Acres of Hope

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825147202
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2023
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Independence, OR, United States
Phone
503-851-4051
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$500,786
Expenses
$474,756
Assets
$393,157
Liabilities
$39,829

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • EMMY ARANA (EXECUTIVE DI): $57,120 total reported compensation
  • JUSTIN ARANA (OPERATIONS D): $53,060 total reported compensation
  • DEB SHERWOOD (DIRECTOR OF): $17,349 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Acres of Hope is a youth ranch with a mission to share HOPE (Healing, Opportunity, Purpose, Education) with adolescents that are feeling HURT (Harmed, Unseen, Rejected, Traumatized). When they get through their battle our vision at Acres of Hope is to help teach them to hold up others’ arms. Acres of Hope_0229.jpg Mission. _Acres of Hope_ **is a youth ranch with a mission to share**HOPE** (Healing, Opportunity, Purpose, Education) with adolescents that are feeling HURT (Harmed, Unseen, Rejected, Traumatized). Acres+of+Hope_0243.jpg. To provide monthly support to youth. This is a program you will immediately have access to once you fill out the Registration form. How do we get started? Be on the lookout for monthly emails with the calendar link! Just sign up for a time slot.

What it reported doing in 2023

Acres of hope is a youth ranch with a mission to share hope (healing, opportunity, purpose, education) with adolescents that are feeling hurt (harmed, unseen, rejected, traumatized).

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 52.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 95% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $475K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $57K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.