PLATINUM2023

LAW ENFORCEMENT LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

Defending the police;police defense

Alexandria, VA   |  www.policedefense.org

Mission

Our mission is benevolent and educational. We support and defend the law enforcement profession and those law enforcement officers who have devoted their lives to upholding the Constitution and serving the United States and its citizens while enforcing its laws. We also seek to educate the public about the many risks and threats to law enforcement personnel in order to build a more informed, respectful, and appreciative society.

Ruling year info

1980

President

Mr. Jason C Johnson

Main address

2560 Huntington Ave. Suite 203

Alexandria, VA 22303 USA

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EIN

52-1095066

NTEE code info

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (I12)

Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other N.E.C. (W99)

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (P12)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Often the public can be misinformed or have misconceptions about policing, so we seek to educate the public about the many risks and threats to law enforcement personnel in order to build a more informed, respectful, and appreciative society.

Our programs

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What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Education

We seek to educate and inform the public about the many risks and threats to law enforcement personnel in order to build a more informed, respectful, and appreciative society by publicizing the many challenges and dangers faced by our nation's law enforcement officers in the media and through direct mail campaigns, our website, social media, and by other means. We also raise awareness of the risks to the livelihood, health, and safety of our nation's law enforcement officers and provide support and appropriate recognition for their many sacrifices.

Population(s) Served
Adults

We support and defend the law enforcement profession and those law enforcement officers who have devoted their lives to upholding the constitution and serving the defense of wrongfully accused/charged law enforcement officers by providing funds for defense counsel, court and subsistence costs, and expert witnesses.

Population(s) Served
Adults

We support activities of law enforcement professional association, fraternal organizations, and related groups. We also provide recognition to exceptional private citizens who defend and protect law enforcement officers engaged in official actions.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of unique website visitors

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of new donors

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Increasing

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We try to accomplish the defense of individual, wrongly accused police officers who must make difficult use of force decisions within seconds and the defense of the law enforcement profession when it faces charges and allegations by a misinformed public, by cynical elected officials, and by biased reporting by some in the media.

Our strategies include fundraising efforts to support individual police officers who deserve a vigorous defense, public engagement through and with the media to better inform of the challenges facing police in America, and through engagement with a broad array of groups and associations that support components of law enforcement.

Our capabilities are finite and quite dependent on our ability to engage private citizens, corporations, foundations and other groups to contribute financially. We have very limited personnel but we leverage our knowledge, experience, and networks to maximize impacts.

We cannot be everywhere, in every market and studio responding to anti-police comments individually. We are based outside Washington, DC so we must depend on local outlets and media to allow us to spread our message more broadly. We will expand responsibly and work to have the maximum impact for a small non-profit.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.
  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To strengthen relationships with the people we serve

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.)

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

Board of directors
as of 01/02/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mr. Alfred Regnery

John Burke

Edwin Messe

J. Kenneth Blackwell

Ronald Hosko

Alfred Regnery

James A Gagliano

Danielle Cutrona

E W Jackson

Jason C Johnson

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/28/2022

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

No data

Transgender Identity

No data

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

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