Cornerstone Youth Ranch

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270360647
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Gold Beach, OR, USA
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,640
Expenses
$7,953
Assets
$40,992

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christopher S Paasch (President and Founding Director)

People named in this filing

  • Christopher S Paasch (President and Founding Director)
  • Bonnie Paasch (Secretary and Founding Director)
  • Pastor Rory Leguee (Member)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We want to inspire kids along with their families to find thier purpose in what God has for them and help them suceed in finding faith in Christ who strengthens us.

What it reported doing in 2025

We hold weekly worship services and what we call Cowboy Church with music and testimony to the truth we find in Christ. We host 30 to 50 kids monthly and in the summer that number may top 100 monthly. We also show kids out greenhouse to explain horticulture and food resources our cattle to sustain a meat source and horses and other animals here on the ranch to show the balance of what were given and what a gift it is. We have started with a couple of organizations tha bring autistic kids here and some mentally challenged people as well. Its great to see them interact with horses. We have initiated 3 or 4 senior assisted living places in the County as well and have days set aside monthly for them too.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -41%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.15; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.