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Troops Direct

EIN 27-3046842Human Services California Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

If our troops request it. We supply it. Plain and simple. No charge.

Plain and Simple.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.28Overall score
out of 100

77.77Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,709,163

Total expenses · USD$4,469,769

Program expenses

$3,450,661.67 recorded amount

77.2%

Fundraising expenses

$934,181.72 recorded amount

20.9%

Administrative expenses

$80,455.84 recorded amount

1.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.20 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Aaron Negherbon
Recorded compensation: $85,600.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.91%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Troops Direct
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Plain and Simple.
`ein` EIN	27-3046842
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4469769.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.018000000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.2
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.209
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.772
`fscore` Financial score	77.77
`leader` Recorded leader	Aaron Negherbon
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	85600.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0191
`motto` Tagline	If our troops request it. We supply it. Plain and simple. No charge.
`name` Charity name	Troops Direct
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4709163.0
`score` Overall score	84.28
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3450661.668
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	934181.7209999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	80455.842

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 27-3046842
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.