Public Safety Coordination Associates
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What it says it does
To provide FCC-mandated frequency coordination services on a non-profit basis to the public safety community as authorized by Congress under 47 U.S.C. Sec. 332(b) and to provide associated educational programs.
- Income
- $886,310
- Spending
- $839,002
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $825,007 spent. PSCA provides FCC-mandated frequency coordination services to the Forestry Conservation Communications Association (501(c)(3)) and the International Municipal Signal Association (501(c)(3)). PSCA processes FCC license applications to completion. These applications are submitted to the FCC for grant of radio station licenses to public safety applicants. PSCA's primary mission is to perform frequency coordination work that the FCC mandated be done by FCCA and IMSA. PSCA performs this work on a non-profit basis. (Note: IMSA is also responsible for frequency coordination of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, a 501(c)(3) corporation, through a memorandum of understanding. Applications are actually submitted to IMSA, although IAFC could coordinate its own applications. PSCA does not track IAFC applications separately from IMSA applications.)
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2013.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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