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Name:	Virginia Public Safety Foundation
Address:	2201 West Main Street
	Richmond, VA 23220
Phone:	804-648-6299
Web Address:	www.vpsf.org

Virginia Public Safety Foundation meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Line of Duty Death Fund: A Helping Hand Within 24 Hours VPSF provides grant assistance to the families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty, with the goal of delivering this assistance within 24 hours of the officer’s death. VPSF Education Scholarship Fund: Opening Doors to New Opportunity VPSF provides educational scholarship opportunities for the dependents of public safety officers killed in the line of duty. VPSF Injured Officer Fund: Support When It’s Needed Most VPSF provides grants to officers who suffer a severe injury in the line of duty that prevents them from returning to work. Healthy Heroes: Preventing Line of Duty Deaths In an effort to address line of duty deaths in Virginia from a proactive stance, VPSF launched in 2010 the Healthy Heroes program, which supports various heart health initiatives in the public safety community. Medal of Valor: Honoring Virginia’s Finest Public Servants VPSF serves, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as official administrator for the Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor, an honor presented annually to public safety officers who have displayed extreme courage in the line of duty. Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial: Remembering Heroes VPSF is the non-profit fundraiser and administrator, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, for the campaign to build a monument to public safety officers killed in the line of duty.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, Virginia Public Safety Foundation's program expenses were:

Program Services	58,003
Total Program Expenses:	$58,003

Chief Executive : N/A, N/A

Compensation*:

$

Chair of the Board: C. Hadden Culp
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Prince William Department of Fire & Rescue (Retired)

Board Size: 11

Paid Staff Size: 0

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, telephone, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals, internet

Fund raising costs were 9% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $136,089, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Virginia Public Safety Foundation's unaudited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

Source of Funds
Memorial	106,830
Golf Tournament	21,922
Contributions	7,337
Dividends	4,268
Total Income	$140,357

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 70%  Fund Raising: 15%  Administrative: 15%

Total income				$140,357
	Program expenses			$58,003
	Fund raising expenses			12,000
	Administrative expenses			12,000
Total expenses				$82,003
Income in Excess of Expenses				58,354
Beginning net assets				225,503
Ending net assets				283,857
Total liabilities
Total assets				$283,857