2026-08-10T07:00:28-07:00 2026-03-31 204967223 Graves And Associates Cpas LLC 3702 West Truman Boulevard Suite 21 Jefferson City MO 65109 990 2025-04-01 521354370 CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS INC CONC 5733464911 P O BOX 3199 SOUTH HIGHWAY 5 CAMDENTON MO 65020 DIANNE BERNHARD Executive Director 2026-08-10 true C Lindsay Graves CPA P00779746 5738937700 X 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z P O BOX 3199 SOUTH HIGHWAY 5 CAMDENTON MO 65020 7696954 false X www.nationalcops.org PROVIDES RESOURCES TO ASSIST IN THE REBUILDING OF THE LIVES OF SURVIVING FAMILIES AND CO-WORKERS AFFECTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY AS DETERMINED BY FEDERAL CRITIERIA. PROVIDES TRAINING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON SURVIVOR ISSUES. 10 11 32 290 0 4474325 4477910 343583 292731 622760 742482 1759724 1839574 7200392 7352697 273300 303373 0 2437350 2278238 0 229993 4922743 4692836 7633393 7274447 -433001 78250 18950635 17606936 5745525 3852072 13205110 13754864 PROVIDES RESOURCES TO ASSIST IN THE REBUILDING OF THE LIVES OF SURVIVING FAMILIES AND CO-WORKERS AFFECTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY AS DETERMINED BY FEDERAL CRITERIA. PROVIDES TRAINING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON SURVIVOR VICTIMIZATION ISSUES AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC OF THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION AND ITS SURVIVORS. false false 4768111 PROGRAMS:Grief Seminars are held throughout the year for all law enforcement survivors across the United States. In May of each year during the National Police Survivors' Conference held in Washington, DC, during National Police Week, survivors can attend a number of different seminars on grief issues. Approximately 4,959 police survivors and affected coworkers registered for C.O.P.S. seminars. Debriefings, one-on-one counseling, family counseling and crisis intervention sessions were held for the adult survivors. The children participate in their own peer-support group sessions and work with counselors and trauma specialists to address their individual grief issues. C.O.P.S. provides survivor specific weekends/camps, known as "Hands-On Programs". They are C.O.P.S. Kids Camp, Outward Bound Adventure, Young Adults Camp, Adult Children, Spouses, Spouses for Couples, Parents, Sibling, Co-workers, Co-workers for Couples, Fianc/Significant Other, Extended Family Retreats, Summer Suicide Survivors Retreat and Fall Suicide Survivors Retreat. These weekends/camps are held at rural locations around the country. The survivors experience self-help challenge activities as well as meeting and networking with peers who have experienced the same type of loss. All of the weekends/camps have licensed mental health professionals that provide group and individual grief counseling for the survivors. The weekends/camps held during 2025-26 had 1,890 survivors in attendance. Survivors return time and time again to C.O.P.S.' programs for support. The first time they attend, they say it is because the event honors their fallen officer. The second time they attend a C.O.P.S. event, they do it for their own mental well-being. After that, they come to provide support to the more newly-bereaved families. However, survivors have also returned years later when they realize issues with the death have never been emotionally resolved, the perpetrator may be coming up for parole or another life experience has brought the horror of the death back to the forefront of their thoughts.Public Safety Agency Assistance is accomplished in a number of different ways. Each year C.O.P.S. holds a series of training sessions titled The Traumas of Law Enforcement. These trainings educate America's law enforcement agencies on appropriate responses to officer death and appropriate care for law enforcement families affected by line-of-duty death, disability, post-traumatic stress disorder and police suicide. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, these 3-day trainings were held in St. Louis, MO; Chandler, AZ; Billings, MT; Baltimore, MD; Dearborn, MI; Golden, CO; North Dartmouth, MA; Miami, FL; and Biloxi, MS. C.O.P.S. contracts with leaders in the field of police trauma to conduct the sessions. The resource manual, PowerPoint presentations and entire training have been highly praised by training participants year after year. In the 30 years that C.O.P.S. has been sponsoring these trainings, 230 sessions have been held.C.O.P.S. held its 11th annual National Conference on Law Enforcement Wellness & Trauma. This Conference had sessions with topics on suicide awareness and prevention, tactical self-care for first responders, creating a peer support program for officers, LAWS-Leadership, Accountability, Wellness, and Service, mental health awareness, navigating