Los Angeles Retired Fire & Police Association

What Los Angeles Retired Fire & Police Association does

Los Angeles Retired Fire & Police Association (LARFPA) is a non-profit mutual benefit membership corporation organized under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(4), dedicated to the welfare and assistance of retired Los Angeles City firefighters, police officers, their spouses or surviving spouses, and dependent parents and children. According to the firm's own materials, the association has operated "since 1928" (with the legal entity traced to 1968 in third-party filings), serves members from a single office at 9521 Las Tunas Drive, Suite 4, Temple City, California, and operates with a 1-10 employee footprint. Members access a fixed set of services — the Benevolent Association's temporary financial assistance, an educational Scholarship Program, an Estate Planning Benefit (raised from $600 to $1,000 for current members), the LARFPA Quarterly Dispatch newsletter, LAPD Retiree ID Renewals, HR 218 qualification scheduling, and a calendar of regional meetups and annual events such as the September General Meeting, Annual Picnic, and Annual Holiday Celebration.

Name

Los Angeles Retired Fire & Police Association

Legal name

Los Angeles Retired Fire and Police Benevolent Association

Website

https://larfpa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LARFPA is a nonprofit mutual benefit association providing welfare, financial assistance, scholarships, and retiree services to retired Los Angeles City firefighters, police officers, and their families under 501(c)(4) and an affiliated 501(c)(3) Benevolent Association.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety Retiree Association Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAKAK

Social Care & Long-Term Care Benefits Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Social Security, Benefits & Welfare Administration

SECONDARYBPAGAKAB

Community Foundations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Philanthropy, Foundations & Grantmaking

Keywords

• Retiree welfare services
• First responder association
• Benevolent financial assistance
• Retirement membership organization
• Public safety retirees

Headquarters

HQ city

Temple City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

LARFPA is a nonprofit mutual benefit membership organization that provides welfare, financial assistance, scholarship, estate planning, and networking services to retired Los Angeles City firefighters and police officers, their spouses or surviving spouses, dependent parents, and children. Its affiliated 501(c)(3) Benevolent Association administers temporary financial assistance to pensioners and their families.

Product overview

LARFPA is a membership organization offering a unified suite of services for retired Los Angeles City Firefighters and Police Officers. The core offerings include membership services, a Benevolent Association providing temporary financial assistance, and scholarship programs. Supporting services include quarterly newsletters (LARFPA Quarterly Dispatch), estate planning benefits, retiree resources including LAPD ID renewals and HR 218 qualifications, job opportunities, retirement announcements, group meeting calendars, and death of member support services. The organization operates as a 501(c)(4) non-profit mutual benefit membership corporation with an affiliated 501(c)(3) Benevolent Association for charitable donations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LARFPA Membership Services Membership services for retired Los Angeles City firefighters and police officers, their spouses, surviving spouses, dependent parents, and children, providing access to welfare programs, networking, and member benefits.
• Benevolent Association Financial Assistance Administers temporary financial assistance to pensioners of the Los Angeles Fire Department and Los Angeles Police Department, their spouses, widows, widowers, and dependent parents.
• Scholarship Program Educational scholarship program for LARFPA members and their dependents.
• Estate Planning Benefit Estate planning services for members, with the benefit amount increased from $600 to $1,000 for current members.
• LARFPA Quarterly Dispatch Newsletter Quarterly newsletter publication available in digital format through Flipsnack, covering news, updates, and announcements for members; archives available back to Winter 2017.
• Member Events and Group Meetings Calendar of events and group meetings including the Annual Picnic, September General Meeting, Annual Holiday Celebration, and numerous regional retiree groups across Southern California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
• LAPD Retiree ID Renewals ID renewal information and services for retired LAPD officers.
• Retiree Resources Resources and information for retirees including HR 218 qualification scheduling and other retirement-related services.
• Death of a Member Support Services Support services and resources provided to members and families in the event of a member's death.

Quantifiable outcome

• Estate Planning Benefit increased from $600 to $1,000 for current members

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL): Union representing active LAPD officers, sharing LARFPA's sworn-employee constituency and LA geographic focus, though LAPPL serves working officers rather than retirees.
• United Firefighters of Los Angeles City (UFLAC): Active-duty LAFD firefighters union representing the same workforce LARFPA serves in retirement; comparable organizational footprint and constituency, though focused on collective bargaining rather than retiree welfare.

Emerging players

• Police Benevolent Association of New York State (PBANYS): State-level membership organization for New York law enforcement, providing welfare assistance, legal support, and member benefits comparable to LARFPA's mission but for a different state constituency.

Broad incumbents

• AARP: National nonprofit membership organization advocating for Americans 50+, offering insurance, financial planning resources, and community programs structurally analogous to LARFPA's retiree service model but at mass-market scale.
• Fraternal Order of Police (FOP): National fraternal organization for active and retired law enforcement officers, with state and local lodges providing member benefits, networking, and welfare support analogous to LARFPA's mission at a national scale.
• Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System (LACERS): Government-administered pension and benefits system serving LA City civilian and some public safety retirees; provides core retirement benefits that LARFPA's Benevolent Association supplements with member-funded assistance.
• International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF): National union for professional firefighters with retiree membership categories and benefit programs, comparable to LARFPA at a national scale for the LAFD constituency.

Regional players

• California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS): State-level public pension system serving many California public employees including some public safety retirees; broader in scope but parallels LARFPA in providing retirement-stage benefits and services to California public servants.
• San Francisco Police Officers Association (SFPOA): San Francisco-based sworn police association with retiree engagement and member welfare functions, serving a comparable municipal public safety constituency in a different California metro.

Direct peers

• Los Angeles Police Relief Association (LAPRA): Direct peer providing similar welfare, financial assistance, and member support services to active and retired LAPD officers in Los Angeles, with overlapping mission and member base as LARFPA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/larfpa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/los-angeles-retired-fire-police-association-larfpa
• Instagraminstagram.com/larfpa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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