Blue Thanksgiving
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Blue Thanksgiving, Inc. is dedicated to advocating for locale and national law enforcement officers and their families, and the agencies where they serve.
- Income
- $89,621
- Spending
- $149,252
- Reserves
- 2.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 96%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 43 out of 100. Higher than 15% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 7% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 67% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)
- $132,214 spent. Blue Family Christmas campaign - This project focuses on officers who are suffering through financial crisis and lost wages due to catastrophic events in their lives including death of immediate family members, house fires, and life-threatening medical diagnosis. This project focuses on several families chosen each year around the holidays and culminates with a gala that officers and spouses or significant others can attend at no cost. We helped five families during the holidays and others earlier in the year as needs arose. We provided approximately 100 officers from multiple agencies, and their spouses with an evening including a holiday dinner, and the opportunity to show support for their fellow officers in need.Blue Thanksgiving Day Project - We provide meals to on-duty law enforcement officers in and around Cobb County. Each year we deliver nearly 500 meals to officers, 911 personnel and administration working on the holiday. Throughout the year, Blue Thanksgiving provides opportunities for officers from multiple agencies to come together for support, networking and entertainment, meals and more. Cobb County has over 1500 law enforcement officers and we work to support them all, while bringing in the community to join in showing their support. Blue Thanksgiving partners with Cobb based law enforcement agencies every year on various projects that brings citizens together with local law enforcement, such as National Night Out, and the Cobb Public Safety Forum. These events draw over 1,000 citizens and law enforcement. Last year we also participated in the First Responders Conference, which addresses mental health, depression, and suicide among first responders and military. That event drew approximately 400 first responders. Blue Thanksgiving provided meals this past year at funerals for two deputies killed in the line of duty and fed approximately 600 officers and family members. We also provided meals to a local law enforcement agency when those officers were dealing with the suicide deaths of fellow officers.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)(3) charitable 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? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, 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 July 2019.
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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