family life in law enforcement. This conference on Wellness and Trauma was well received with a total of 745 participants from across the country.C.O.P.S. held its 2nd annual Surviving to Thriving Conference. The conference had sessions with topics on navigating grief, self-care, conflict management and building strong relationships. This conference had 82 participants from across the country. C.O.P.S. also produces a monthly Rap Sheet newsletter for law enforcement. This newsletter is emailed to over 38,000 law enforcement officers and agencies across the United States. C.O.P.S. provides printed educational materials to law enforcement agencies and officials to help them develop a policy within their departments on handling a line-of-duty death. Some of the educational materials include topics on support at the hospital, assistance during the wake and funeral and assistance with benefits. C.O.P.S. also continued to distribute a QuickSeries Pocket Guide that was developed for law enforcement. These small booklets are designed to provide quick reference to law enforcement departments that suffer a line-of-duty death. The booklets are distributed upon request from the National Office, through the C.O.P.S. Chapters and at law enforcement conferences. Members of the C.O.P.S. Board and staff regularly attend key law enforcement conferences around the country in order to educate law enforcement personnel and related organizations about the services C.O.P.S. provides to survivors and law enforcement agencies. C.O.P.S. may also offer presentations specifically designed to help them prepare to respond to a line-of-duty death. Attending these conferences also provides important inroads toward providing services to agencies and ultimately to surviving law enforcement families and co-workers.C.O.P.S. has partnered with the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) Program at the Department of Justice to train sworn and retired law enforcement officers to serve as resources to agencies filing a PSOB Death Claim following a line-of-duty death. Currently C.O.P.S. works with these PSOB Benefits Liaisons to cover every state, reaching out to all agencies experiencing a line-of-duty death. 1259678 PEER SUPPORT & BENEFITS:Peer support and survivor benefits and outreach is provided through the 53 C.O.P.S. Chapters in operation across the country. These Chapters are comprised completely of volunteers who provide an immediate response to survivors when an officer dies in the line-of-duty. Support meetings and events are offered throughout the year.C.O.P.S. also publishes a printed newsletter three times a year that is mailed or emailed to approximately 78,000 survivors and law enforcement personnel each quarter. This newsletter provides important information on upcoming C.O.P.S. events, highlights chapter and survivor accomplishments and shares information important to law enforcement survivors. A monthly email newsletter is also sent from our office covering events, hands-on program registration and scholarship information and deadline, and other information relevant to the lives of law enforcement survivors. Additionally, C.O.P.S. continued to distribute a QuickSeries Pocket Guide that we developed for law enforcement families and co-workers affected by a line of duty death. This guide provides information on understanding grief and trauma, coping strategies and general information on the many benefits available, such as PSOB benefits, and financial, educational, counseling and support programs. These booklets are sent to survivors from the National Office and are made available to all chapters to distribute when they respond to a line of duty death. Financial assistance is provided by Concerns of Police Survivors to survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty who wish to pursue a course of study beyond high school. Surviving children and spouses of law enforcement officers killed in the line-of-duty are eligible for C.O.P.S. scholarships if the survivor is not entitled to a tuition-free education as a state death benefit. In addition to the C.O.P.S. Kids/Teens program during the National Police Survivors' Conference, the C.O.P.S. Kids Camp, Outward Bound and the Young Adults Camp offered each year, C.O.P.S. also offers financial assistance to dependent-aged children who need psychological counseling to help them cope with the trauma inflicted on them through the sudden, often violent, loss of their parent to the law enforcement profession. 