Cal Farley's Boys Ranch

What it reported doing in 2024

Boys ranch: cal farley's offers a residential community open to children ages 5 to 18. Each year, we welcome new residents from across the nation. The average length of stay at boys ranch is about two years before children are fully reunited with their families. While they reside at boys ranch, children receive evidence-based, professional therapeutic services and work toward highly individualized goals.our primary goal at boys ranch is to provide every child a safe environment where they can build meaningful, trusting relationships with their peers and responsible adults. House parents, case workers, experiential learning mentors, and other adult role models guide our youth to develop their potential and become principled, contributing members of society.children attend one of three on-campus schools (elementary, middle, and high school) and live in group homes with supportive house parents. We are proud to offer a variety of academic, vocational, spiritual, and extra-curricular activities to help our children become responsible, confident, resilient young adults.we served 175 children at the ranch during the fiscal year 2024-2025. We served 500 family members with our residential family engagement program and we served 727 children in our summer camps.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
• Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $14.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 10.5%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.65; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings