To assist in your search, here are some of the abbreviations used in the charities database:

ASSN

Association

BPOE

Elks

CTR

Center

CTY

County

FDN

Foundation

FED

Federation

FOP

Fraternal Order of Police

NATL

National

NJ

New Jersey (New Jersey is never spelled out)

PAL

Police Athletic League

PBA

Police Benevolent Assn

VFW

Veterans of Foreign Wars

PTA

Parent Teacher Assn

• Other common abbreviations such as CORP, LTD, INC will also be found in the database.

• Service Clubs are listed by Name first, then town. i.e. Rotary Club of Butler

• There is no punctuation (periods, commas etc.) in the names.

• "The" is not listed at the beginning of the name.