Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police Inc
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What it says it does
The associations goals are to promote cooperative, professional relationships throughout the state, to evaluate the standards of police institutions and the profession, to offer quality training and continuing education for administrators, and to provide opportunities for police executives to exchange information and experiences.
- Income
- $4.7 million
- Spending
- $3.0 million
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 7
- Highest pay
- $190,433, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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 (1)
- $2.5 million spent. The Association's significant programs include the following:Training ConferencesThe Association is mandated under Georgia Code to offer at least twenty hours of annual training to heads of law enforcement agencies. Heads of law enforcement agencies are also mandated to attend at least twenty hours of training as selected, provided approved by the GACP. The Association provides a winter and summer statewide regional training conference which affords the heads of law enforcement agencies the opportunity to obtain their state mandated training.Seminars and WorkshopsIn addition to the summer and Winter Training Conferences, the Association provides seminars and workshops to afford law enforcement executives the opportunity to comply with state mandated annual training requirements. Additionally, each year a unique program is offered for administrative assistants and support staff working directly for the heads of law enforcement. These seminars help establish effective police operations within law enforcement units by training staff persons to operate efficiently.New Chiefs Seminar (Executive Training Class)Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 35-8-20(1) demands that a person who becomes a head of a law enforcement agency must attend the next scheduled law enforcement chiefs executive training class sponsored by the Association. All training provided during new chiefs seminars will help the head of a law enforcement unit provide professional law enforcement services to the general public.Agency Certification ProgramGeorgia law enforcement agencies may elect to enhance the professional quality of their law enforcement units by using this state approved agency certification program. Each agency that endeavors to get into this program must meet 129 standard criteria authored, in part, by the Association All facets of this program are designed to make police agencies more worthy of public support by providing enhanced professional law enforcement services.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 1998.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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