Dogwood Ranch Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204279204
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Ozark, MO, USA
- Phone
- 7145535407
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Foster Care
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $645,990
- Expenses
- $560,026
- Assets
- $1,309,033
- Liabilities
- $275,722
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DANA LOPEZ (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- DANA LOPEZ (CEO): $63,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dogwood ranch exists to rebuild generations and break the cycle of trauma by restoring the one. The vision of dogwood ranch is to see that every foster youth and at-risk family within the heart of the ozarks has the opportunity to function fully in their god-given gifts and destiny, impacting future generations.
What it reported doing in 2024
The haven transitional living program safely housed, mentored and supported 5 female residents in 2024 and their (combined) 4 minor children. Working with single moms has been particularly rewarding as we have helped them gain stability in their day-to-day life, positively impacting their employment, financial goals and emotional well-being. This has in turn helped them parent their children more successfully and maintain their independent living skills. We are proud to share that 78% of our residents' treatment goals were accomplished/completed while they were residing at the haven dogwood ranch was able to maintain our primary staff, allowing us to continue serving and meeting the needs of our community. We continued to partner with multiple local agencies by way of referrals, support and combining fundraising/awareness efforts together. Additionally, our ceo continued to serve on a governor appointed foster parent advisory board where she represents her region in swmo and is currently the sitting chair of that board. We also logged over 5,000 volunteer hours throughout the year and hosted several corporate and philanthropic work groups.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 71% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.4%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $22.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.34; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 31.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 69.4% of revenue deployed · 78% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $437K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.