State Trooper Outreach Partnership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814321483
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Phone
2693970526
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Urban, Community Economic Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$97,610
Expenses
$81,778
Assets
$69,376

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT ERNSTES (PRESIDENT)
  • COREY KILMARTIN (PRESIDENT)
  • KALVIN LUDGWIG (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SCOTT ERNSTES (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRIS HAYWARD (SECRETARY/TR)
  • COREY KILMARTIN (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Troopers and citizens coming together to mentor youth, improve the community, and support those in need.

What it reported doing in 2025

The state trooper outreach partnership (stop) is an outreach and mentoring organization that aims to provide solutions to problems experienced by members of our communities. We aim to help people and connect with the public, typically by running volunteer events, mentoring children, and helping individuals who find themselves in bad situations. In the past, we have held zoo days with children from local homeless shelters, installed wheelchair ramps, and performed a number of car repairs. As state troopers, we believe that we have an opportunity to have a lasting, positive impact on the individuals in our community and, more importantly, on our community as a whole.

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 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.2%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.