Action Zone Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611890022
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Spring Hill, FL, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$93,396
Expenses
$144,674
Assets
$10,104
Liabilities
$35,015

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Valerie Ellis (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Valerie Ellis (Executive Director)
  • Rose Lee (COO)
  • Kishima Garcia (Chairman)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Entrepreneurship education for military and first responder community members.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 Action Zone strengthened support for veteran and military-connected entrepreneurs through strategic partnerships and national collaboration. The organization formalized a Memorandum of Understanding with Americas Warrior Partnership AWP to expand entrepreneurial opportunities for the military-connected community. Action Zone partnered with the National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship NACCE to develop entrepreneurship workshops for community college faculty and staff launching in 2026 and collaborated with Warrior Rising to provide entrepreneurship masterclasses for veteran entrepreneurs. Action Zone also participated in Syracuse Universitys DAniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families IVMF Community Impact Collaboration working with ecosystem partners to expand access to entrepreneurship support and resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.

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: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.6%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 64.3%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -54.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.47; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.6% of revenue deployed · 64.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $93K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.