Troopathon

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841627277
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9164416197
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
National Security

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,964,337
Expenses
$3,521,076
Assets
$2,878,427
Liabilities
$259,074

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHAWN CALLAHAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHAWN CALLAHAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $148,517 total reported compensation
  • SCOTT RAAB (DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH): $146,031 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Dedicated to supporting the brave men and women of our armed forces. Our mission is to provide emotional and tangible support to active duty troops while deployed to combat areas around the world, as well as to offer assistance and resources to military families and veterans in need.

What it reported doing in 2025

Care packages: troopathon provides care packages to the troops. In addition, for families and veterans, troopathon provides supplies and other forms of support.troopathon soared in 2025, strengthening its mission to uplift active-duty u.s. Troops. New charity sponsors fueled our ability to adapt to shifting global deployments, delivering care packages to servicemembers wherever they serve. We maintained top ratings from charity navigator, guidestar, and greatnonprofits, reflecting our integrity and impact. Volunteers powered standout events like the halloween candy buy-back, 4th of july, memorial day, 9/11 and christmas packing parties. Our troopathon radio drives and tv broadcasts amplified our reach. These efforts ensured troops felt america's unwavering support-a testament to troopathon's dedication.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.9% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $149K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.