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US nonprofit · EIN 521529467 · Arlington, VAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 521529467)Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R), grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code SOUNK), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Police Foundations Third Decade Fund FR Improving Public Safety

Donations deductible
Revenue
$833k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$1.4m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$6.2m
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$6.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
3.4 years on average
Staff
0
4 volunteers
Chair observed
≥1 yr
George M Little
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Police Foundations Third Decade Fund FR Improving Public Safety's network

4 people2 organisationsi4 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
George M Little ChairChair2024
2 yrs
Karen Freeman-WilsonTreasurer2024
2 yrs
Michael L Brown PHD (also filed as Michael L Brown)Board Member2024
2 yrs
Ronal Serpas PHD (also filed as Ronal Serpas, Ronal W Serpas)Vice Chair2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
James BueermannPresident Until 12/2018since 2018
James BurchPresident of Institutional Trusteesince 2019

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
George M LittleChair2$0
Ronal W SerpasVice Chair2$0
Karen Freeman-WilsonTreasurer2$0
Michael L BrownBoard Member2$0
National Policing InstituteInstitutional Trustee2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Police Foundations Third Decade Fund Fr Improving Public Safety
EIN
521529467
Address
2550 S Clark St Ste 1130, Arlington, VA, 22202-3981
State
Virginia
Mission
The mission of the organization is to provide charitable support exclusively for the benefit of the national policing institute. (as filed on the Form 990)
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Size band
7 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1987
Principal officer
George M Little (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 October 1987
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
8, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
SOUNK (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedHELPING THE NATION'S POLICE FORCE BE MORE EFFECTIVENational Policing Institute

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsRonal Serpas PHD
≥2years on the filingsGeorge M Little
≥2years on the filingsKaren Freeman-Wilson
≥2years on the filingsMichael L Brown PHD

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$6.2m
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$6.2m
Contributions and grants received
$360
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$1.3m
Employees
0
Volunteers
4

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$450k$1mDeficit $595k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
National Policing InstituteOperational support$1.3m