Police foundations are independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations led by business and community members committed to investing in the safety of their cities by providing supplemental grant funding to police departments.

Police foundations bring creative resources from the private sector to help improve policing and fund youth programs or police-community relations programming, upgrade equipment the city budget can't afford or fund important supplemental training for officers that the city's training budget can't afford.

Police foundations are part of the solution in improving policing, and a great platform for the public to engage in public safety.  There are currently about 300 police foundations across the country.

Police Foundation Partners (PFP) is a national network of police foundations and an initiative that provides police foundation staff / leaders with:

• training and best practices in nonprofit management
• access to subject matter experts / speakers
• support and a peer group, for idea exchanges
• insights into national trends 

PFP's mission is help police foundations evolve and grow their impact to become more effective partners to police departments and more successful bridges between cops and communities. 

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