2026-07-15T14:07:38-05:00 2025-08-31 WITHUMSMITHBROWN PC 1835 MARKET STREET SUITE 1710 PHILADELPHIA PA 191032945 990 2024-09-01 232535356 Police Athletic League Of Philadelphia Scholarship Foundation % ERICA VANSTONE POLI 2152919000 3068 Belgrade Street Philadelphia PA 19134 ERICA Vanstone PRESIDENT 2152919000 2026-07-15 true true AMANDA ROMOND P01714091 2155462140 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Patrick J Ward 3068 Belgrade Street Philadelphia PA 19134 505348 false X PHILLYPAL.ORG/PROGRAMS/SCHOLARSHIPS X 1988 PA PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO PAL YOUTH. 9 9 0 16 0 0 182763 23445 0 0 6923 119253 0 0 189686 142698 64609 89100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84393 15780 149002 104880 40684 37818 2248798 2392034 307629 267860 1941169 2124174 X THE MISSION OF THE PAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING PAL YOUTH FOR COLLEGE AND ACCREDITED TRADE SCHOOLS. false false 89100 89100 THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE SCHOLARSHIP FUND PROVIDES ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO PHILADELPHIA YOUTH INVOLVED WITH POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA FROM 15 PAL CENTERS. THIS INCLUDES MENTORING FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE PAIRED WITH SPONSORS DEPENDING ON THEIR CHOSEN MAJOR. SPONSORS MONITOR STUDENT'S PROGRESS. THEY HELP WITH PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH SUMMER JOBS OR INTERNSHIPS. THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE SCHOLARSHIP FUND ALSO PROVIDES ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATE SCHOOL RECIPIENTS WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR RECEIVING TWO GRADUATE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS, EACH $5,000, TWO UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS, EACH $5,000, THREE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS, EACH $2,500 AND COUPLE OF OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS EACH $1,500. 89100 true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true false false true true true false PA X X ERICA VANSTONE 2152919000 3068 BELGRADE STREET PHILADELPHIA PA 19134 X GENE CASTTELLANO Interim Exec. Dir. 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ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REQUIRE MANAGEMENT TO EVALUATE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE FOUNDATION AND RECOGNIZE A TAX LIABILITY (OR ASSET) IF THE FOUNDATION HAS TAKEN AN UNCERTAIN POSITION THAT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT WOULD NOT BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. MANAGEMENT HAS ANALYZED THE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE FOUNDATION AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT AS OF AUGUST 31, 2025 AND 2024 THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN THAT WOULD REQUIRE RECOGNITION OF A LIABILITY (OR ASSET) OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THERE HAS BEEN NO TAX RELATED INTEREST OR PENALTIES FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED IN THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. scholarship awards 52 89100 PART I, LINE 2: APPLICATIONS FOR PAL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO PAL YOUTH AT EACH CENTER BY PAL OFFICERS. THE APPLICATION (CREATED BY THE PAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION) ASKS KEY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE YOUTH'S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AS WELL AS THEIR PAL INVOLVEMENT. PAL OFFICERS WORK WITH INTERESTED YOUTH TO ASSIST IN COMPLETING THE APPLICATIONS, WHICH ARE THEN SUBMITTED TO THE FOUNDATION BOARD FOR REVIEW AND AWARDING. UPON REGISTRATION AT AN APPROVED SCHOOL, THE FOUNDATION SUBMITS THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL AND MAINTAINS CONTACT WITH THE PAL YOUTH THROUGHOUT THEIR ACADEMIC CAREER TO ENSURE CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B: OUR FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL FIRM, BASED ON OUR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE 990 IS THEN REVIEWED BY OUR TREASURER AND PRESENTED TO OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR FINAL APPROVAL, WHICH HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY GOVERNING BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15: COMPENSATION OF THE OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYEES RELATES TO COMPENSATION RECEIVED FROM THE RELATED ORGANIZATION THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA. PROCESSES FOR DETERMINING THAT COMPENSATION FOLLOW THE COMPENSATION POLICIES OF POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION MAKES ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS (AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, 990 FORMS AND OUR ANNUAL REPORT) AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST THROUGH OUR OFFICE FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF DISCLOSURE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 6104(D). EACH REQUEST IS CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. FORM 990, PART VII, RELATED ORGANIZATION COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS: ERICA VANSTONE WAS ENGAGED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STARTING IN DECEMBER 2024 AND PART VII COMPENSATION IS REPORTED BASED ON THE CALENDAR YEAR WITHIN PAL'S FISCAL TAX YEAR, WHICH FOR THIS FORM 990 FILING IS CALENDAR YEAR 2024. GENE CASTELLANO SERVED AS THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRIOR TO ERICA'S HIRING AND AFTERWARDS WAS APPOINTED A DIRECTOR OF PAL. GENE'S COMPENSATION AS REPORTED IN PART VII IS SOLELY FOR HIS SERVICES AS INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA 3068 BELGRADE STREET PHILADELPHIA PA 19134 231507837 COPS HELPING PA 501(C)(3) 7 NA false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false