Border Patrol Foundation FY2021 filing

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Arlington, VA501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 27-0865360Revenue $980K in FY2021

On file with the IRSborderpatrolfoundation.orgPo Box 15851, 22215-0851 · Arlington, VATax-exempt since Nov 2009Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Border Patrol Foundation provides financial support and family services for on and off duty deaths, injuries, illnesses, family medical emergencies, special circumstances and educational scholarships.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$66K 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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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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 $462K a year · 43% 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
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$66K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
27 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 27.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $23K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$22K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$980K
+40% vs prior year
Spent
$571K
To programs
79%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$980K
FY2021▲ +40%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$698K
FY2021$980K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.4M
Expenses
$571K
FY2021▲ +19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$479K
FY2021$571K
FY2022$483K
FY2023$581K
FY2024$911K
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2021▲ +42%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$961K
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$3.1M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2009.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $453K Management & general 17% · $96K Fundraising 4% · $22K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $66K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$66,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Audit Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Erica Aguilar’s $80K as Executive Dir. is at the 18th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M 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
Erica Aguilar$80,000$75,750$66,000$66,000$49,708
Shannon Staples————$38,667

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

Supports Border Patrol families through financial aid for emergencies, illnesses, and education.

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2 programs · $453K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

The border patrol foundation provides financial support and family services for on and off duty deaths, injuries, illnesses, family medical emergencies, and special circumstances.

$387Kprogram expense
02

The border patrol foundation provides scholarship assistance to the children of fallen border patrol agents. Additionally, children of current and retired border patrol employees are eligible to apply for scholarship assistance.

$66Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$23K
Grants paid · 9 grants · $1.0M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$460,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$245,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$7,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$268,000

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$980K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$577K
Other incomeLn 4–11$382K
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Money outPt IX
$571K
Ln 25
Programscol B$453K
Managementcol C$96K
Fundraisingcol D$22K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$577K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$20K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$20K
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Other incomeLn 4–11$382K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$980K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.1M
SavingsLn 2$224K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$129
Other assetsLn 15$4K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$913K$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$386$129
Total assetsLn 16$989K$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K$22K
Net assetsLn 32$961K$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$13K$13K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$268K$268K
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$66K$37K$28K$1K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$3K$2K$100
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$13K$13K
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$14K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$43K$2K$26K$16K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$15K$1K$10K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$4K$828$2K$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$257$257
InsuranceLn 23$718$718
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$127K$127K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$1K$252$182
Total functional expensesLn 25$571K$453K$96K$22K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.4M$911K$458K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$581K$623K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$483K$601K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $980K$571K$409K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $698K$479K$220K$961K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $979,993 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $508,711$577,211
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $14,034$20,763
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $175,700$382,019
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $698,445$979,993
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $68,000$281,013
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $101,142$71,016
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $309,754$219,352
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $478,896$571,381
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $219,549$408,612
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $979,993 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $27 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$20,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$557,211
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$20,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$577,211
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $20,763$20,763
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$381,992
VIII-12 Total revenueUnrelated business $27 · Excluded from tax $20,763$979,993
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $571,381 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $13,013$13,013
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $268,000$268,000
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 $37,015 · Management $27,685 · Fundraising $1,300$66,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,836 · Management $2,080 · Fundraising $100$5,016
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $13,460$13,460
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,000$14,000
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,078 · Management $25,688 · Fundraising $15,517$43,283
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,090 · Management $10,272 · Fundraising $4,012$15,374
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $828 · Management $1,749 · Fundraising $1,084$3,661
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $257$257
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $718$718
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $126,743$126,743
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,422 · Management $252 · Fundraising $182$1,856
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $453,282 · Management $95,904 · Fundraising $22,195$571,381
Part X · Balance sheet $1,392,122 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $787,954$1,065,678
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $125,070$223,750
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $55,878$79,505
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $5,511$5,972
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $10,222$12,745
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $386$129
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 $4,000$4,343
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $989,021$1,392,122
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,037$12,296
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $7,400$9,755
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $27,562$22,051
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $678,761$993,758
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $282,698$376,313
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $961,459$1,370,071
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $989,021$1,392,122
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,370,071 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$979,993
XI-2 Total expenses$571,381
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$408,612
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$961,459
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,370,071

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