Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation
Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation reported $10.3 million in revenue and $2.6 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $77.31 went to program services, $5.02 to management and general costs and $17.67 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was investment income: 49.0% of the total. Revenue rose 97% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $2.6MFor context, the median across 5,499 covered education charities: $85.56 programs, $13.59 management, $0.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $10MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 77.3% | 84.4% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 5.0% | 13.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 17.7% | 0.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.13 | $0.04 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 35.2% | 19.1% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 1.1% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 69.9% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | Not reported | $331,578 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | Not reported | 1.28% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | Not reported | 8 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 148.8 | 13.3 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 18 of 18 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseProvide scholarships to the children of active, reserve and former US marines as well as federal Law Enforcement officers who were injured or killed in the line of duty
To provide humanitarian aid to families of active,reserve, & former US marines and federal Law Enforcement officers who were killed or injured in the line of duty
Provide medical aid to affected families of active duty members
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b18 · 18 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aNo
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 51
- Volunteers Part I, line 635
Private foundation grants it received
14 private foundations reported grants to Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation totaling $92,133 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation spent in 2024, $77.31 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation reported that 77.3% of its $2.6 million in expenses went to program services, 5.0% to management and general and 17.7% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
Where does Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation get its money?
Of $10.3 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 35.2% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 22-3357410 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024 (amended), object 202640359349301244 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202412989349301216 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202313199349311516 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021 (amended), object 202203469349301325 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020 (amended), object 202202169349301765 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019 (amended), object 202042679349301404 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 22-3357410: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.