Fox Ridge Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853762984
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Summerville, SC, USA
Phone
8435971505
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$128,301
Expenses
$148,184
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kimberly Ecklund (President)

People named in this filing

  • Kimberly Ecklund (President)
  • Aimee Pereira (Treasurer)
  • Courtney Threatt (Secretary)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organizations primary purpose is to support the agriculture education in conjunction with the Ashley Ridge High School Fox Ridge Farm program. We support the education of approximately 450 students and thousands of community members that visit the Fox Ridge Farm.

What it reported doing in 2023

We provided funding for plants and animals at the farm. These funds allowed 450 students within the ARHS Agriculture Department to learn about the full life cycle of plants and animals. Students can learn how to plant, grow, and then use or sale the finished product to benefit the continue operations of the farm. Students gain the knowledge of gestation period, birth, loss of animals. Then they are able to help raise the animals for breeding, goat milk, or meat products that are then sold to continue the running of the farm. The goal is to be self-sustaining while continuing to grow the opportunities for students to see the importance of agriculture in our society. The plants are purchased as seed and grown by the students to sell. They get to see the work of planting and harvesting or not a finished product. This gives them a small idea of how profits can be lost due to weather or lack of care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.7%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86

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: -15.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -67% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.7% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $128K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • 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 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.