Cherokee Outlaw Ranch

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874801263
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Willis, TX, USA
Phone
9362001835
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,366
Expenses
$64,900
Assets
$186,940
Liabilities
$32,098

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • Ty Nordic (Founder)

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

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Utilizing the unique spirit of horses, to aid children and adults in overcoming challenges, fear, and abuses that have left them scarred. We rescue horses, and use them to communicate with those who are going through difficult situations, whether it be physical, emotional, psychological, mental or social. Since many of our horses themselves are survivors of abuse and neglect, they are uniquely equipped to work with people who are also enduring hardship. Fortified with the will of a survivor and the heart of a victor, our horses lead by their own example to keep choosing to move through their troubled times toward hope.

What it reported doing in 2024

To aid children and adults in overcoming challenges, fear, and abuses that have left them scarred.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.4%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 61

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 53.8%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.88; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -99.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.4% of revenue deployed · 61.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.