Grants for public safety organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to public safety organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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2,548 public safety organizations received at least $49.8 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 3,375 grants made from 2,156 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 2,156 foundations, 82% made just a single grant to public safety orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more public safety orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$49,829,857

Total grant dollars given to public safety organizations

3,375

Number of grants made annually to public safety organizations

2,156

Number of grantmakers funding public safety organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to public safety organizations

Foundations that support public safety organizations

Out of all grants made to public safety organizations, 83% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 88% of the dollar-value of grants to public safety orgs. Foundations funding public safety orgs also made grants to food banks, animal shelters, disaster relief organizations, christian organizations, and homeless shelters.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,790
Medium	196
Large	168

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	60
Private	1,821
Corporate	102
Other	173

Grants made

Grants made to public safety orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,776
2-3	302
4-10	55
11+	23

Top 10 foundations supporting public safety organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to public safety orgs	Number of grants made to public safety orgs	Median grant size
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.2%	94	$27
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	1.1%	80	$250
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	51	$200
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.3%	46	$865
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.1%	34	$875
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	0.3%	32	$500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	31	$550
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	25	$2,000
Baxter	IL	National	0.2%	25	$100
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.1%	23	$250

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Public safety organizations grantees

Public safety organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 81% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 36% of all public safety orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	3,365
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	10

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$750
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
District of Columbia	497
Florida	376
California	346
New York	343
Other	1,813

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	578
New York City	431
Tampa	303
Los Angeles	96
Other	1,524

Top 25 grants made to public safety organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Disaster Services Corporation Society of St Vincent De Paul USA	$8,697,044	Program Expenses	National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Ehealth Africa	$8,273,913	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Northern California Carpenters Relief Fund	$5,100,000	Donation	United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners - 4140 Northern California Regional
Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC)	$3,958,701	Emergency Room and Jail Diversion Program	Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas (MHM)
New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS)	$3,291,641	Post-Sandy Temporary Housing	The Center for The New York City Neighborhoods
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$3,215,000	Community Collaboration	United Way of Greater Cincinnati
On the Road Lending	$3,000,000	Seeks To Lift the Disadvantaged and Working Poor From Poverty By Providing Financial Education and Assisting With Assessing Reliable Transportation.	Philanthropy Southwest
Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group	$2,907,604	Program Support	Coastal Bend Community Foundation (CBCF)
Ehealth Africa	$2,899,062	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$2,870,292	General Operating Costs	United Way of Central Alabama
West End Fire and Rescue	$5,000	To Help Further the Charitable Cause	G Leonard Fogelsonger Foundation
Camp Hill Fire Company No 1	$5,000	Exempt Donation 501(c)(3)	Afr Foundation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	General Support and Unrestricted Use.	The Virginia and Robert Gill Charitable and Educational Foundation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	Disaster Relief	Teresa Kuhn Charitable Trust
Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation	$5,000	Raise Awareness of the Need for Fire & Life Safety Education.	Irving I Moskowitz Foundation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	Emergency Service To Those in Need	Schwartz Foundation / Steve Clinkinbeard
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	California Wildfires	Thibault Foundation A California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation	$5,000	Unrestricted	The Three Sisters Foundation
Lakefield Fire Department Relief As	$5,000	Washer / Dryer for Turnout Gear	Jackson Health Care Foundation
NorthMoreland Township Volunteer Fire Co	$5,000	Annual Fund Support	The Luzerne Foundation
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation	$5,000	Charitable Event	Simplistic Foundation
Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin Charitable Foundation	$5,000	Afs Summer Burn Camp and Uw Hospital & Clinic's Burn Center	Berbeewalsh Foundation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	Contribution	Baldor Electric Company Foundation
American National Red Cross (ANRC)	$5,000	Home Fire Campaign	The Barberton Community Foundation
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund	$5,000	Charitable Endeavors	The Themian Charitable Center

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Public safety organizations" category for this page is determined by the "M00: Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness, and Relief: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.