One of the first things I thought of in this regard was the home owners association. That's gonna be where the deep pockets are, but whether you can prove a nexus is another story. I am not certain how closely tied HOA's are to neighborhood watch organizations in general, and certainly I don't know in this case.
I can answer this one. Being the current President of an HOA. The Board and the NW are two different entities. They can not be intertwined.
NW is a volunteer entity and non-elected.
The Board of Directors of the HOA can not have anything do with, nor give any direction to, the NW.
