Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592705081
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Vero Beach, FL, USA
Phone
7724923487
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$143,875
Expenses
$107,635
Assets
$180,160
Liabilities
$35,000

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MIKE SHERWOOD (PRESIDENT)
  • BRUCE COLTON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MIKE SHERWOOD (PRESIDENT)
  • CINDY CARLSWARD (TREASURER)
  • BRUCE COLTON (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

Treasure coast crime stoppers encourage members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime by overcoming the two key elements that inhibit community involvement: fear and apathy.

What it reported doing in 2025

Encouragement of members of the community to assist locallaw enforcement agencies in the fight against crime

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.2%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 58.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $108K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.