Turning Point Action
Legal name: Turning Point Action Inc
Overview
Mission
To embolden the conservative base through grassroots activism and provide voters with the necessary resources to elect true conservative leaders.
What it reported doing in 2024
Turning point action (tpa) promotes social welfare by raising awareness about free markets and capitalism, initiating civic action amongst the younger generation and educating youth in order to be a resource for free market thinkers to further advance their values to educate and empower the younger generation. In the fiscal year ended 6/30/2025, tpa trained more than 15,000 grassroots leaders, organized nearly 900 community events, mobilized approximately 26,000 volunteers for community outreach, and supported its industry-leading scorecard. As a result, tpa had face-to-face interactions with close to 800,000 individuals and reached millions more online.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464331510
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Phoenix, Arizona, US
- Phone
- 8448721776
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $37,501,835
- Expenses
- $40,938,153
- Assets
- $8,729,458
- Liabilities
- $3,141,484
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.2%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $24.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 40.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 34.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 34.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 6 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 96.2% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $391K · 8 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.9M reported
- Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 7 annual filings from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- CHARLIE KIRK (PRESIDENT/CEO): $390,637 total reported compensation
- TYLER BOWYER (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $376,140 total reported compensation
- JUSTIN OLSON (ASSISTANT TREASURER): $270,705 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024.