Points for Patriots Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853358879
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
East Norwich, NY, USA
Phone
8182539268
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$134,094
Expenses
$52,349
Assets
$160,792
Liabilities
$33,636

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RYAN BRINKERHOFF (VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASUR)
  • MICHAEL SCHUMER (PRESIDENT AND CHIEF PROGRA)

People named in this filing

  • RYAN BRINKERHOFF (VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASUR)
  • JONATHAN BYER (SECRETARY)
  • MICHAEL SCHUMER (PRESIDENT AND CHIEF PROGRA)

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

Patriot fellowship for high schoolers connects young people with post-9/11 veteran mentors to grow and learn together. Twice monthly for six months, the cohort conducts yoga, connects, and learns about social entrepreneurship to build an athletic fundraiser in their community. Spouseconnect is an entrepreneurship and wellness program for military spouse small business owners. We provided $500 microgrants and six months of yoga and personal development training. Battle buds is a leadership and wellness community for veterans and civilians to grow food for people facing food insecurity.

What it reported doing in 2025

Points for patriots is on a mission to bridge the military-civilian divide through wellness, connectedness, and social entrepreneurship programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.3%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 61%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.07; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.5%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 42.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 56% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 62.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.3% of revenue deployed · 69.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.