686249 PUBLIC RELATIONS & OUTREACH:Public education and awareness is accomplished in part each year during National Police Week, when C.O.P.S. promotes blue ribbons to display in prominent places as a reminder to the public that many law enforcement officers have paid the ultimate price and given their lives in the line-of-duty. It is also to honor those officers who serve and protect our communities every day, putting their lives on the line for us. C.O.P.S. also works to educate the public on law enforcement trauma issues through the use of billboards and PSAs during the year. On January 9, 2026, C.O.P.S. and partnering organizations in support of law enforcement officers nationwide promoted the 11th annual National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (L.E.A.D.) Our nations citizens were called to action in support of law enforcement. Those citizens who appreciate law enforcement and were discouraged about the negative attention given to law enforcement were encouraged to take time on January 9th, to show their support in various ways. Events were held across the country, including rallies, card-making by school children, food deliveries to law enforcement and many other ways. C.O.P.S. continues with its effort to educate the general public about the organization, its goals and the issues that C.O.P.S. addresses for survivors. Issues such as cop-killer paroles and the number of officers who die in the line-of-duty are all information that each and every citizen in this country should know. Every Christmas holiday season C.O.P.S. continues to promote the Project Blue Light campaign, asking citizens, law enforcement families and survivors to shine blue lights in their residence windows to salute the officers who work the streets during the holidays and to remember the families whose officers made the supreme sacrifice. In January 2019, C.O.P.S. started promoting an annual National Blood Drive held across the nation during the month of January. C.O.P.S. National Office and chapters from all over the country participated in this annual event.Another form of awareness and outreach is accomplished through C.O.P.S. branded merchandise. By having law enforcement officers and survivors wearing items with the C.O.P.S. brand, we have greater name recognition and law enforcement agencies and survivors are more likely to seek our assistance. 6714038 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 85 0 true 32 true false false false false true true false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 11 false false true false false false false true true false true true true true true true true true true true false X DIANNE BERNHARD 5733464911 SOUTH HIGHWAY 5 CAMDENTON MO 65020 Dianne Bernhard Executive Dir. 42.00 0.00 X 179318 0 7173 CONNIE MOYER PAST PRESIDENT 15.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PATRICIA MULLEN Trustee 15.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF HANCHER Trustee 15.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY DELAITTRE Trustee 15.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LIZ WHITE-DIBB Trustee 15.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT RICKS Trustee 15.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIM GIESE Treasurer 15.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVE WALLACE President 15.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ANDREA ARRINGTON Trustee 15.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DANIELLE STORY-STINSON Trustee 15.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CATHY GOHEEN Trustee 15.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 179318 7173 1 false true false 0 47005 33438 1923858 2473609 635768 4477910 PROGRAM SERVICE FEES 900099 64331 64331 TRAINING 900099 228400 228400 292731 369294 369294 0 0 0 373188 373188 373188 373188 283260 33438 98127 185133 185133 0 482065 246130 235935 235935 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 1190 1190 SPONSORSHIPS 900099 1417316 1417316 1418506 7352697 665919 2208868 0 303373 303373 0 0 186491 166154 13283 7054 0 1599695 1425249 113940 60506 80093 70804 5661 3628 215784 195236 15606 4942 196175 175062 13995 7118 0 5735 4912 393 430 24201 20728 1658 1815 0 0 77583 77583 494582 471401 12611 10570 4976 2769 147 2060 259582 221687 8283 29612 107933 93652 3447 10834 0 65735 56187 4493 5055 2147086 2113811 14992 18283 0 320938 292230 18512 10196 1067 914 73 80 0 82163 70373 5628 6162 34284 29363 2349 2572 NON-CASH DONATIONS 568892 530372 17169 21351 AWARDS AND GRANTS 160344 149950 10394 Postage and Shipping 122895 117467 177 5251 Printing and Publications 99204 98831 63 310 115636 103513 353 11770 7274447 6714038 330416 229993 1446 1576 972125 771895 5692351 3412825 953 178500 0 0 0 204393 276063 690690 700033 2800307 925022 1833772 1875285 9418491 10282777 0 0 0 136414 107982 18950635 17606936 366304 314599 5336682 3412825 42539 124648 5745525 3852072 X 11853868 12248926 1351242 1505938 13205110 13754864 18950635 17606936 X 78250 461250 10254 X false true X true true true X 5058039 4968959 4846533 4575701 4566711 24015943 0 0 5058039 4968959 4846533 4575701 4566711 24015943 455840 23560103 243126 231469 