Wounded Blue Foundation: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 82-3066282)

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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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers trained peer support to injured officers and their families.

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3 programs · $450K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Program 1

Peer Advocate Support & Crisis ResponseDescription: The Wounded Blue operates a nationwide peer-advocate support network for law-enforcement officers who are physically or psychologically injured in the line of duty (or retired and disabled). Each peer advocate is a current or former officer who has lived experience of injury or trauma.

$175Kprogram expense

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Program 2

Training, Education & Resilience ProgramsDescription: The Wounded Blue provides training and education for law-enforcement officers, spouses, peer-support teams and agencies covering topics such as mental-health awareness, resilience, physical wellness, career survival, family wellness and peer-support build-out.

$140Kprogram expense

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Program 3

Assistance, Advocacy & Legislation SupportDescription: The Wounded Blue provides comprehensive assistance to injured and disabled law enforcement officers and their families, helping them navigate complex benefit systems such as workers' compensation, PSOB claims, EEOC matters, and other administrative, financial, and legislative…

$135Kprogram 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

The Ayco Charitable FoundationFY2025$312K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$312K

Grants paid · 3 grants · $185K · 2022–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$148,764

Unitemized GrantFY2024$11,608

Unitemized GrantFY2022$25,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$839K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$836K

Other incomeLn 4–11$3K

Money outPt IX

$849K

Ln 25

Programscol B$604K

Managementcol C$141K

Fundraisingcol D$104K

Owns and owesPt X

$149K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$152K

Total assetsLn 16$153K

LiabilitiesLn 26$3K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$836K

Other incomeLn 4–11$3K

Total revenueLn 12$839K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$152K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$152K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K

Total assetsLn 16$153K

LiabilitiesLn 26$3K

Net assetsLn 32$149K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$46K	$152K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$15K	$1K
Total assetsLn 16	$61K	$153K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$3K
Net assetsLn 32	$61K	$149K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$160K	$160K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$22K	$12K	$7K	$3K
Management feesLn 11a	$101K	$78K	$23K
Legal feesLn 11b	$46K		$46K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$20K		$20K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$201K	$100K		$101K
Office expensesLn 13	$21K	$3K	$18K
Information technologyLn 14	$11K	$3K	$8K
TravelLn 17	$116K	$116K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$124K	$124K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$14K		$14K
InsuranceLn 23	$10K	$5K	$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$3K	$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$849K	$604K	$141K	$104K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$839K	$849K	−$10K	$149K	990 PDF
FY2023	$669K	$510K	$160K	$61K	990 PDF
FY2022	$516K	$532K	−$16K	$90K	990 PDF
FY2021	$434K	$438K	−$4K	$106K	990 PDF
FY2020	$307K	$209K	$98K	$110K	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 $838,939 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $669,368$836,339

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$2,600

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $669,368$838,939

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $62,500$160,372

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$22,187

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $635,209$666,055

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $697,709$848,614

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$28,341−$9,675

Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members5

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $838,939 across 4 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$836,339

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$836,339

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $2,600$2,600

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $2,600 · Excluded from tax $0$838,939

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $848,614 across 13 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $160,372$160,372

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $11,912 · Management $6,850 · Fundraising $3,425$22,187

IX-11a Management feesPrograms $78,268 · Management $22,960$101,228

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $45,524$45,524

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $20,350$20,350

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $99,994 · Fundraising $100,830$200,824

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,544 · Management $18,236$20,780

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,236 · Management $7,551$10,787

IX-17 TravelPrograms $115,533$115,533

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $124,139$124,139

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $14,080$14,080

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,005 · Management $5,005$10,010

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,800$2,800

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $603,803 · Management $140,556 · Fundraising $104,255$848,614

Part X · Balance sheet $152,784 assets, 7 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $46,324$151,708

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $15,156$1,076

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $61,480$152,784

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$3,382

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$3,382

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $61,480$149,402

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $61,480$152,784

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $149,402 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$838,939

XI-2 Total expenses$848,614

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$9,675

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$61,480

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$97,597

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$149,402

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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