Heartland Youth Ranch
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 275062572
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- North Loup, NE, USA
- Phone
- 3084964348
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Other Services - Specialty Animals
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,462
- Expenses
- $42,760
- Assets
- $86,571
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- SUSAN SCHAUER (PRES/TREAS)
- JIM CRAFT (VICE PRES)
- KILEY WHITE (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to provide encouragement for the child, healing for the family, empower the ministry, and care for the equine by providing a place for children and their families to find hope, healing and encouragement; offer an environment of unconditional love and acceptance; and create a place where visitors will learn respect for themselves, others, the animals they work with and the environment where we live. We believe we are all created in the image of god and loved by him immensely. Using horses in our sessions, that love is demonstrated through the horse. Horses accept us unconditionally, are non-judgemental and reveal what unconditional love is.
What it reported doing in 2025
To accomplish our mission in 2025 we have continued to serve children and their families in our communities and beyond. We held several different bible studies throughout the year for staff and supporters. We participated in the annual big give to valley county and worked with 25 other non profits to hold the annual giving day in valley county. We had the opportunity to share with several church concregations about our ministry at heartland youth ranch and what god is doing through the work at the ranch. These churches have joined us in prayer and financial support. Our riding session season opened april 1 and closed the end of october. We had a full riding season and many new families are coming to the ranch. We also had a successful camp in june, the children enjoyed many fun new activities. We held our annual women's retreat in october and had a full house. Our fall fun day and barbecue was also held in june with the attendance of many families. We hled an appreciation supper for all of our staff and volunteers in december. We had two young wranglers come this winter and work with some of our horses to keep them tuned up and ready for riding season. We are putting the finishing touches on our new indoor riding arena. We also rescued one horse this year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.02; rating input score 66; 66th 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: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.