276715 356425 369293 1477028 0 145870 217420 295491 272475 263941 1195197 26688168 0.88280 0.91310 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 55000 55000 2349438 670420 1679018 309436 168169 141267 86433 86433 1875285 FINANCE LEASE LIABILITY 112676 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY 11972 124648 X 7834491 461250 98127 559377 7275114 77583 77583 7352697 7294991 98127 98127 7196864 77583 77583 7274447 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and applicable state law. The accounting standard on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under that guidance, the Organization may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the position. Examples of tax positions include the tax-exempt status of the Organization and various positions related to the potential sources of unrelated business taxable income (UBIT). The Organization was not subject to UBIT for the year ended. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 FUNDRAISING EXPENSES NETTED WITH INCOME $98127 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S FUNDRAISING EXPENSES NETTED WITH INCOME $98127 X X X X false AK AL AR CA CO CT DC FL GA IL KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MS NC ND NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC TN TX UT VA WA WI WV COPS WALK HF 106984 1571 105413 1680 17485 1476 5964 DRAWS FOR CAUSE GUN RAFFLE 70880 25097 45783 25097 149 3 138834 6770 132064 6770 12366 9202 17938 316698 33438 283260 33547 29851 10678 24051 98127 185133 true 0 0 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 155 303373 X X X false false false false false false false false false Dianne Bernhard Executive Dir. 179318 7173 186491 X FLASHLIGHTS FOR SILENT AUCTION 1 12426 FAIR MARKET VALUE X 2 GLOCKS FOR FUNDRAISERS 1 1000 FMV X DONATION OF TRIP FOR GALA SILE 1 5000 FAIR MARKET VALUE X 7,000 NECKLACES DONATED FOR TW 1 445898 FAIR MARKET VALUE X BUNDLE FOR BLUE HONOR GALA, 40 1 37840 FAIR MARKET VALUE X YETI ROADIE 24 COOLER FOR SILE 1 250 FAIR MARKET VALUE X SURVIVOR, NOT ALONE, AND FEARL 1 22510 FAIR MARKET VALUE X DONATED MEALS TO STAFF FOR VAR 1 20786 FAIR MARKET VALUE X DONATED ITEMS FOR4 NATIONAL CO 1 297 FMV X THREE DD M4 D7 RIFLES FOR RAFF 1 5892 FAIR MARKET VALUE X CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS AND COINS 1 5860 FAIR MARKET VALUE X 1919 SAVAGE MDL-99 LEVL ACTION 1 17500 APPRAISAL X DONATIONS 60509 FMV false true false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A copy of the 990 is submitted to the Board of Directors for review and possible edits. Following Board approval the 990 is filed electronically with Federal regulatory agencies as required by the deadline date. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c A conflict of interest statement is within the confidentiality and nominee pledge that is signed each year by all Board members and Chapter representatives. Copies of those signed forms are held at the National Office. C.O.P.S. reminds Board members about conflicts of interest at least once per year and will actively investigate any information if such a conflict exists. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The process for determining compensation of the organizations Executive Director is done annually through an Evaluation Committee appointed by the National President each year, normally in July. The results of the committee are reported to the National Board at the National Board Meeting in December/January each year. The committee and the Board meet and review the organizations Three-Year Development Plan at various times during the year and also discuss the accomplishments made during the rated period year. Through the findings of comparability data and discussion, a decision on compensation is made and reported to the National Board. As a part of the Boards annual review of compensation for the Executive Director, they enlisted the aid of various resources of non-profit compensation guidelines to research the salary range for this position in other comparable organizations. The results of review of the resources confirmed that the compensation of the C.O.P.S. Exectutive Director was within the average market rate for an organization of our type and size. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The process for determining compensation of the organization's Administrative Director is done annually in October by the Executive Director. An Employee Self Assessment Form is completed by the Administrative Director and an Employee Performance Appraisal is completed by the Executive Director. The Executive Director compares the two and discusses accomplishments and performance with the employee and makes a decision directly to the employee. