Officers pay tribute to fallen officers at National Police Week. Interestingly, the FOP doesnt even have a donate button on their website, where as the option to donate is front and center for all of the other aforementioned groups in this writing. Other names to beware of in association with the IUPA are the Police Officers Support Association and the National Emergency Responders Coalition, but now that Public Integrity has published their report, it would be wise to do extensive research into the organizations that you choose to donate to where claims of supporting law enforcement lie. If you ask him about the difference between the 527 and 501 nonprofit status, or how much of their donations go to local law enforcement, he will tell you to call 866-487-4515. Scam Alert: They Promise To Help Families Of Fallen Officers, But They We support and defend the law enforcement profession and those law enforcement officers who have devoted their lives to up (More)Our mission is benevolent and educational. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Use the unsubscribe link in those emails to opt out at any time. Investigating the systems and circumstances that contribute to inequality. Golf Classic to try again. Leorf Video - LEORF A donation of $10, $15 or $25 would help keep communities like Trenton safe. The police union and relief fund have contracted with Courtesy Call, Donor Relations and a handful of other companies owned by Las Vegas telemarketer Richard Zeitlin. This article is published in partnership with theTampa Bay Times. A spokesman for that agency did not respond to a request for comment. Due to the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, we give charities such as this one the opportunity to share the story of COVID's impact on them, and doing this pauses our revision of their rating. The funds are to provide some assistance in transition of long-term recovery not to make them whole. Whats worse is the telemarketing companies IUPA used. The so-called Police Action Fund is nothing more than a scam that exploits the heroism and sacrifice of law enforcement officers. At the time of this writing, the relief funds website was no longer functioning. We calculate the charity's average expenses and average contributions over its three most recent fiscal years. The FOP has a Disaster Relief Fund which does have information for donations (it asks donors to text (615) 640-1317, and states contributions ARE tax deductible). With so much stuff happening in the world on social media, its easy for things to get lost. The union raised $3.3 million from membership dues and spent nearly the same amount providing services to those members a pattern typical in the last several years. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.