721 · Management $12,056$34,777
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $6,130$6,130
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $134,518$134,518
IX-17 TravelManagement $5,968$5,968
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $2,112$2,112
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $5,400$5,400
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $5,517$5,517
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $92,252$92,252
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,903$5,903
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $377,579 · Management $329,392 · Fundraising $0$706,971
Part X · Balance sheet $1,837,007 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,552,406$661,290
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$1,016,348
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $66,888$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $59,344$97,125
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $15,503$14,002
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,483$5,083
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $164,226$43,159
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,868,850$1,837,007
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $22,270$23,647
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $151,485$29,071
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $173,755$52,718
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,695,095$1,784,289
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,695,095$1,784,289
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,868,850$1,837,007
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,784,289 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$796,165
XI-2 Total expenses$706,971
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$89,194
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,695,095
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,784,289

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