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 PAPER COPIES UPON REQUEST Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 OTHER FUNDRAISING DIFFERENCE = $10254 Form 990, Part III, Line 4b - Program Service Accomplishments PEER SUPPORT & BENEFITS:Peer support and survivor benefits and outreach is provided through the 54 C.O.P.S. Chapters in operation across the country. These Chapters are comprised completely of volunteers who provide an immediate response to survivors when an officer dies in the line-of-duty. Support meetings and events are offered throughout the year.C.O.P.S. also publishes a printed newsletter three times a year that is mailed or emailed to approximately 75,000 survivors and law enforcement personnel each quarter. This newsletter provides important information on upcoming C.O.P.S. events, highlights chapter and survivor accomplishments and shares information important to law enforcement survivors. A monthly email newsletter is also sent from our office covering events, hands-on program registration and scholarship information and deadline, and other information relevant to the lives of law enforcement survivors. Additionally, C.O.P.S. continued to distribute a QuickSeries Pocket Guide that we developed for law enforcement families and co-workers affected by a line of duty death. This guide provides information on understanding grief and trauma, coping strategies and general information on the many benefits available, such as PSOB benefits, and financial, educational, counseling and support programs. These booklets are sent to survivors from the National Office and are made available to all chapters to distribute when they respond to a line of duty death. Financial assistance is provided by Concerns of Police Survivors to survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty who wish to pursue a course of study beyond high school. Surviving children and spouses of law enforcement officers killed in the line-of-duty are eligible for C.O.P.S. scholarships if the survivor is not entitled to a tuition-free education as a state death benefit. In addition to the C.O.P.S. Kids/Teens program during the National Police Survivors' Conference, the C.O.P.S. Kids Camp, Outward Bound and the Young Adults Camp offered each year, C.O.P.S. also offers financial assistance to dependent-aged children who need psychological counseling to help them cope with the trauma inflicted on them through the sudden, often violent, loss of their parent to the law enforcement profession. Form 990, Part III, Line 4c - Program Service Accomplishments PUBLIC RELATIONS & OUTREACH:Public education and awareness is accomplished in part each year during National Police Week, when C.O.P.S. promotes blue ribbons to display in prominent places as a reminder to the public that many law enforcement officers have paid the ultimate price and given their lives in the line-of-duty. It is also to honor those officers who serve and protect our communities every day, putting their lives on the line for us. C.O.P.S. also works to educate the public on law enforcement trauma issues through the use of billboards and PSAs during the year. On January 9, 2025, C.O.P.S. and partnering organizations in support of law enforcement officers nationwide promoted the 10th annual National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day L.E.A.D.) Our nations citizens were called to action in support of law enforcement. Those citizens who appreciate law enforcement and were discouraged about the negative attention given to law enforcement were encouraged to take time on January 9th, to show their support in various ways. Events were held across the country, including rallies, card-making by school children, food deliveries to law enforcement and many other ways. C.O.P.S. continues with its effort to educate the general public about the organization, its goals and the issues that C.O.P.S. addresses for survivors. Issues such as cop-killer paroles and the number of officers who die in the line-of-duty are all information that each and every citizen in this country should know. Every Christmas holiday season C.O.P.S. continues to promote the Project Blue Light campaign, asking citizens, law enforcement families and survivors to shine blue lights in their residence windows to salute the officers who work the streets during the holidays and to remember the families whose officers made the supreme sacrifice. In January 2019, C.O.P.S. started promoting an annual National Blood Drive held across the nation during the month of January. C.O.P.S. National Office and chapters from all over the country participated in this annual event.Another form of awareness and outreach is accomplished through C.O.P.S. branded merchandise. By having law enforcement officers and survivors wearing items with the C.O.P.S. brand, we have greater name recognition and law enforcement agencies and survivors are more likely to seek our assistance.