The Mountain View Public Safety Foundation (MVPSF) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation formed by local retired first responders, law enforcement and business leaders as well as community members whose goal is to support the Mountain View Police and Fire Departments along with the Mountain View Police Activities League (PAL). Through our efforts to provide training, resources and other support avenues, we aim to safeguard our first responders so they can be the best they can be physically and mentally while also ensuring our programs make the City of Mountain View a better and safer place to live, work and visit.
The MVPSF board includes members of the city’s business, philanthropic, and the broader community, as well as the leaders from the Police and Fire departments who serve as advisory members. This structure provides the necessary, collaborative environment wherein the needs of the departments and MVPAL can be effectively and efficiently communicated.
Our organization supports and offers innovative ways to connect communities and local public safety departments. These unique opportunities truly define what Mountain View is all about — community, connection and conversation. Through these initiatives, we can and do build trust between public servants and the people they serve as the landscape of safety and security is ever evolving.
“We love what they do.”
“We do this work because we love what they do — our officers and our firefighters give so much of themselves every day. I am proud that as an organization, we can help them know how much they mean to us.” — Amber Wilson
When you support the Mountain View Public Safety Foundation, your donations directly fund a wide range of community outreach programs and public safety programs. This includes our award-winning Cops ‘N Gobblers Thanksgiving food donation and our beloved Senior Care efforts. In addition, donations to MVPSF support the large variety of recreational and leadership development activities provided by MVPAL to Mountain View youth between the ages of five and eighteen. These programs are designed to foster mutual understanding and trust between children, teens, and police officers through a positive, fun and supportive environment.
Many of these programs are not feasible under the City budget, as approximately 90% of Police Department’s and 92.5% of Fire Department’s annual budgets go towards paying basic operations and department personnel. Therefore, while we cannot replace or displace funding for basic law enforcement and fire services, or to reduce in any way the responsibility of the City of Mountain View to commit the necessary funding for fire and law enforcement services for the community, we do help elevate initiatives to meet the ever-diversifying expectations of police and fire departments in the 21st century.
As modern public safety continues to change and become more complex, our aim is to ensure your local Police and Fire Departments have what they need to stay current in training, technology and equipment as well as communication, outreach and partnership with the community.
How you can help
Our goal is to collectively serve our communities through partnerships in order to make them a better, safer place to work, live and visit. We need your help to make our efforts go even further!
Your valuable gift is helping to provide community outreach programs and public safety needs including; programs, training and equipment to our police and fire departments.