Fraternal Order of Police
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Promote police benevolence and member support for approximately two hundred sixty active and retired police members, and establish goodwill relationships throughout the Fredericksburg, VA area. Provide a meeting place and facility for members of the FOP, active law enforcement personnel, and other community organizations.
- Income
- $310,964
- Spending
- $282,175
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 175
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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, 2025, 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, 2025, 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 (3)
- COPS and KIDS This is a nationwide Fraternal Order of Police sponsored program in which the Fredericksburg, VA FOP Lodge 15 participates on a local level, providing services to local needy children who are nominated by their schools, churches and community members, to provide needy children through the Cops and Kids program, the opportunity to purchase for and by the children themselves, Christmas gifts, clothing and school supplies, with funds donated specifically to the Cops and Kids program. The program is designed to build relationships between the local FOP lodge, along with local, state and federal police departments within the immediate surrounding communities covered by Lodge 15 to establish better community relationships. Members of FOP Lodge 15, police officers and other volunteers personally escort underprivileged children shopping at a local store to show those children and their families that the police in their community are friends and are always there to help. Donations are specifically made to the Cops and Kids program from from supporters in the local community and businesses, and are used solely to fund the annual Cops and Kids event which takes place the first Saturday in December.
- COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. Program provides scholarships to children of police officers and other law enforcement personnel to students who are attending undergraduate studies at a university or college, preferably to those students who are in a law enforcement program of study. This is an annual program with scholarships being awarded each Spring for students attending school in the fall.
- DISTRESS FUND This fund was established to provide support and assistance for injured or deceased law enforcement officers and their families, and for those members of law enforcement or their family members who may have suffered some sort of devastating catastrophe and are in dire need of immediate assistance.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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)(8) fraternal beneficiary society.
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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as 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 November 1972.
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 November 4, 2026.
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