Who Called Us

How To Stop These Calls
1) Contact your State's Attorney's General's Office, Charity Division.
2) Request help dealing with Commercial Fundraiser(s), and Charities harassing you.
3) You will need Both the Commercial Fundraiser's and Charity's contact information, name, address, and phone number.
4) Request the AG formally request these organizations, do not contact you, and do not sell/trade/transmit your personal information.

Wait 1 month, if they continue to call, contact the AG’s office again, and request further assistance.

If you know the charity’s name and I will post their contact information: Name, address, phone # of both the Commercial Fundraiser(s), and the Charity Associated. That you will need in order for the AG's office to take action.

I only check these every few months, so feel free to look them up your self. The Secretary of State of Washington state's charity search website: sos.wa.gov You could also try CharityNavigator.org

Police Protective Fund
1114 West 7th Street #2 AUSTIN TX 78703
(323)465-5537

Paid Fundraiser(s): Community Support, Inc.
312 E Wisconsin Avenue Suite 408 MILWAUKEE WI 53202
(414)224-0224

In honor of the many unwanted calls I have received from the Police Protective Fund, even though I keep telling them to stop calling me, I have put together this based on information available at their own web site.

If you look at the 2007 IRS Form 990 for the ‘Police Protective Fund’ on their site at:


policeprotectivefund.org

6605 Hollywood Blvd Rm 224
Hollywood, CA 90028
323-465-5537


You will notice that on page 5 of that form the following corporate officers are listed with their compensation:

Phil LeConte, CEO is unpaid
David Dierks, COO is unpaid
Paul Kutac, TREAS is unpaid
Chaplain David Fair, PRES is unpaid

These are outstanding individuals who do this work unpaid (according to the Form 990 for the Police Protective Fund).


Of course, if you look at page 17 of the same form you will find that the Police Protective Fund made a grant of $687,182 to the ‘American Association of Police Officers’. This is another Non-profit organization that must also file a Form 990.

Look at that 2007 IRS Form 990 for the ‘American Association of Police Officers’, who by chance, have the same address as the ‘Police Protective Fund’:

americanassociationofpoliceofficers.org

You will notice that they list on page 5 of the form the following paid corporate officers:

Phil LeConte, CEO, $168,000
David Dierks, COO, $168,000
Paul Kutac, TREAS, $76,775
Chaplain David Fair, PRES, $10,407

These will be collectively known as the ‘Big Four’.

That comes up to $423,182

If you go to page 2 of that form you will find that amount listed on line 25a.

Now, go down to line 26, which is salaries and wages not shown on lines 25a,b and c. This line is $162,347.

Then go to line 28, Employee Benefits not shown on lines 25a – 27, this line is $85,868. Must be nice to get those kind of benefits!!!!

432,182 + 162,247 + 85,868 = $671,397

The total functional expenses on line 44 is $1,424,443 (including fundraising expenses) and the ‘Professional Fundraising Fees’ listed on line 30 are $597,840.

Let’s see…$671,397 + $597,840 = $1,269,237

That leaves just $155,206 for all other expenses for this non-profit organization, and this is about a third of the compensation made to the ‘Big Four’.

The ‘Big Four’ of the ‘American Association of Police Officers’ would not have been able to pay themselves if it had not been for the grant of $687,182 that was made by ‘Police Protective Fund’ to the ‘American Association of Police Officers’ for that year.

And yes…the ‘Big Four’ (CEO, COO, PRES and TREAS) of both organizations were the same people!!!!


Think about that before you give a dime to the ‘Police Protective Fund’!!!!!!!

This number has called several times, last time at 8:45 pm central time 8/20/07/ The number 815-986-2221 comes up on caller ID, but comes up as "Unknown" caller.

Police Protective Fund uses most of its FUNDS to pay three or four "Corporate Officers." These officers are paid by three separate police "organizations"; check out Junior Police Academy, American Association of Police Officers as well... add up the numbers, see what these "good folks" are taking in per year in the name of police charity. Also... Most of the monies paid out are NOT going to "programs" but to other individuals who are listed as "INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS" --- if it looks like a skunk, smells like a skunk....
Updated: 2006-12-28 02:38:13

The Police Protective Fund is currently soliciting donations in the County using a “mail drop” address in Bethesda, Maryland but used 91 percent of all donations to pay its management and general expenses and fundraising costs in 2004. In the last two reporting years the Police Protective Fund spent an average of 78 percent of the donations it received to pay fundraising and management expenses, according to information it filed with the Maryland Secretary of State’s office.

Police Fund-Raisers Accused of Fraud

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August 30, 2006
Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, a Washington, DC suburb, are accusing a charity allegedly raising money for police officers with fraud. The Police Protective Fund denies the allegation.

"Just as with every other area of charitable giving, the scam artists have found a way to muddy the waters and divert money away from legitimate law enforcement charities," said Montgomery Executive Douglas M. Duncan.

Duncan says The Police Protective Fund uses telemarketers to raise money for the charity, which is supposed to help police officers. However, he says the fund's tax filings and other documents show it spent most of its budget on fundraising and salaries.

Some of its officials made more than $110,000 a year, while the company used telemarketing firms to solicit donations, according to the documents.

Duncan has asked the State of Maryland to open an investigation into the group.

Fund officials told the Washington Post they are working to increase the amount of funds actually sent to support police officers. The Police Protective Fund has offices in San Antonio and Los Angeles and raises money through telemarketers nationwide.

These telemarketing companies are said to use high-pressure tactics in order to get people to pledge money to these organizations, under the belief that the money will find its way to the local police officer or police department.

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The "Police Protective Fund" reported to the Office of Public Charities, in it’s Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax document for year ending 2001, that this organization raised $2,880,615.00 in total funds across this nation.

This organization then paid $2,525,271.00 to the All-Pro Telemarketing firm of 277 Fairfield Rd. Suite #308 Fairfield, NJ to perform the fund raising activities.

According to the tax document, "Police Protective Fund" paid out $20,573.00 in benefits to its 'enrolled' members.

SCAM HERE, STAY AWAY!!!!!!

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