Fortuna Ranch Farm Sanctuary Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844915280
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Encinitas, CA, USA
Phone
6198851843
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,022
Expenses
$58,623
Assets
$13,196
Liabilities
$1,411

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andrew Blough (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Andrew Blough (CEO)
  • Corrie Blough (CFO/Secr/Direct)
  • Timothy Stepp (COO/Director)

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

Our mission is to be an animal sanctuary that will provide animal security/housing, animal care, vet services (including medications anddiet), animal feeding, animal rotational grazing/space care, animal education and regenerative farming.

What it reported doing in 2024

Program service achievements for 2024: Animal Care for 13 goats, planted another 25 fruit/nut trees, hosted youth volunteers from 2 school districts, hosted community events, managed and trained weekly volunteers, provided education relating to factory farms and regenerative agriculture. Continued to benefit 100s of youth and parents. Built water catchments, mulched the pastures, painted barns, built a new barn, added additional shade by planting trees in the pastures, worked on architectural plans for larger barn for community events, and paved a road going into the property to facilitate improved food delivery for the animals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82

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: 15.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.