Troop Rewards Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462223726
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Phone
8132851576
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,987
Expenses
$98,627
Assets
$57,390
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT BLAKE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • THOMAS BURKETT (CHAIRMAN TREASURER DIREC)
  • DEBORAH BURKETT (SECRETARY)
  • JESSICA SCHWARZK (DIRECTOR)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Solicit vacation hotels, resorts, local businesses and the generalpublic to donate 3-5 day vacations to active u.s. Soldiers. Solicitcontributions from guests staying at rental properties/hotels todonate 50 to support vacations for active u.s. Service men and women.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our programs included our memorial day weekend event, as well as our veterans day weekend event, which have taken place at one of the various beachfront hotels on clearwater beach for returning soliders and their families. Our programs covered their stay, their meals, as well as family fun activities and entertainment for the weekend. We have also held a similar third weekend event known as our key west private rnr event, which provided these same benefits to our selected beneficiaries.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 58
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.6%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.6% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $99K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.